Tom Hood's Comic readings in prose and verse, المجلد 2Thomas Hood 1869 |
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... Sure the Imperor of Bohay Would be proud to dthrink the tay That Misthress Biddy Rooney for O'Brine did pour ; And , since the days of Strongbow , There never was such Congo- Mitchil dthrank six quarts of it - by Shannon shore . But ...
... Sure the Imperor of Bohay Would be proud to dthrink the tay That Misthress Biddy Rooney for O'Brine did pour ; And , since the days of Strongbow , There never was such Congo- Mitchil dthrank six quarts of it - by Shannon shore . But ...
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... Sure , sure , such a pitcher I'll ne'er meet again ! ' Twas the pride of my dairy - O , Barney O'Leary , You're sent as a plague to the girls of Coleraine . " I sat down beside her , and gently did chide her , That such a misfortune ...
... Sure , sure , such a pitcher I'll ne'er meet again ! ' Twas the pride of my dairy - O , Barney O'Leary , You're sent as a plague to the girls of Coleraine . " I sat down beside her , and gently did chide her , That such a misfortune ...
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... sure , ' said he , testily . " I will furnish you with one . ' " The devil you will ! ' " Look here , ' said I , stepping back a few paces . Grasping the top of a heavy wardrobe that stood in the room , I swung myself up , clambered ...
... sure , ' said he , testily . " I will furnish you with one . ' " The devil you will ! ' " Look here , ' said I , stepping back a few paces . Grasping the top of a heavy wardrobe that stood in the room , I swung myself up , clambered ...
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... might , in the mean time , carry off the prize . But Jack felt sure that he was all right , and by a precious bit of deception he had led Clara to believe that he was hard at work , night and day 48 Mr. Columbus Coriander's Gorilla .
... might , in the mean time , carry off the prize . But Jack felt sure that he was all right , and by a precious bit of deception he had led Clara to believe that he was hard at work , night and day 48 Mr. Columbus Coriander's Gorilla .
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... sure . But I pocketed the disappointment along with the money and went straightway to the menagerie . There was quite a little crowd about Jack's cage , standing at a respectful distance . In his capacity as the real Afri- can gorilla ...
... sure . But I pocketed the disappointment along with the money and went straightway to the menagerie . There was quite a little crowd about Jack's cage , standing at a respectful distance . In his capacity as the real Afri- can gorilla ...
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الصفحة 134 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the...
الصفحة 87 - The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said: "E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan!" The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a rope!
الصفحة 96 - In one corner was a stagnant pool of water, surrounding an island of muck; there were several half-drowned fowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crest-fallen cock, drenched out of all life and spirit, his drooping tail matted, as it were, into a single feather, along which the water trickled from his back...
الصفحة 138 - And hotch'd and blew wi' might and main; Till first ae caper, syne anither, Tam tint his reason a' thegither, And roars out: "Weel done, Cutty-sark!" And in an instant all was dark; And scarcely had he Maggie rallied, When out the hellish legion sallied. As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, When plundering herds assail their byke: As open pussie's mortal foes, When, pop!
الصفحة 157 - For from cock-crow he had been travelling, And there was not a cloud in the sky. He drank of the water so cool and clear, For thirsty and hot was he ; And he sat down upon the bank, Under the willow-tree.
الصفحة 86 - To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side. At once began to bawl: "God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a wall !" The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried "Ho!
الصفحة 145 - From his half itinerant life, also, he was a kind of travelling gazette, carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house; so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction. He was, moreover, esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through, and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather's History of New England Witchcraft, in which, by the way, he most firmly and potently believed.
الصفحة 195 - tis green, sir, I assure ye." "Green!" cries the other in a fury; "Why, sir, d'ye think I've lost my eyes?" " Twere no great loss," the friend replies; "For if they always serve you thus, You'll find them but of little use.
الصفحة 8 - One end he tied around a beam, And then removed his pegs, And, as his legs were off, — of course, He soon was off his legs! And there he hung till he was dead As any nail in town, — For though distress had cut him up, It could not cut him down! A dozen men sat on his corpse, To find out why he died — And they buried Ben in four crossroads. With a stake in his inside!
الصفحة 157 - Keyne,' quoth the Cornish-man, 'many a time Drank of this crystal Well, And before the Angel summoned her, She laid on the water a spell. 'If the husband of this gifted Well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for life.