Mid blazing beams and scalding streams, Through fire and smoke he dauntless broke Where Muggins broke before. But sulphury stench and boiling drench Destroying sight o'erwhelmed him quite, He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his head, while Fate he braved,... Rejected Addresses, Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum - Page 54by James Smith, Horace Smith - 1812 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
| 700 pages
...broke, Where Muggins broke before, But sulphury stench and boiling drench Destroying sight, o'erwhelm'd him quite, He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his...fear'd on? fools! 'od rot 'em!" Were the last words of Higginbottom. THE REVIVAL. Peace to his soul! new prospects bloom, And toil rebuilds what fires consume!... | |
| Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1801 - 674 pages
...and smoke he dauntless broke. Bui sulphury stench and boiling drench Destroying sight, o'erwhelm'd him quite, He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his...dumps? " A fireman and afraid of bumps! " What are they t'ear'd on? fools! 'od rot 'era!" Were the last words of Higginbouom. THE REVIVAL. Peace to his soul!... | |
| 1813 - 706 pages
...and smoke he dauntless broke, But sulphury stench und boiling drench Destroying sight, o'erwhelm'd him quite, He sunk to rise no more. , . Still o'er...braved) His whizzing water-pipe he waved; " Whitford and Mjtford ply your pumflf, " You, Clutterbuck,, come, stir your stumps, " Why are you in such doleful... | |
| 1812 - 532 pages
...braved, His whizzing water-pipe lie waved; . , " Whitford nnd Mitford ply your pumps, " You, Clutterbuek, come stir your stumps, " Why are you in such doleful dumps ? " A fireman and afraid of humps ! " What are they fear'd on, taols ? 'od rot 'am ! " Were the last words of Higginbottom. ' p,... | |
| 1813 - 558 pages
...broke, Where Muggins broke before. But sulphury stench and boiling drench Destroying sight o'erwhelmed him quite, He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his...fear'd on, fools, 'od rot 'em,' Were the last words of Higginbottom." " A Prologue by Johnson's Ghost," which is the next in succession, contains some passages... | |
| James Smith, Horace Smith - 1813 - 472 pages
...broke, Where Muggins broke before. But sulphury stench and boiling drench Destroying sight o'erwhelm'd him quite, He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his...such doleful dumps ? " A fireman and afraid of bumps ! .r " What are they fear'd on ? fools ! 'od rot 'em !" Were the last words of Higginbottom. Peace... | |
| 1813 - 554 pages
...broke, Where Muggins broke before. But sulphury stench and boiling drench Destroying sight overwhelm him quite, He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his...fate he braved, His whizzing water-pipe he waved; 4 Whitford and Mitforu ply your pumps, «You, Clulterbuck, come stir your stumps, •Why are you in... | |
| 1821 - 566 pages
...Balmy zephyrs lightly flitting," With Con delicatez%a, Con gusto, &c. &c. Nay, we had even brought " Whitford and Mitford ply your pumps, " You Clutterbuck, come, stir your stumps," And an Allegro Agitato together; and in short there were images " plenty as blackberries." We thought... | |
| 1826 - 398 pages
...Where Muggins broke before ; But sulphury stench and boiling drench Destroying sight, "o'erwhelm'd him quite, He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his head, while Fate he brav'd, His whizzing water-pipe he wav'd ; " Whitford and Mitford ply your pumps ; You, Clutterbuck,... | |
| 1838 - 588 pages
...broke, Where Muggins broke before. But sulphury stench and boiling drench, Destroying sight, o'erwhelmed him quite, He sunk to rise no more ! Still o'er his...Why are you in such doleful dumps? A fireman, and afrnid of bumps ! What are they fear'd on? fools ! 'od rot' em !* Were the last words of Higginbottom... | |
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