Brallaghan: Or The DeipnosophistsE. Churton, 1845 - 336 pages |
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... tell why his Ravarince had taken sich a dislike to the feline spacies , as to propose that their whiskers should be shaved . Tom Hood said every where it was the most barberous act that ever the Jaysuits had thought of . Maginn declared ...
... tell why his Ravarince had taken sich a dislike to the feline spacies , as to propose that their whiskers should be shaved . Tom Hood said every where it was the most barberous act that ever the Jaysuits had thought of . Maginn declared ...
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... Tell us , tell us , Quarantotti ! Tell us why did fate allot thee Such a prying , bustling spirit , And not mix one grain of merit- Not one particle of sense With thy active impotence ! Within , without , above , below , We meet thee ...
... Tell us , tell us , Quarantotti ! Tell us why did fate allot thee Such a prying , bustling spirit , And not mix one grain of merit- Not one particle of sense With thy active impotence ! Within , without , above , below , We meet thee ...
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... tell ye Misther Yorke is sayin ' a grate deal . Nobody but Sir Walther Scott could adequately describe Docther Maginn . In one of them fathers - I do'nt exactly remember which , and I'm too lazy to look - I wanst met the expression avnp ...
... tell ye Misther Yorke is sayin ' a grate deal . Nobody but Sir Walther Scott could adequately describe Docther Maginn . In one of them fathers - I do'nt exactly remember which , and I'm too lazy to look - I wanst met the expression avnp ...
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... tell a lagend and knock down a foe as well as any man that ever wore a head . He is to be seen every day waukin ' from fair " Rosamond's Bower " at Fulham , to his desk in the Admiralthry , with a club in his right fist of the thrue ...
... tell a lagend and knock down a foe as well as any man that ever wore a head . He is to be seen every day waukin ' from fair " Rosamond's Bower " at Fulham , to his desk in the Admiralthry , with a club in his right fist of the thrue ...
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... tell you Barney , " says he , " that it's a disgrace to our city that I should be obliged to go all the way to my lodgins for the barkers , " says he . " Why man doorin ' an elexshun you shou'd have duellin ' pistols undher every poll ...
... tell you Barney , " says he , " that it's a disgrace to our city that I should be obliged to go all the way to my lodgins for the barkers , " says he . " Why man doorin ' an elexshun you shou'd have duellin ' pistols undher every poll ...
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Achilles Tatius afther aiquil Anacreon Ballinamona oro Barney beauty bliss BOYLE Brallaghan breast Brian O'Linn bright bright eyes bright-ey'd wine Castle Hyde charms Colla bella coorse Cork Croker Cupid darlint dear Deipnosophist Club delight divine Doctor Dreams drink enuff eyes fair Father Prout flowers Freeholder Grake hath heart Heaven Hood Irish potheen Judy kiss ladies larned laughing lips LITTLE'S POEMS look Lord Maginn MARY GENTLE MILLIKIN Misther MOORE MOORE'S MELODIES never night nose nymph o'er once ould Philostratus Plagiarism poet poor preesht Prout punch Qu¿ rose rosy round SABERTASH shine sing SIR JOHN SUCKLING smile song soul spirit stars sweet tell thee thine thou thought thrue Tom Hood Tom Moore Venus whin whiskey WILLIAM MAGINN young γαρ δε εν εστι και μεν μοι Ου τε Ω Λινν
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