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. 1918 Excerpt: ...of a rib Just piek'd from a corner so snug in the side; But the Rabbins swear to you that this is a fib, And 'twas not so at all that the sex was supplied. For old Adam was f ashion'd, the first of 'his kind, With a tail like a monkey, full a yard and a span; And when Nature cut off this appendage behind, Why--then ...
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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. 1918 Excerpt: ...of a rib Just piek'd from a corner so snug in the side; But the Rabbins swear to you that this is a fib, And 'twas not so at all that the sex was supplied. For old Adam was f ashion'd, the first of 'his kind, With a tail like a monkey, full a yard and a span; And when Nature cut off this appendage behind, Why--then woman was made of the tail of the man. If such is the tie between women and men, The ninny who weds is a pitiful elf; For he takes to his tail, like an idiot, again, And makes a most damnable ape of himself! Yet, if we may judge as the fashions prevail, Every husband remembers the original plan, And, knowing his wife is no more than his tail, Why--he leaves her behind him as much as he can. Thomas Moore. Here's to wives and sweethearts sweet! May they never, never meet! Army Toast. V Farewell, my Mistress! I'll be gone! I have friends to wait upon! Think you, I'll myself confine To your humours, Lady mine? No! Your lowering looks do say, "'Twill be a rainy drinking day; To the Tavern let's away!" There have I a mistress got Cloistered in a Pottle Pot! Plump and bounding, soft and fair, Buxom, sweet and debonair; And they call her "Sack," my Dear!... Anonymous, Eighteenth Century. UPON HIMSELF I could never love indeed; Never see mine own heart bleed; Never crucify my life; Or for Widow, Maid, or Wife. I could never seek to please One, or many Mistresses; Never like their lips, to swear Oil of Roses still smelt there. I could never break my sleep, Fold mine arms, sob, sigh, or weep: Never beg, or humbly woo With oaths, and lies, as others do. I could never walk alone; Put a shirt of sackcloth on: Never keep a fast and pray For good luck in love (that day). But have hitherto lived free, As the air that circles me: And kept credi...
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Add this copy of The Stag's Hornbook to cart. $4.25, good condition, Sold by Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New Braunfels, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1945 by Alfred a Knopf Inc.
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Good. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1945. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ D.J. not price clipped; numerious small tears, chips and creases; heavy edge wear; slightly stained/ corners and spine bumped/ several page tips creased/ slight readers slant.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. Black cloth, ornately gilt-stamped on upper board and spine; printed dust jacket; 16mo; pp. 513. Second, Revised Edition, with a new section of war poetry selected by William Rose Benet. Just a little light rubbing along spine; contemporary inscription on FFEP; otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket lightly chiped at spine tips and corners; small chip at top edge of front panel. A lovely little volume, containing 500 poems and songs selected for military men.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Second, revised edition, with a special section of war poetry edited by Benet. Fine in very good dustwrapper with some soiling and shallow chipping at the crown.
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