A screw loose, by William P. Lancaster, Volume 1; Volume 183 |
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Page 1 - tis not hereafter; Present mirth hath present laughter; What's to come is still unsure: In delay there lies no plenty; Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth's a stuff will not endure. 202 Sir And. A mellifluous voice, as I am true knight. Sir To. A contagious breath. Sir And. Very sweet and contagious, i
Page 228 - I cannot marry Dora; by my life, I will not marry Dora." Then the old man Was wroth, and doubled up his hands, and said: "You will not, boy! you dare to answer thus!
Page 159 - Here he lives in state and bounty, Lord of Burleigh, fair and free, Not a lord in all the county Is so great a lord as he.
Page 34 - The people they stare, and they ask who I am And if I should chance to run over a cad, I can pay for the damage if ever so bad. So pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho ! So pleasant it is to have money.