The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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... town to dinner ; farmer A's bull , as it was very natural for a hungry bull to do , came down town to look for a dinner ; and the bull observing , discovering , seeing , and spying out , some turnips in the bottom of the ferry - boat ...
... town to dinner ; farmer A's bull , as it was very natural for a hungry bull to do , came down town to look for a dinner ; and the bull observing , discovering , seeing , and spying out , some turnips in the bottom of the ferry - boat ...
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Reciter. THE BREWER AND NEGRO . A Brewer , in a country town , Had got a monstrous reputation ; No other beer but his went down- The hosts of the surrounding station Carving his name upon their mugs , And painting it on every shutter ...
Reciter. THE BREWER AND NEGRO . A Brewer , in a country town , Had got a monstrous reputation ; No other beer but his went down- The hosts of the surrounding station Carving his name upon their mugs , And painting it on every shutter ...
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... town . He fits the human body on anatomical principles , with those garments that give so much grace and elegance to the person , and are the universal admiration of the fashionable loun- gers of Bond Street and Rotten Row . Had Richard ...
... town . He fits the human body on anatomical principles , with those garments that give so much grace and elegance to the person , and are the universal admiration of the fashionable loun- gers of Bond Street and Rotten Row . Had Richard ...
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... town his aged cow to sell ; She'd seen much service - many an Essex calf Had drank her milk -- till ten years and a half Of Dolly's squeezing drained her almost dry ; But Jolter shrewdly guess'd some one would buy , And the experiment ...
... town his aged cow to sell ; She'd seen much service - many an Essex calf Had drank her milk -- till ten years and a half Of Dolly's squeezing drained her almost dry ; But Jolter shrewdly guess'd some one would buy , And the experiment ...
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... said than done - the cash was given , And home to Jolter's farm the beast was driven . Meanwhile the salesman , laughing in his sleeve , Returned to town , and gave to his employer The cash whose loss poor Jolter had to grieve , 58.
... said than done - the cash was given , And home to Jolter's farm the beast was driven . Meanwhile the salesman , laughing in his sleeve , Returned to town , and gave to his employer The cash whose loss poor Jolter had to grieve , 58.
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Términos y frases comunes
Arrah black crows blood Bolus brow Brutus bull Cæsar call'd Cassius clown countreman cried cursed dear death dere devil dinner doctor door dreadful Duke e'er eyes farmer father fear Fiddle-de-dee fool gentleman George Benson ghost give grave hand haste head hear heard heart Heaven Hodge honour horse Husband Irish stew Jolter jonteel lady Lapstone laugh linguæ littel boy look look'd lord loud Madam Mary master Monsieur morn Mortlake mysen ne'er never night nose Numps o'er once pass'd poor portmanteau pray quoth replied Richard Penlake Romford round Saib Sally sare seem'd shilling Sir Phil sleep smile soon soul soup maigre sprite squire sure swear sweet tale tears tell thee there's thing thou thought TOM LONG tongue Twas twill Vell ween wife wild word wretch Xenophon Zounds
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Página 148 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an houourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Página 150 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Página 148 - Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? 0 judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason...
Página 237 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Página 163 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
Página 237 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd mien, While each strain'd ball of sight seem'd bursting from his head.
Página 202 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection.
Página 209 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Página 206 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 238 - Can well recall what then it heard. Where is thy native, simple heart, Devote to Virtue, Fancy, Art ? Arise, as in that elder time, Warm...