This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
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11095 | Squash,"Do you think Mr. Corn overhears What we say when we talk Of his self- conscious stalk, And his moving Miss Melon to tears?" |
11095 | [ Illustration: The Miser] DR. KEY''S ANSWER"Shine?" |
11095 | [ Illustration: The Refusal] A HOPELESS CASE"What is the use?" |
27175 | Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages? |
27175 | [ Illustration] How shall I hunt this quadruped? |
27175 | [ Illustration] The Polar Bear The Polar Bear is unaware Of cold that cuts me through: For why? |
27176 | would you slap the Porcupine? |
27182 | ***** But what is this? |
27182 | Lord Henry Chase What happened to Lord Henry Chase? |
27182 | Trust your Papa and name the sum.... WHAT? |
27182 | [ Illustration]..._ Fifteen hundred thousand?_... Hum! |
46691 | ***** I wonder if Labby Has read"Northanger Abbey?" |
30656 | A Co- tangent harmonious Loop You appear to be facing due South But O what have you done with your Mouth? |
30656 | It is a pity, of course; but what can you expect? |
30656 | PARISIAN NECTAR for the Gods; A little thick-- but what''s the odds? |
30656 | So every one got a present again''Cept Willie an''Wallie an''Huldy an''Jane-- An''it served''em right, do n''t you think? |
30656 | The Story''s told-- is it in vain? |
30656 | Well, I thot Rats, what''s the difference? |
30656 | What would we do if the thing should sneeze?" |
36321 | ''Tis more persuasive and as sure As( shall we say?) |
36321 | ( How could she so forget good breeding?) |
36321 | Accept these verses then, I pray, Disarming press and public too, For what can hostile critics say? |
36321 | And how he put his life to stake, For Principle and Country''s sake? |
36321 | Footnotes:[ A] NOTE.--"_Lors, dit- on, quand il jouait Handel Le jeu ne valait pas la chandelle._"[ B] PUBLISHER''S READER--"_Pied- a- terre_"? |
36321 | Most fortunate shall I be then Of mortal men; For what more happiness ensures Than work in service such as Yours? |
36321 | What else is left for them to do, Because of You, But view with kindness this collection, Which bears the seal of Your protection? |
36321 | _ Joan of Arc_ From Pimlico to Central Park, From Timbuctoo to Rotten Row, Who has not heard of Joan of Arc, His tragic tale who does not know? |
36782 | A Cockney Chiel who found him thus, And showed some conjugal alarm, When Burns implored him not to fuss, Enquiring calmly,"Where''s the harm?" |
36782 | Not his, suppose Hall Caine should walk All unannounced into the room, To say, like pressmen of New York,"Er-- Mr. Shakespeare, I presoom?" |
36782 | O fellow Scotsman, near and far, Renowned for health and good digestion, For all that makes you what you are,--( But are you really? |
36782 | So much of tenderness and grace Confined in such a slender space? |
36782 | Was ever set so huge a heart Within so small a frame? |
36782 | What matter doubts, despair or sorrow? |
36782 | Who is he? |
36782 | Would you quarrel with my moral? |
36782 | Yes,"_ autre temps_"and"_ autre moeurs_,""_ Où sont_ indeed_ les neiges d''antan_?" |
20353 | And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? 20353 Oh, holy father,"Alice said,"''twould grieve you, would it not? |
20353 | The night is fine,the Walrus said,"Do you admire the view?" |
20353 | 10 There was an old person of Ware, Who rode on the back of a bear; When they asked,"Does it trot?" |
20353 | 4 There was a Young Lady of Norway, Who casually sat in a doorway; When the door squeezed her flat, she exclaimed"What of that?" |
20353 | 7 There was an old man who said,"How Shall I flee from this horrible Cow? |
20353 | Bees, Who was stung in the arm by a wasp: When they asked,"Does it hurt?" |
20353 | But do they re- al- ly com- pre- hend What Scho- pen- hau- er''s driving at? |
20353 | Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? |
20353 | He answered,"My queen Is it manners you mean, Or do you refer to my figure?" |
20353 | Oh, not at all; but what of that? |
20353 | Shall we be trotting home again?" |
20353 | Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife?" |
20353 | The padre said,"Whatever have you been and gone and done?" |
20353 | When they said,"Is it small?" |
20353 | Will you please to go away? |
20353 | [_ George du Maurier_ NONSENSE VERSES 1 There was a small boy of Quebec, Who was buried in snow to his neck: When they said,"Are you friz?" |
20353 | wo n''t they be soon upset, you know? |
26478 | A what? |
26478 | Ad was n''t i d beade? |
26478 | And are they always obliged to wear those horrible wire cages over their heads? |
26478 | And is that his Majesty at the other end of the room? |
26478 | And she''s so fond of fish too, as a rule, ai n''t she, mum? |
26478 | Anything else? |
26478 | Are they born with wheels on, or do they grow afterwards? |
26478 | But I assure you that--"How was your friend dressed? |
26478 | But are you sure that gentlemen wear these sort of things? |
26478 | But what does it all mean, Putchy? |
26478 | But what is a surprise party? |
26478 | By steamer? |
26478 | By train? |
26478 | Dear me,I exclaimed in alarm,"I do n''t think my housekeeper could possibly--""Why not ask her?" |
26478 | Detached? |
26478 | Did he drive?--or come on a bicycle, or walk? |
26478 | Did you see the Armoury at the Tower? |
26478 | Did you see the Lions? |
26478 | Did you see the Sleeping Beauty? |
26478 | Do n''t you take any other newspapers than these? |
26478 | Do you think she will see me? 26478 Does your Majesty mean that you received no education at all?" |
26478 | Does your Majesty remember any of the incidents of your early life? |
26478 | Er- er- how do you do? |
26478 | Fod of fish? |
26478 | Good gracious,I replied,"and does he pay you well for them?" |
26478 | Have n''t you had any rain here? |
26478 | Have you really never seen any before? |
26478 | Heard the news? |
26478 | His Majesty of Why, sir? 26478 His name? |
26478 | How did he come? |
26478 | How did you enjoy the Academy? |
26478 | How did you go? |
26478 | How much do you want? |
26478 | How much is the entrance fee to the Academy? |
26478 | How much will you give me for telling you? |
26478 | I suppose her Majesty has a crown of her own, has n''t she? |
26478 | I suppose you can manage to put us up here for a month or two? |
26478 | I''d never met a single one of Henry the Eighth''s wives in my life, and how was I to recognize them? |
26478 | If a person is not attached to anyone else, they are detached, I suppose, are they not? |
26478 | Is n''t it affecting? |
26478 | Is n''t it now? |
26478 | No? |
26478 | Oh, please, sir, will you go down? 26478 Oh,_ how_ do you do? |
26478 | Shall I really see the Queen of England? |
26478 | The most important question for the moment is, where are we all going to sleep? |
26478 | There were n''t any; you did n''t see any, did you? |
26478 | They have to catch dogs for a living? |
26478 | To Hammersmith? |
26478 | Well, candidly, I''m afraid not very much,I replied;"and what on earth do you call it an ode for?" |
26478 | Well, how was I to know? |
26478 | Well, then, how do you suppose that I am going to manage? 26478 Well, what is an armoury?" |
26478 | Well, where were the names of the stations then? |
26478 | Well, why do n''t you go to the Public Library then? |
26478 | Well, why do n''t you see that we get it then? 26478 What are they doing here at all?" |
26478 | What did he say a critic was? |
26478 | What do you mead? |
26478 | What do you mean? |
26478 | What does he say? |
26478 | What ever do you mean? |
26478 | What for? |
26478 | What is it? |
26478 | What is your favourite diet, your Majesty? |
26478 | What on earth do you mean? |
26478 | What were they? 26478 What''s his name?" |
26478 | What''s his name? |
26478 | What''s in the big box? |
26478 | What''s that? |
26478 | Whatever is that; I do n''t think it was mentioned on the cards of invitation, was it? |
26478 | Where did he come from? |
26478 | Where did the engine go? |
26478 | Where is it then? |
26478 | Where were you educated, your Majesty? |
26478 | Where''s the Wallypug? |
26478 | Whoever do you mean? |
26478 | Why do n''t they call things by their proper names then? 26478 Why not?" |
26478 | Why? 26478 Yes, but who was to know which were wax figures and which were not?" |
26478 | Yes; you said she wore a train, did n''t you? |
26478 | You mean, has she a sweetheart? 26478 --_Pall Mall Gazette._# J. Maclaren Cobban.# WILT THOU HAVE THIS WOMAN? 26478 And can you tell me why, good sir, The birds receive no pay For singing sweetly in the grove Throughout the livelong day? 26478 Are you going to give me a letter or not? |
26478 | CHAPTER III SUNDRY SMALL HAPPENINGS Whatever could it all mean? |
26478 | Can you kindly inform me is she detached?" |
26478 | Can you tell me how I can set to work about it?" |
26478 | Could you make out what he was driving at?" |
26478 | Dear me, and shall I be presented to his Majesty?" |
26478 | Do people ever get paid for writing poetry?" |
26478 | Do you remember?" |
26478 | Do you think that we could manage anyhow to find room for them, for a few days at any rate?" |
26478 | I cried,"whatever do you mean?" |
26478 | I replied,"and what is all this crowd doing here?" |
26478 | Must I keep my crown on or take it off?" |
26478 | Now then,"he continued,"how much are you going to pay us for staying with you?" |
26478 | Of course we must do our best, and how fortunate that I put on my best gown to- day, is n''t it? |
26478 | Surely that''s not correct, is it?" |
26478 | They tell me, dear, you have no feet; But what is that to me? |
26478 | What am I to do with all the beautiful Christmas and New Year''s cards which I have received? |
26478 | What could have become of him? |
26478 | What could it all mean? |
26478 | What do you think of it?" |
26478 | What have you brought, may I ask, your Grace?" |
26478 | What is he?" |
26478 | What is it?" |
26478 | What marmalade in fancy pot Or cream meringue, though fair it be, Thine image e''er can mar or blot? |
26478 | What must I say? |
26478 | Whatever was happening? |
26478 | Whatever was to be done? |
26478 | Whatever were they up to? |
26478 | Where did the man, or Wallypug, or whatever you call him, come from?" |
26478 | Where is it?" |
26478 | Who could he be? |
26478 | Who knows? |
26478 | Why doth the little busy bee Not charge so much an hour, For gathering honey day by day From every opening flower? |
26478 | Will she bow to me? |
26478 | Would n''t you like to know what they are all about, eh?" |
26478 | You are the gentleman, I think, who is to introduce me to his Majesty, are you not?" |
26478 | You had better go and make yourself tidy, had n''t you?" |
26478 | You''re surely not so mean as to mind tenpence, are you?" |
26478 | [ Illustration: THE FINISH]"I suppose we ca n''t stick it together again?" |
26478 | [ Illustration:"ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME A LETTER OR NOT?"] |
26478 | [ Illustration:"WALK UP, WALK UP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN"]"What do you mean?" |
26478 | by the bye, I might call it''A Toad''s Ode,''might n''t I? |
26478 | discount for cash, 3 6 2--------- £26 4 11"What do you mean by moral deterioration?" |
26478 | do they?" |
26478 | do you?" |
26478 | nothing could be fairer than that, could it?" |
26478 | oh, what will become of us?" |
26478 | she exclaimed directly she saw me,"what do you think? |
26478 | what ever for?" |
26478 | would n''t you like to know?" |
9380 | ''Oh, boatswain, down in the for''ard hold What water do you find?'' 9380 ''Oh, how does our good ship head to- night? |
9380 | ''Oh, what does the quadrant indicate? 9380 And do fish bite? |
9380 | And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? 9380 Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?" |
9380 | Did I o''ercharge him a ha''penny? 9380 If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose,"the Walrus said,"That they could get it clear?" |
9380 | Oh, holy father,Alice said,"''twould grieve you, would it not? |
9380 | Race? 9380 The night is fine,"the Walrus said,"Do you admire the view?" |
9380 | Then why, O, Cumberbunce,I cried,"Did you come walking at my side And ask me if you, please, might sing, When you could not warble anything?" |
9380 | Who are you, aged man? |
9380 | You boast indeed of your wonderful speed-- but what is the boasting worth? 9380 ''What, no soap?'' 9380 ( Is n''t it, old Fatchops? 9380 --Or what? 9380 A THRENODY What, what, what, What''s the news from Swat? 9380 Ai n''t he cute? 9380 Ai n''t you sorry for him? 9380 Am I not as wild as the wind and more crazy? 9380 And I have said, my little Will, Why should not he continue still A thing of Nature''s rearing? 9380 And I said,Oh, gentle pieman, why so very, very merry? |
9380 | And I-- was I brusque and surly? |
9380 | And I? |
9380 | And as for my hair, Do you think I should care To comb it at night with my toes? |
9380 | And colics? |
9380 | And how does the sextant stand?'' |
9380 | And must we really part for good, But meet again here where we''ve stood? |
9380 | And now it''s taken wing; I s''pose no man before or since Dreamt such a funny thing? |
9380 | And who can wonder that it made That loving creature cry? |
9380 | And yet, why should I clasp the earthful urn? |
9380 | Art on the chokesome cherry bent? |
9380 | Art thou a Buddhist, or dost thou indeed Put faith in the monstrous Mohammedan creed? |
9380 | Art thou a Ghebir-- a blinded Parsee? |
9380 | Art thou not greater who art less? |
9380 | As I mentioned before, by what light is it lighted? |
9380 | At night if he suddenly screams and wakes, Do they bring him only a few small cakes, or a Lot, For the Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | At penny- a- lining make your whack, Or with the mummers mug and gag? |
9380 | BUZ, QUOTH THE BLUE FLY Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee, Buz and hum they cry, And so do we: In his ear, in his nose, thus, do you see? |
9380 | Bees, Who was stung in the arm by a wasp; When they asked,"Does it hurt?" |
9380 | Bene, satis, male_,-- Where was I with my trope''bout one in a quag? |
9380 | Burns gives us: Ken ye aught o''Captain Grose? |
9380 | But do they re- al- ly com- pre- hend What Scho- pen- hau- er''s driv- ing at? |
9380 | But is n''t he wise-- To jes''dream of stars, as the doctors advise?" |
9380 | But shall I see thee far beyond the sun, When the new dawn lights Empyrean scenes? |
9380 | But what to me are woven clouds, or what, If dames from spiders learn to warp their looms? |
9380 | Can he talk nonsense?" |
9380 | Can he write a letter concisely clear, Without a speck or a smudge or smear or Blot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Can it be on an errand she hath delayed? |
9380 | De win''she blow from nor''-eas''-wes'',-- De sout''win''she blow too, Wen Rosie cry,"Mon cher captinne, Mon cher, w''at I shall do?" |
9380 | Delicate hands, unaccustom''d to reels, To set''em working a poor body''s wheels? |
9380 | Did they explain and render hazier The policies of Central Asia? |
9380 | Do his people like him extremely well? |
9380 | Do his people prig in the lanes or park? |
9380 | Does Fiction mend where Fact has mauled? |
9380 | Does he beat his wife with a gold- topped pipe, When she lets the gooseberries grow too ripe, or Rot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Does he drink his soup and his coffee cold, or Hot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Does he drink small beer from a silver jug? |
9380 | Does he like new cream, and hate mince- pies? |
9380 | Does he like to sit by the calm blue wave? |
9380 | Does he live on turnips, tea or tripe, Does he like his shawl to be marked with a stripe or a Dot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Does he sail about on an inland lake, in a Yacht, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Does he sing or whistle, jabber or talk, And when riding abroad does he gallop or walk, or Trot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Does he sit on a stool or sofa or chair, or Squat, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Does he sleep on a mattress, a bed or a mat, or a Cot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Does he study the wants of his own dominion? |
9380 | Does he teach his subjects to roast and bake? |
9380 | Does he wear a turban, a fez or a hat? |
9380 | Does he wear a white tie when he dines with his friends, And tie it neat in a bow with ends, or a Knot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Dost seek the chestnut burr? |
9380 | Dost thou remember Jeames? |
9380 | Dost thou remember Jeames? |
9380 | Doubt is faith in the main; but faith, on the whole, is doubt; We can not believe by proof; but could we believe without? |
9380 | FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA, OR THE GENTLE PIEMAN*****"Love you?" |
9380 | For instance, take a case like this: Is fancied kick a real kiss, Or rather the reverse? |
9380 | For the Ahkoond I mourn, Who would n''t? |
9380 | Go double or quits? |
9380 | Had I lost at that awful juncture my presence of mind? |
9380 | Has Death its wisest victims called When idiots are born? |
9380 | Hast thou no garland for this aching head That soon so low must be? |
9380 | Hast thou no pity? |
9380 | He sent them word I had not gone( We know it to be true); If she should push the matter on, What would become of you? |
9380 | Hear''st not the billow''s solemn roar, That echoes through the vaults of night? |
9380 | Her hair, was it quaintly curly, Or as straight as a beadle''s wand? |
9380 | Her teeth, I presume, were"pearly": But which was she, brunette or blonde? |
9380 | His rival, but in what? |
9380 | How do you melt the multy swag? |
9380 | How heads our gallant craft?'' |
9380 | I can not recall her figure: Was it regal as Juno''s own? |
9380 | I said,"And how is it you live?" |
9380 | I see a goose ring a hog, And a snail that bit a dog; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | I see a goose ring a hog, Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | I see a hare chase a hound, Twenty mile above the ground; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | I see a hare chase a hound, Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | I see a man in the moon, Clouting of St. Peter''s shoon, Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | I see a man in the moon, Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | I see a mouse catch the cat, And the cheese to eat the rat; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | I see a mouse catch the cat, Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | I see a sheep shearing corn, And a cuckoo blow his horn; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | I see a sheep shearing corn, Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | III Ah, how can fear sit and hear as love hears it grief''s heart''s cracked grate''s screech? |
9380 | IMERICKS There was an old person of Ware Who rode on the back of a bear; When they said,"Does it trot?" |
9380 | If coal- black ghosts turn soldiers for the State, With wooden eyes, and lightning- rods for plumes? |
9380 | If he catches them then, either old or young, Does he have them chopped in pieces or hung, or Shot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | If so, who will change it? |
9380 | Igo and ago, If he''s''mang his freens or foes? |
9380 | Igo and ago; And eaten like a weather haggis? |
9380 | In February, eighteen sixty nine, Alexandrina Victoria, Fidei, Hm-- hm-- how runs the jargon? |
9380 | In the height of the height, in the depth of the deep? |
9380 | Is he quiet, or always making a fuss? |
9380 | Is he slain by Highlan''bodies? |
9380 | Is he tall or short, or dark or fair? |
9380 | Is he wise or foolish, young or old? |
9380 | Is his steward a Swiss or a Swede or a Russ, or a Scot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Is it a mayor that a mother has knighted, Or is it a horse of the sun and the day? |
9380 | Is it a pony? |
9380 | Is it fourpence, or piebald, or gray? |
9380 | Is it purity of conscience, or your one- and- seven sherry?" |
9380 | Is it the gibber of gungs and keeks? |
9380 | Is plenitude of passion palled By poverty of scorn? |
9380 | Is present pain a future bliss, Or is it something worse? |
9380 | Is she afraid Of the hound that howls, or the moaning mole? |
9380 | Is there no music in the trees To charm thee with its frolic mirth? |
9380 | Is this your love so warm? |
9380 | Is_ all_ forgot? |
9380 | It is by the author of''As in a looking- Glass,''is it not?" |
9380 | JOHN JONES_ At the Piano_ I Love me and leave me; what love bids retrieve me? |
9380 | Khabu, did there come great fear On thy Khabuldozed Ameer Ali Shere? |
9380 | Low love fulfilled of low success? |
9380 | Made they mots, as"There to- day are No more Himalayehs,"Or, if you prefer it,"There to- day are No more Himalaya"? |
9380 | Martin said to his man, Fill thou the cup, and I the can; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | Must Care''s wan phantom still beguile And chain thee to the stubborn earth? |
9380 | Must I darkly tread The unknown paths that lead me wide from thee? |
9380 | My soul, in desolate eclipse, With recollection teems-- And then I hask, with weeping lips, Dost thou remember Jeames? |
9380 | Namely, in life they rivals were, or foes, And in their deaths not very much divided? |
9380 | No sigh? |
9380 | No smile? |
9380 | No sound? |
9380 | Not understood? |
9380 | O joy to pluck it from the ground, To view the purple sac, To touch the sessile stigma''s round-- And shall I then turn back? |
9380 | ON THE ROAD Said Folly to Wisdom,"Pray, where are we going?" |
9380 | Oh, Martin said to his man, Who''s the fool now? |
9380 | Oh, let us be married; too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?" |
9380 | Oh, not at all; but what of that? |
9380 | Oh, the Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Oi, said the Akhoond,"Sah, L''État de Swat c''est moi"? |
9380 | Or a bowl? |
9380 | Or choose to chase the cheese around the churn? |
9380 | Or did the Khan of far Kashgar Tremble at the menace hot Of the Moolla of Kotal,"I will extirpate thee, pal Of my foe the Akhoond of Swat"? |
9380 | Or do they, whenever they can, rebel, or Plot, At the Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Or does n''t he care for public opinion a Jot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Or even at times, when days are dark, Garotte? |
9380 | Or fake the broads? |
9380 | Or find the frittered fig that felt the fast? |
9380 | Or get the straight, and land your pot? |
9380 | Or her uncle? |
9380 | Or made each in the cabinet his mark Kotalese Gortschakoff, Swattish Bismarck? |
9380 | Or only a trifle bigger Than the elves who surround the throne Of the Faëry Queen, and are seen, I ween, By mortals in dreams alone? |
9380 | Or oppressively bland and fond? |
9380 | Or pitch a snide? |
9380 | Or swallow any pill from out the past? |
9380 | Or thimble- rig? |
9380 | Or to sleep and snore in a dark green cave, or a Grott, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Or were wails despairing caught, as The burghers pale of Swat Cried in panic,"Moolla ad Portas"? |
9380 | Or why did we twain abscond, All breakfastless too, from the public view To prowl by a misty pond? |
9380 | POOR DEAR GRANDPAPA What is the matter with Grandpapa? |
9380 | Polkam jungere, Virgo, vis, Will you join the Polka, Miss? |
9380 | Put case I had n''t''em on me, could I ha''bought This sort- o''-kind- o''-what- you- might- call- toy, This pebble- thing, o''the boy- thing? |
9380 | SHE''S ALL MY FANCY PAINTED HIM She''s all my fancy painted him,( I make no idle boast); If he or you had lost a limb, Which would have suffered most? |
9380 | Said Folly to Wisdom,"Then what shall we do?" |
9380 | Say shall Destruction''s lava load the gale, The furnace quiver and the mountain quail? |
9380 | Say shall the son of Sympathy pretend His cedar fragrance with our Chiefs to blend? |
9380 | See? |
9380 | Shall I bribe with a store of minted metal? |
9380 | Shall the price of a slave be its treasure to keep? |
9380 | Shall the sea-- storm declare it, or paint it, or smell it? |
9380 | Shall we be trotting home again?" |
9380 | Sing, my Cumberbunce? |
9380 | Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife?" |
9380 | So thy dear eyes and thy kind lips but say-- Ere from his cerements Timon seems to flit:"What of the reaper grim with sickle keen?" |
9380 | Suppose you duff? |
9380 | Suppose you try a different tack, And on the square you flash your flag? |
9380 | Susan''s papa was greatly vexed, And he said to Susan,"My dear, what next?" |
9380 | THE AHKOND OF SWAT Who, or why, or which, or_ what_, Is the Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | THE HIPPOPOTAMUS"Oh, say, what is this fearful, wild, Incorrigible cuss?" |
9380 | THE NOBLE TUCK- MAN Americus, as he did wend With A. J. Mortimer, his chum, The two were greeted by a friend,"And how are you, boys, Hi, Ho, Hum?" |
9380 | THE SORROWS OF WERTHER Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her? |
9380 | THERE WAS A FROG There was a frog swum in the lake, The crab came crawling by:"Wilt thou,"coth the frog,"be my make?" |
9380 | The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | The padre said,"Whatever have you been and gone and done?" |
9380 | Then the hand that reposed so snugly In mine-- was it plump or spare? |
9380 | There once was a man who said,"How Shall I manage to carry my cow? |
9380 | There once was an old man of Lyme Who married three wives at a time; When asked,"Why a third?" |
9380 | There was a young maid who said,"Why Ca n''t I look in my ear with my eye? |
9380 | There was an old man who said,"Do Tell me how I''m to add two and two? |
9380 | There you sit snoring, forgetting her ills; Who is to give her her Bolus and Pills? |
9380 | To amuse his mind do his people show him Pictures, or any one''s last new poem, or What, For the Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | Two bright stars Peep''d into the shell, What are they dreaming of? |
9380 | VILLON''S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES"_ Tout aux tavernes et aux fiells_"Suppose you screeve? |
9380 | WILD FLOWERS"Of what are you afraid, my child?" |
9380 | Was I haply the lady''s suitor? |
9380 | Was I partial to rising early? |
9380 | Was Kotal''s proud citadel-- Bastioned, and demi- luned, Beaten down with shot and shell By the guns of the Akhoond? |
9380 | Was it in the tented field With crash of sword on shield, While backward meaner champions reeled And loud the tom- tom pealed? |
9380 | Was the countenance fair or ugly? |
9380 | Was the transaction illegal? |
9380 | Well, as I looked upon the thing, It murmured,"Please, sir, can I sing?" |
9380 | What boots to fall again forlorn? |
9380 | What can the matter be? |
9380 | What do you think the bride was dressed in? |
9380 | What do you think they had for a fiddle? |
9380 | What do you think they had for supper? |
9380 | What do you think was the tune they danced to? |
9380 | What is a race"( and a mocking face had Jill as she spake the word)"Unless for a prize the runner tries? |
9380 | What is so simple as primitive Monkeydom Born in the sea with a cold in its head? |
9380 | What matters now? |
9380 | What profits it to rise i''the dark? |
9380 | What ship could live in such a sea? |
9380 | What though on pinions of the blast The sea- gulls sweep with leaden flight? |
9380 | What though the watery caverns deep Gleam ghostly on the wandering sight? |
9380 | What thunder shall tell it? |
9380 | What vessel bear the shock? |
9380 | What wail of smitten strings hear we? |
9380 | When he heard the shot he quickly arose, And while he stood upon his toes, The coffee fell and burned his nose;"Oh dear,"he cried,"what burns me so?" |
9380 | When he looks at the sun does he wink his eyes, or Not, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | When he writes a copy in round- hand size, Does he cross his t''s and finish his i''s with a Dot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | When they said,"Is it small?" |
9380 | Wherein did the deceased Akhoond of Swat Kotal''s lamented Moolla late, As it were, emulate? |
9380 | Who can tell? |
9380 | Who knows Of Moolla and Akhoond aught more than I did? |
9380 | Why do I sit in the moonshade, while the eye- star mocks me while I ask what I am? |
9380 | Why doth she warble not? |
9380 | Why, and whither, and how? |
9380 | Why? |
9380 | Why? |
9380 | Will you please to go away? |
9380 | With Everton toffee thee persuade? |
9380 | Wo n''t you accept such plain doctrines instead? |
9380 | You are amazed that I could tell The creature''s name so quickly? |
9380 | _ Excessit, evasit, erupit_--off slogs boy; Off like bird,_ avi similis_--(you observed The dative? |
9380 | _ London, 1662__ IF_ If all the land were apple- pie, And all the sea were ink; And all the trees were bread and cheese, What should we do for drink? |
9380 | _ MARTIN LUTHER AT POTSDAM_ What lightning shall light it? |
9380 | _ Pale Studént_: The wooden- chuck is next of kin Unto the wood- peckére: I fear not thine ill- boding din, And why should I fear her? |
9380 | _ THE COCK AND THE BULL_ You see this pebble- stone? |
9380 | _ YE LAYE OF YE WOODPECKORE__ Picus Erythrocephalus_: O whither goest thou, pale studént Within the wood so fur? |
9380 | adder- like, now bloom bursts bladder- like,-- bloom frost bequeathed? |
9380 | can June''s fist grasp May? |
9380 | cried she,"what shall I do?" |
9380 | down a horrible volcano?" |
9380 | for how canst thou hope To have such a stomach as it? |
9380 | for who shall decide The depths of his badgerly soul? |
9380 | has it come to this pass?" |
9380 | is n''t he a curious bird, that red, long- leg''d Flamingo? |
9380 | my Child, where is the Pen That can do Justice to the Hen? |
9380 | or a Pot, The Ahkond of Swat? |
9380 | or a cup? |
9380 | or a glass? |
9380 | or a mug? |
9380 | or fig a nag? |
9380 | or go cheap- jack? |
9380 | or knap a yack? |
9380 | or nose and lag? |
9380 | or smash a rag? |
9380 | see''st thou not the torrent''s flash Far shooting o''er the mountain height? |
9380 | she exclaimed,"how_ can_ you try An honest Moon this way? |
9380 | such a funny thing-- And now it''s taken wing; I s''pose no man before or since Dreamt such a funny thing? |
9380 | tell me did you ever see a bird so funny stand- o When forth he from the water comes and gets upon the land- o? |
9380 | tell me have you ever seen a red, long- leg''d Flamingo? |
9380 | tell me have you ever yet seen him the water in go? |
9380 | what shall save the soul, When cobblers ask three dollars for their shoes? |
9380 | what''s the odds?" |
9380 | who can feel the crimson ecstasy That soothes with bickering jar the Glorious Tree? |
9380 | who is he that sneaks along Into South Middle''s door? |
9380 | why am I what I am, And why am I anything? |
9380 | wo n''t they soon be upset, you know? |