Broad grins; comprising, with new additional tales in verse, those formerly publ. under the title of 'My night-gown and slippers'.T. Caldwell, and W. Davies, 1802 - 125 pàgines |
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Broad grins; comprising, with new additional tales in verse, those formerly ... George Colman Visualització completa - 1819 |
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Pàgina 29 - He had a patient lying at death's door, Some three miles from the town, it might be four ; To whom, one evening, Bolus sent an article, In pharmacy that's called cathartical ; And, on the label of the stuff, He wrote this verse, Which one would think was clear enough And terse: — ' When taken, To be well shaken.
Pàgina 16 - ... to stir : He comes not, from the garden, in ; Nor he, nor little Bobtail cur. They cannot come, sweet maid ! to thee ; Flesh, both of cur and man, is grass ! And what's impossible, can't be ; And never, never, comes to pass! She paces...
Pàgina 35 - Who has e'er been in London, that overgrown place, Has seen, " lodgings to let," stare him full in the face. Some are good and let dearly; while some 'tis well known Are so dear, and so bad, they are best let alone. — Will Waddle, whose temper was studious and lonely, Hired...
Pàgina 12 - whose cheek's clear hue Was tinged with health, and manly toil;Cabbage he sow'd ; and, when it grew, He always cut it off, to boil. Oft would he cry " Delve, Delve the hole ! " And prune the tree, and trim the root ! " And stick, the wig upon the pole, " To scare the sparrows from the fruit!
Pàgina 26 - A MAN in many a country town we know, Professes openly with Death to wrestle ; Entering the field against the grimly foe, Armed with a mortar and a pestle. Yet some affirm no enemies they are ; But meet just like prize-fighters in a fair, Who first shake hands before they box, Then give each other plaguy knocks, With all the love and kindness of a brother ; So (many a suffering...
Pàgina 32 - Indeed ! — hum ! — ha ! — that's very odd ! He took the draught?" — John gave a nod. " Well ? — how ? — what then ? — speak out, you dunce." "Why, then," says John,
Pàgina 20 - Pale, pale as turnips, were his cheeks ! Soon as the spectre she espied, The fear-struck damsel faintly said,
Pàgina 117 - While Toby was performing peal the third. Isaac eyed Toby, fearfully askant, And saw he was a strapper, stout and tall ; Then put this question, Pray, sir, what d'ye want?" Says Toby,
Pàgina 38 - I'm the fat single gentleman six months ago ? "Look 'e, landlord, I think," argued Will, with .a grin, " That with honest intentions you first took me in; But from the first night — and to say it I'm bold — I've been so hanged hot that I'm sure I caught cold.
Pàgina 37 - like a lady's loose gown," hung about him; He sent for a doctor, and cried like a ninny, "I have lost many pounds ; make me well, there's a guinea." The doctor looked wise; "A slow fever," he said; Prescribed sudorifics and going to bed.