The Modern Orlando: a PoemH. Colburn, 1855 - Всего страниц: 214 |
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... Laughed at thy Pillar , trophy of child's - play ! Ordered our bill and britchska , and were gone : Stumbled o'er fifty leagues of ruthless stone ; Saw women , priests , and horses , on their knees ; Heard our postilions howl on the ...
... Laughed at thy Pillar , trophy of child's - play ! Ordered our bill and britchska , and were gone : Stumbled o'er fifty leagues of ruthless stone ; Saw women , priests , and horses , on their knees ; Heard our postilions howl on the ...
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... laughed out the squire . 66 Friend , " said the third , " I own , I'm nothing higher ; Than Austria's Emperor ! " — " The moon's at full ! ” Their hearer roared ; " I'll not be in the mire ! I'm better than your best ! -I'm no John Bull ...
... laughed out the squire . 66 Friend , " said the third , " I own , I'm nothing higher ; Than Austria's Emperor ! " — " The moon's at full ! ” Their hearer roared ; " I'll not be in the mire ! I'm better than your best ! -I'm no John Bull ...
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... Laughed at thy pillar . Napoleon's monument of the " conquest " of England , which he never visited but as its prisoner . It remains the most solid burlesque in existence . Any nation but the French would have pulled it down long ago ...
... Laughed at thy pillar . Napoleon's monument of the " conquest " of England , which he never visited but as its prisoner . It remains the most solid burlesque in existence . Any nation but the French would have pulled it down long ago ...
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... laughed at Troy , and toil ! XI . Confucius potted lap - dogs - But , I hurry ( I hate procrastination , ) to the Roman . ( The East , besides , is weak , in all , but curry . ) Cæsar , ' tis known , would trust his soups to no man ...
... laughed at Troy , and toil ! XI . Confucius potted lap - dogs - But , I hurry ( I hate procrastination , ) to the Roman . ( The East , besides , is weak , in all , but curry . ) Cæsar , ' tis known , would trust his soups to no man ...
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... laughed at all his trances ; Yet time had scarcely cooled his old romances . The handsome girl was now a showy widow , Well jointured , first at dinners , plays , and dances ; She dropped Queen Bess at once , took up Queen Dido ; her ...
... laughed at all his trances ; Yet time had scarcely cooled his old romances . The handsome girl was now a showy widow , Well jointured , first at dinners , plays , and dances ; She dropped Queen Bess at once , took up Queen Dido ; her ...
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