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. 1838 Excerpt: ...Is this a penny buster vot I sees afore me, Von end of vich does pint lovards my hand; Come, let me grab thee! I has thee not--and yet I sees thee still. Art thou not fatal buster sensible To grab as to sight; or art thou but A buster of the mind--a false creation, Proceeding from the heat oppressed brain? I sees thee ...
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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. 1838 Excerpt: ...Is this a penny buster vot I sees afore me, Von end of vich does pint lovards my hand; Come, let me grab thee! I has thee not--and yet I sees thee still. Art thou not fatal buster sensible To grab as to sight; or art thou but A buster of the mind--a false creation, Proceeding from the heat oppressed brain? I sees thee yet, in form as palpable As 1 could vish, --and Thou almost tellest me vot thou art for; And that sich a buster I vos to eat. Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else vorth all the rest; I sees thee still. And on thy side, a slice of Derbyshire, Vich vos not there afore. There's no such thing. It is my imagination, vich brings thee Thus afore my eyes. Now o'er the von half vorld, Hunger seems to stalk, and vicked dreams disturb each hungry vight, As 1 vith stealthy pace towards my design, Move like a ghost. Thou sure and firm set earth, Hear not my steps, vich vay they valk, for fear Thy wery stones prate of my vhere-about. But take present hunger from the time, Vich does not now suit with it, I go, and it is done, my hunger invites me, See me not baker, for it vill be a sight, That vill cither fright thee, or kill thee quite. Buckingham going to Execution. (Recited by A. G.) All good people, You that thus far have come to pity me; Hear what I say, and then go home and lose me. I have this day received a traitoi's judgment, And by that name must die; yet heaven bear witness, And if I have a conscience, let it sink me, Even as the axe falls, if I be not faithful! You few that loved me, And dare be bold to weep for Buckingham; His noble friends and fellows, whom to leave I s only bitter to him, only dying. Go with me, like angels, to my end. And as the long divorce of steel falls on me, Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice An..
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Add this copy of Sam Weller's Budget of Recitations to cart. $61.98, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
