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There lived a King, as I’ve been… In the wonder-working days of old, When hearts were twice as good as… And twenty times as mellow. Good temper triumphed in his face,

When a felon’s not engaged in his… Or maturing his felonious little p… His capacity for innocent enjoymen… Is just as great as any honest man… Our feelings we with difficulty sm…

Oh! little maid! - (I do not know… Or who you are, so, as a safe prec… I’ll add) - Oh, buxom widow! marr… (As one of these must be your pres… Listen, while I unveil prophetic…

DRAMATIS PERSONAE Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, an El… Alexis, of the Grenadier Guards—… Dr. Daly, Vicar of Ploverleigh John Wellington Wells, of J. W.…

Would you know the kind of maid Sets my heart a flame-a? Eyes must be downcast and staid, Cheeks must flush for shame-a! She may neither dance nor sing,

When you find you’re a broken-down… Who is all of a trimmle and twitte… With your palate unpleasantly bitt… As if you’d just bitten a pill - When your legs are as thin as divi…

DR. BELVILLE was regarded as… His tragedies were reckoned much t… His poems held a noble rank, altho… That, being very proper, they were… He was a famous Painter, too, and…

[HE.] I know a youth who loves a… (Hey, but his face is a sight for… Silent is he, for he’s modest and… (Hey, but he’s timid as a youth ca… [SHE.] I know a maid who loves…

A gentleman of City fame Now claims your kind attention; East India broking was his game, His name I shall not mention: No one of finely-pointed sense

The law is the true embodiment Of everything that’s excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my lords, embody the Law. The constitutional guardian I

Were I thy bride, Then the whole world beside Were not too wide To hold my wealth of love - Were I thy bride!

I’ve often thought that headstrong… Of decent education, Determine all-important truths, With strange precipitation. The ever-ready victims they,

When man and maiden meet, I like… I always droop my own - I am the… I’m also fond of bashfulness, and… For modesty’s a quality that woman… Whenever I am introduced to any p…