Punch, Volume 102Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1892 - English wit and humor |
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You have both of you tracked me down to my rural retirement , with an eye ,
respectively , to “ tips . " This fortuitous concourse displeaseth you much , but you
must make the best of it . Perpend , sham Piscators . What d ' ye lack ? What , in
short ...
You have both of you tracked me down to my rural retirement , with an eye ,
respectively , to “ tips . " This fortuitous concourse displeaseth you much , but you
must make the best of it . Perpend , sham Piscators . What d ' ye lack ? What , in
short ...
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K . THE INDIGENT GHOST . DROP BY DROP . I SAT one night Nine Stages of a
Love Story . within my room and to myself I First place , I dropped my eye on her ,
said , And she dropped hers , so blushfully ! As folks do on the Then I “ dropped ...
K . THE INDIGENT GHOST . DROP BY DROP . I SAT one night Nine Stages of a
Love Story . within my room and to myself I First place , I dropped my eye on her ,
said , And she dropped hers , so blushfully ! As folks do on the Then I “ dropped ...
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Ir pains me deeply to reveal : I ' ve written verses to her eyes , My infamy ; I do not
stretch Her snowy - wbite , serenely high brow , The truth when I confess I feel
The charm that in her features lies , A guilty wretch . 1 A dozen sonnets to her ...
Ir pains me deeply to reveal : I ' ve written verses to her eyes , My infamy ; I do not
stretch Her snowy - wbite , serenely high brow , The truth when I confess I feel
The charm that in her features lies , A guilty wretch . 1 A dozen sonnets to her ...
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Ilis hair was soldier - scarlet , and his eyes wero saucer blue , | In " playing
through the green ” with my “ brassey ” I was seen And ono seemed looking
eastward , whilst the other fronted west . At most disunal disadvantage on that
miserable ...
Ilis hair was soldier - scarlet , and his eyes wero saucer blue , | In " playing
through the green ” with my “ brassey ” I was seen And ono seemed looking
eastward , whilst the other fronted west . At most disunal disadvantage on that
miserable ...
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Very innocent that I repent - that , for face , without any mousthe future , I intend to
tache , and the sweetest be a changed doll ! blue eyes ( except mine ) I think I
ever saw ! Seemed rather shy , but September . - Stili searching for JOSEPH .
Very innocent that I repent - that , for face , without any mousthe future , I intend to
tache , and the sweetest be a changed doll ! blue eyes ( except mine ) I think I
ever saw ! Seemed rather shy , but September . - Stili searching for JOSEPH .
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Page 316 - And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Page 316 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Page 199 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
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Page 248 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
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Page 64 - LARS PORSENA of Clusium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth, East and west and south and north, To summon his array.
Page 316 - Good lack ! quoth he, yet bring it me, My leathern belt likewise, In which I bear my trusty sword When I do exercise.
Page 316 - And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
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| Title | Punch, Volume 102 |
| Editors | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman |
| Publisher | Punch Publications Limited, 1892 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2008 |
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