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. 1870 Excerpt: ...sun, (Sun shines very warm at Bassora, ) 'Till her glossy skin dries, and she looks, bless her eyes! Like a sealing-wax model of Laura. Then she dressed and she ran to her father's divan, Upsetting his brandy-and-water; 'See, father!' she cried, 'my lover you've dyed, And I've done as much for your daughter!' Just ...
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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. 1870 Excerpt: ...sun, (Sun shines very warm at Bassora, ) 'Till her glossy skin dries, and she looks, bless her eyes! Like a sealing-wax model of Laura. Then she dressed and she ran to her father's divan, Upsetting his brandy-and-water; 'See, father!' she cried, 'my lover you've dyed, And I've done as much for your daughter!' Just fancy the row! The Bashaw cried, 'I vow, You're too bad, --'pon my soul, you are, Laura! This cursed connexion--that ruined complexion, --Confound you, girl, this is a floorer! 'No matter: --begone! I'm a fool to take on Like this, --go! get out of my sight, Miss! You'll play rouge et noir with your father no more: Bah! marry black Iky to-night, Miss!' There! more if you'd learn, I'd advise you to turn To any 'third volume' that's handy; And mark how Misfortune strikes work Hymen's porch in, And every one eats sugar-candy. It will save common-places--Pa's horrid fierce faces, All sympathy sternly repressing; The fond couple kneeling--the fine burst of feeling, And pardon--turned up with a blessing! And they lived, O so long, and they loved, O so strong, And their features grew daily less shady; 'Till the Sheik merely looked like a very dark man, And his wife like a very warm lady. And if ever you ride by the Tigris so wide, A tourist or learned explorer, You'll hear the tale told of Ben-jamen the Bold, And his blooming Eed Rose of Bassora! ERMENGARDE A LEGEND OF THE RHINE. Translated from an ancient Manuscript, lately discovered in the University Library at Bonn. 'Verily, 'answered Don Quixote, 'you have told one of the rarest talcs, fables, or histories imaginable; and your way of telling and concluding it is such as never was, nor will be, seen in one's whole life!'--Don Quixote, b. iii. c. 5. PART I. The thunders of the Great Crusade Resound along th...
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