Up the RhineA.H. Baily, 1840 - 327 pages |
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Page 91 - All beasts of the earth, since wild, and of all chase In wood or wilderness, forest or den: Sporting the lion ramped, and In his paw Dandled the kid; bears, tigers, ounces, pards, Gambolled before them ; the unwieldy elephant, To make them mirth, used all his might, and wreathed His lithe proboscis...
Page 219 - Some men there are love not a gaping pig; Some, that are mad if they behold a cat; And others, when the bagpipe sings i...