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" He was perfumed like a milliner; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took 't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff... "
Travels in Trinidad During the Months of February, March, and April, 1803 ... - Page 17
by Pierre Franc M'Callum - 1805 - 354 pages
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors. To ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom, and his chin new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble land at harvest home, He was perfumed...ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; • «***•• And still he smil'd, and talked ; And as the soldiers bare dead bodies by, He call'd...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 pages
...neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest home ; He was perfumed like a milliner...pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took 't away again ; — Who, therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff;2 — and...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest home ; He was perfumed like a milliner...pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took 't away again ; — Who, therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff;2 — and...
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Trials of Domestic Life, Volume 1

Anna Eliza Bray, Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1848 - 320 pages
...drest, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new mow'd, Show'd like a stubble-field at harvest-home, lie was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger...pouncet-box, which ever and anon he gave his nose, Who, therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff—and still he smiled and talked. *...
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Exercises in Rhetorical Reading: With a Series of Introductory Lessons ...

Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 466 pages
...his chin, new reaped, Showed like a stubble land at harvest home. He was perfumed like a milliner ; 5 And "twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which, ever and anon, He gave his nose And still he smiled and talked : And, as the soldiers bare dead bodies by, 10 He called them " untaught...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble land at harvest-home; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger...again ; — Who, therewith angry when it next came them. Took it in snuff — and still he smil'd and talk'd ; And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by,...
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An Essay on Elocution: with Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom, and his chin new reap'd, Bhow'd like a stubble land at harvest home, He was perfumed...pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and tools 't away again; And still he smil'd, and talked; And ax the soldiers bare dead bodies by, He call'd...
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Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 260 pages
...dress'd, fresh as a bridegroom; and his chin, new reap'd, shew'd like a stubble land at harvest-home ; he was perfumed like a milliner; and 'twixt his finger...pouncet-box, which ever and anon he gave his nose, and took 't away again.—HOT. I., 3. • If reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man...
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The book of English poetry, with critical and biogr. sketches of the poets

English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...there a certain lord, neat, trimly dressed, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reaped, Showed like a stubble land at harvest home : He was perfumed...He gave his nose, and took't away again ; — Who, wherewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in suuflF:— and still he smiled and talked ; And,...
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The Humorous Speaker: Being a Choice Collection of Amusing Pieces, Both in ...

Humorous recitations - 1853 - 404 pages
...there a certain lord ; neat, trimly dressed ; Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reaped, Showed like a stubble land at harvest home. He was perfumed...pouncet-box, which ever and anon, He gave his nose — And still he smiled and talked : And as the soldiers bare dead bodies by, He called them " untaught knaves,...
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