This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 Excerpt: ... other men's wives. What nonsense and folly! 'Tis quite melancholy That a man can't be bless'd till his neighbour's undone; Why, 'tis wicked to ax um, --Take the world, that's my maxum, So one be left me, and my Nancy that one. Then we'd hot work between us, 'Bout Graces and Wenus, With their fine red and white, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 Excerpt: ... other men's wives. What nonsense and folly! 'Tis quite melancholy That a man can't be bless'd till his neighbour's undone; Why, 'tis wicked to ax um, --Take the world, that's my maxum, So one be left me, and my Nancy that one. Then we'd hot work between us, 'Bout Graces and Wenus, With their fine red and white, and their eyes full of darts; To be sure, pretty faces Be well in their places; But, your reverence, in love there be such things as hearts! 'Tis unmanly to chatter behind people's back, But 'tis pretty well known that the lady's a crack; Besides, if these things about beauty be true, That there is but one Wenus, why, I says there's two! Say there is but one Nancy, you'll then not mistake, For she's mine, and I'd sail the world round for her sake. Then no further norations, Or chatterifications, 'Bout Wenus, and Graces, and such pretty fun, That so runs in your fancy;--Just see but my Nancy, You'll find all their charms spliced together in one. HISTORY OF THE WAR. 'twas all how and about and concerning the war, And the glory of Britain's bold navy, And the different brushes, and what 'twas all for, That the whistle of Fame has sung out sea and shore; For when British bull-dogs begin for to roar, French, and Spaniards, and Dutch cry peccavi. For the war, how it happen'd, and what 'twas about, That's nothing to we--tars must do what they're bid; So all I can tell you, the war once broke out, They told us to lick 'em, and lick 'em we did. As to order and such, you don't get that from me; I shall, just as they come, speak of actions that's past; So they did up but honour, as lords of the sea, It don't matter a damn which came first or which last. Why, now, there was Howe and the glorious first of June; then there was Jarvis when he beat the Spaniards fif...
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