The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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Pàgina 56
... erst , Poor Betty plied her care . And thrice he sobb'd Bet Bouncer's name , And blew his nose quite sore ; Then laid his cheek on the cold hob , And horse rubb'd never more . FARMER JOLTER AND HIS cow . A True Story . 56.
... erst , Poor Betty plied her care . And thrice he sobb'd Bet Bouncer's name , And blew his nose quite sore ; Then laid his cheek on the cold hob , And horse rubb'd never more . FARMER JOLTER AND HIS cow . A True Story . 56.
Pàgina 59
... horse - laugh rent the air- " A young cow , eh ? - ' od rat her ! " Why , ' tis the old one , farmer ! you have dock'd her . " You couldn't think , by trimming the old cow " And paring down her horns , it would produce " A good supply ...
... horse - laugh rent the air- " A young cow , eh ? - ' od rat her ! " Why , ' tis the old one , farmer ! you have dock'd her . " You couldn't think , by trimming the old cow " And paring down her horns , it would produce " A good supply ...
Pàgina 75
... Horses from stable saw led out ; Trembled , and skulked , and peered about ; And felt already every thwack Of cat - o ... horse's head To gallop off ; yet , his desire Grew every moment higher and higher , While bidding thus his last ...
... Horses from stable saw led out ; Trembled , and skulked , and peered about ; And felt already every thwack Of cat - o ... horse's head To gallop off ; yet , his desire Grew every moment higher and higher , While bidding thus his last ...
Pàgina 76
... horse's head , And to his host thus , smiling , said- " Last night , a peasant told me , here , " As I have found , was noble cheer ; " But added , ere this morn I went , " You'd drub me to my heart's content- " Is it a fiction or a ...
... horse's head , And to his host thus , smiling , said- " Last night , a peasant told me , here , " As I have found , was noble cheer ; " But added , ere this morn I went , " You'd drub me to my heart's content- " Is it a fiction or a ...
Pàgina 87
... horse With an apothecary on his back ? Bolus arrived , and gave a loudish tap , Between a single and a double rap . Knocks of this kind Are given by gentlemen who teach to dance , By fiddlers , and by opera singers : One loud , and then ...
... horse With an apothecary on his back ? Bolus arrived , and gave a loudish tap , Between a single and a double rap . Knocks of this kind Are given by gentlemen who teach to dance , By fiddlers , and by opera singers : One loud , and then ...
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The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic ... Reciter Visualització completa - 1848 |
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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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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?
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...