The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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8. oldal
... farmers , farmer A and farmer B. Farmer A was seised or possessed of a bull ; farmer B was seised or possessed of a ferry - boat . Now the owner of the ferry boat having made his boat fast to a post on shore , with a piece of hay ...
... farmers , farmer A and farmer B. Farmer A was seised or possessed of a bull ; farmer B was seised or possessed of a ferry - boat . Now the owner of the ferry boat having made his boat fast to a post on shore , with a piece of hay ...
25. oldal
... ; " Your years have run to a great length- " I wish you joy , though , of your strength ! " " Hold , " says the farmer , " not so fast , " I have been lame these four years past . " " And no great wonder , " Death replies ; 25.
... ; " Your years have run to a great length- " I wish you joy , though , of your strength ! " " Hold , " says the farmer , " not so fast , " I have been lame these four years past . " " And no great wonder , " Death replies ; 25.
30. oldal
... melled yet . BRIS . Nor he vot gammoned Bristle . You may snivel for this , sir . Ulloa ! votchman ! collar this cove , take him to the votch - house , there let him learn good breeding . MAD MOLL . ( FROM BLOOMFIELD'S " FARMER'S BOY . 30.
... melled yet . BRIS . Nor he vot gammoned Bristle . You may snivel for this , sir . Ulloa ! votchman ! collar this cove , take him to the votch - house , there let him learn good breeding . MAD MOLL . ( FROM BLOOMFIELD'S " FARMER'S BOY . 30.
31. oldal
Reciter. MAD MOLL . ( FROM BLOOMFIELD'S " FARMER'S BOY . " ) Nature's pride Was lovely Poll , who innocently tried , With hat of airy shape and ribbons gay , Love to inspire , and stand in Hymen's way But , ere her twentieth summer could ...
Reciter. MAD MOLL . ( FROM BLOOMFIELD'S " FARMER'S BOY . " ) Nature's pride Was lovely Poll , who innocently tried , With hat of airy shape and ribbons gay , Love to inspire , and stand in Hymen's way But , ere her twentieth summer could ...
49. oldal
... FARMER OUTWITTED . To a farmer in Dorset a poor woman went , To purchase a bushel of corn ; Herself and her children , with hunger quite spent , Look'd destitute , poor , and forlorn . Now seventeen shillings were all that she had , And ...
... FARMER OUTWITTED . To a farmer in Dorset a poor woman went , To purchase a bushel of corn ; Herself and her children , with hunger quite spent , Look'd destitute , poor , and forlorn . Now seventeen shillings were all that she had , And ...
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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
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148. oldal - 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.
150. oldal - 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...
148. oldal - 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...
237. oldal - 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...
163. oldal - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
237. oldal - 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.
202. oldal - 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.
209. oldal - 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?
206. oldal - 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.
238. oldal - 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...