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Why go thy legs tap - lappetty like men that fear to fall ? Why is thy leathern doublet besmeared with stain and spot ? Go to . Thou art no man ( she saith ) -- thou art a Pottlepot ! ” “ No man , " i ' faith .
Why go thy legs tap - lappetty like men that fear to fall ? Why is thy leathern doublet besmeared with stain and spot ? Go to . Thou art no man ( she saith ) -- thou art a Pottlepot ! ” “ No man , " i ' faith .
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... Observes some solemn , sentimental owl ; Maxims like these are very cheaply said : But , ere you make yourself a fool or fowl , Pray , just inquire about his rise and fall , And whether larks have any beds at all !
... Observes some solemn , sentimental owl ; Maxims like these are very cheaply said : But , ere you make yourself a fool or fowl , Pray , just inquire about his rise and fall , And whether larks have any beds at all !
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... Dumply had a great fall : Not all the king's horses nor all the king's mer Could set Humply Dumply up again . ... that never was hatched Falls down , and gets shattered beyond being patched ; And luckily , too ! for if all came to ...
... Dumply had a great fall : Not all the king's horses nor all the king's mer Could set Humply Dumply up again . ... that never was hatched Falls down , and gets shattered beyond being patched ; And luckily , too ! for if all came to ...
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... such ruin may fall , That not all the world's might , of its horses or men , Could set their crushed hopes at the summit again . Adeline D. T. Whilney ( 1824-1906 ] STRICTLY GERM - PROOF The Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup ...
... such ruin may fall , That not all the world's might , of its horses or men , Could set their crushed hopes at the summit again . Adeline D. T. Whilney ( 1824-1906 ] STRICTLY GERM - PROOF The Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup ...
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And as for the paragons smallIf a swallow cannot make a summer , It can bring on a summary fall ! Guy Welmore Carryl ( 1873-1904 ] A NAUTICAL BALLAD A CAPITAL ship for an ocean trip Was the “ Walloping Window - blind , " No gale that ...
And as for the paragons smallIf a swallow cannot make a summer , It can bring on a summary fall ! Guy Welmore Carryl ( 1873-1904 ] A NAUTICAL BALLAD A CAPITAL ship for an ocean trip Was the “ Walloping Window - blind , " No gale that ...
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| Title | The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Author | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Compiled by | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4009 pages |
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