The Ladies in Parliament: And Other PiecesG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 170 pages |
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... girls like gallant Charley Fox . But now the press has squeamish grown , and thinks in- vective rash ; And telling hits no longer lurk ' neath asterisk and dash ; And poets deal in epithets as soft as skeins of 20 THE LADIES IN PARLIAMENT .
... girls like gallant Charley Fox . But now the press has squeamish grown , and thinks in- vective rash ; And telling hits no longer lurk ' neath asterisk and dash ; And poets deal in epithets as soft as skeins of 20 THE LADIES IN PARLIAMENT .
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And Other Pieces George Otto Trevelyan. And poets deal in epithets as soft as skeins of silk , Nor dream of calling silly lords a curd of ass's milk . And satirists confine their art to cutting jokes on Beales , Or snap like angry ...
And Other Pieces George Otto Trevelyan. And poets deal in epithets as soft as skeins of silk , Nor dream of calling silly lords a curd of ass's milk . And satirists confine their art to cutting jokes on Beales , Or snap like angry ...
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... Poem ; Who wears six rings , and curly as a maid is ; Who's always humming songs about the ladies ; Who never comes inside the gates till four ; Who painted green the Senior Tutor's door . I'll make you both acquainted . Here , my ...
... Poem ; Who wears six rings , and curly as a maid is ; Who's always humming songs about the ladies ; Who never comes inside the gates till four ; Who painted green the Senior Tutor's door . I'll make you both acquainted . Here , my ...
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... poem on the Great Comet of 1858. This gentleman soon after became English lecturer at Corpus College , and commenced a course of instruction in clerical and public elocution : an undertaking in which the undergraduates of the day chose ...
... poem on the Great Comet of 1858. This gentleman soon after became English lecturer at Corpus College , and commenced a course of instruction in clerical and public elocution : an undertaking in which the undergraduates of the day chose ...
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... Poem ; Who wears six rings , and curly as a maid is ; Who's always humming songs about the ladies ; Who never comes inside the gates till four ; Who painted green the Senior Tutor's door . I'll make you both acquainted . Here , my ...
... Poem ; Who wears six rings , and curly as a maid is ; Who's always humming songs about the ladies ; Who never comes inside the gates till four ; Who painted green the Senior Tutor's door . I'll make you both acquainted . Here , my ...
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