 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 83by James Smith, Horace Smith - 1851 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 pages
...water-pipe he waved; * Whit ford and Mitford, ply your pumps; Ypu,Clutterbuck, come, stir your stmnpH ; Why are you in such doleful dumps? A fireman. and afraid of bumps ! What are they feared on ? fools— 'od rot 'em !' — Were the last words of Higginbottom. Address to tfie Mummy... | |
 | English poets - 1889 - 596 pages
...sight, o'erwhelmed him quite ; He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his head, while Fate he braved. - - p His whizzing water-pipe he waved ; " Whitford and...dumps? A fireman, and afraid of bumps ! What are they feared on ? fools — 'od rot 'era ! ' Were the last words of Higginbottom. THE UPAS IN MARYBONE LANE.... | |
 | 1881 - 918 pages
...burlesque has been composed than Horace Smith's " Tale of Drury Lane," with its admirable climax : — "Why are you in such doleful dumps ? A fireman, and...on ? Fools ! 'od rot 'em !" Were the last words of Higginbottom. This will remain unsurpassable for all time. Bret Harte is the writer who has been led... | |
 | 1881 - 952 pages
...Tale of Drury Lane," with its admirable climax : — " Why are you in such doleful dumps ? A f1reman, and afraid of bumps ! What are they fear'd on ? Fools ! 'od rot 'em !" Were the last words of Higginbottom. This will remain unsurpassable for all time. Bret Harte is the writer who has been led... | |
 | Richard Fletcher Charles - 1882 - 360 pages
...drench Destroying sight o'envhelm'd him quite, He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his head, while fate he braved, His whizzing water-pipe he waved; "Whitford...fear'd on? fools! 'od rot 'em!" Were the last words of Higginbottom.11 From Rejected Addresses by //. andj. Smith. XV. THE FIRE OF LONDON.1 September 2, 1666.... | |
 | William T. Dobson - 1882 - 326 pages
...Destroying sight, o'erwhelmed him quite ; He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his head, while Fate he braved, His whizzing water-pipe he waved ; ' Whitford...dumps ? A fireman, and afraid of bumps ! What are they feared on ? fools, — 'od rot 'em ! ' Were the last words of Higginbottom ! " . . . . Canning and... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 548 pages
...drench Destroying sight o'erwhelmed him quite, He sank to rise no more. Still o'er his head, while Fate he braved, His whizzing water-pipe he waved ; " Whitford...stir your stumps, Why are you in such doleful dumps 1 A fireman, and afraid of bumps ! — What are they fear'd on '! fools : 'od rot 'em ! '' Were the... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1883 - 454 pages
...Muggins broke before. But sulph'ry stench and boiling drench Destroying sight o'erwhelmed him quite, You, Clutterbuck, come, stir your stumps, Why are you in such doleful dumps f A fireman, and afraid of bumps ! — What are they fear'd on 1 fools ! 'od rot 'em !" Were the last... | |
 | James Parton - 1884 - 732 pages
...braved, TTia whizzing water-pipe he waved ; " Whitford and Mitford, ply your pumps, You, Olutterbuck, come, stir your stumps, Why are you in such doleful dumps? A fireman, and afraid of bumps I — What are they fear'd on ? fools : 'od rot ' Were the last words of Higginbottom. THE BEYIYAL.... | |
 | James Parton - 1884 - 734 pages
...drench Destroying sight o'erwhclmed him quite, He sunk to rise no more. Still o'er his head, while Fate he braved, His whizzing water-pipe he waved ; " Whitford and Mitford, ply your pumps, You, Olutterbuck, come, stir your stumps, Why are you in such doleful dumps ? A fireman, and afraid of bumps... | |
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