Prose and VerseWiley and Putnam, 1845 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 30
Page 113
... limb'd , To dance on a rope in a jacket trimm'd With as many blows as spangles . She was one of those who by Fortune's boon Are born , as they say , with a silver spoon In her mouth , not a wooden ladle : To speak according to poet's ...
... limb'd , To dance on a rope in a jacket trimm'd With as many blows as spangles . She was one of those who by Fortune's boon Are born , as they say , with a silver spoon In her mouth , not a wooden ladle : To speak according to poet's ...
Page 130
... As when to the weak , warp'd side we lean , While Life's tempests and hurricanes try us . Even thus with Miss K. and her broken limb , By a very , very remarkable whim , She show'd her early tuition : While the buds of. 130 PROSE AND VERSE ...
... As when to the weak , warp'd side we lean , While Life's tempests and hurricanes try us . Even thus with Miss K. and her broken limb , By a very , very remarkable whim , She show'd her early tuition : While the buds of. 130 PROSE AND VERSE ...
Page 131
... limb - then flatly and plump She spoke , in the spirit olden ; She couldn't - she shouldn't - she wouldn't have wood ! Nor a leg of cork , if she never stood , And she swore an oath , or something as good , The proxy limb should be ...
... limb - then flatly and plump She spoke , in the spirit olden ; She couldn't - she shouldn't - she wouldn't have wood ! Nor a leg of cork , if she never stood , And she swore an oath , or something as good , The proxy limb should be ...
Page 132
... limb- He might cut her off with a shilling ! All other promised gifts were in vain , Golden Girdle , or Golden Chain , She writhed with impatience more than pain , And utter'd " pshaws ! " and " pishes ! " But a Leg of Gold ! as she lay ...
... limb- He might cut her off with a shilling ! All other promised gifts were in vain , Golden Girdle , or Golden Chain , She writhed with impatience more than pain , And utter'd " pshaws ! " and " pishes ! " But a Leg of Gold ! as she lay ...
Page 133
... limbs On a field of battle we scatter ! Sever'd by sword , or builet , or saw , Off they go , all bleeding and raw , But the public seems to get the lock - jaw , So little is said on the matter ! Legs , the tightest that ever were seen ...
... limbs On a field of battle we scatter ! Sever'd by sword , or builet , or saw , Off they go , all bleeding and raw , But the public seems to get the lock - jaw , So little is said on the matter ! Legs , the tightest that ever were seen ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amongst autograph better boys bread burning called Charles Lamb common Cornelius Mathews course Dame dance dead deaf dear door double dream English Eugene Aram eyes face fancy favor fear feel fire gentleman give gold Gold Sticks Golden Leg green hand head hear heart hope horse housis human lady Lamb light limb Lincolnshire literary literature living London look Lord Lord Byron mesmerism mind Miss Kilmansegg moral nature never night once Otto of Roses perhaps persons pigs play Poet poor precious PUGSLEY Quaker remember seems Serjeant Talfourd short sick Sir Jacob Sir Walter Scott song sort soul sound spirit There's thing THOMAS HOOD tion tree Trumpet turn Twas voice walk Whigs whilst whisper whole witch write young yure