What Cheer: An Anthology of American and British Humorous and Witty Verse, Gathered, Sifted, and Salted, with an IntrodDavid Thompson Watson McCord Modern Library, 1955 - 515 pages |
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Page 51
... grown - up gentlemen can be So simple , so confiding ; I envy them , but , O my son , I cannot think that they have ... growing lack Of the necessary charger and the hygienic hack . He had bought them by the dozen , he had tried them by ...
... grown - up gentlemen can be So simple , so confiding ; I envy them , but , O my son , I cannot think that they have ... growing lack Of the necessary charger and the hygienic hack . He had bought them by the dozen , he had tried them by ...
Page 195
... grow obsolete . Often we fall asleep - not when we're bored , but when we think we are most interesting . There is no opera like " Lohengrin " ! I sometimes think there are no persons who can do more good than good librarians can ...
... grow obsolete . Often we fall asleep - not when we're bored , but when we think we are most interesting . There is no opera like " Lohengrin " ! I sometimes think there are no persons who can do more good than good librarians can ...
Page 425
... Mr. John L. Sweeney , I have come upon the following frag- ment of engaging rhythm . Mr. Maxwell E. Foster , who re- cited it to him , has approved the present text . Who tarried in Jericho Until their beards did grow , AFTER ALL 425.
... Mr. John L. Sweeney , I have come upon the following frag- ment of engaging rhythm . Mr. Maxwell E. Foster , who re- cited it to him , has approved the present text . Who tarried in Jericho Until their beards did grow , AFTER ALL 425.
Common terms and phrases
a-waltzing A. E. HOUSMAN A. P. HERBERT American ANONYMOUS anthologies Araminta Arthur Bacon and eggs Ballad Bill bird blue Brown built bustles bustle-maker called cheese DON MARQUIS drink E. B. WHITE editor England English eyes fish Frost funny girls green heard heart humorous J. C. Squire J. K. STEPHEN Jane John Kid March L. A. G. STRONG Lady Lear lies light verse limerick live London look Matilda Miniver Miss Moneypenny-Wilson Montana MORRIS BISHOP night o'er OGDEN NASH once parody Petrillo Poems poet published quatrain rhyme RICHARD ARMOUR Robert sing SIR A. P. HERBERT Sir J. C. Squire SIR W. S. GILBERT smile Song stanzas Stephen sweet tell thee There's thing thou thought titwillow Twas wife William wish wonder word Young friend