The Book of NonsenseThe Book of Nonsense, first published in 1846, stands alone as the ultimate and most loved expression in English of freewheeling, benign, and unconstricted merriment. The poems of the book tell the stories of the owls, hen, larks, and their nests in his beard, and other fey fauna and peculiar persons. They all inhabit the uniquely inspired nonsense rhymes and drawings of Lear, who was a 20th child of a London stockbroker. |
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Table of Contents There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!" 2. Table of Contents There was a Young Lady of.
Table of Contents There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!" 2. Table of Contents There was a Young Lady of.
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Table of Contents There was a Young Lady of Ryde, Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied; She purchased some clogs, And some small spotty dogs, And frequently walked about Ryde. 3. Table of Contents There was an Old Man with.
Table of Contents There was a Young Lady of Ryde, Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied; She purchased some clogs, And some small spotty dogs, And frequently walked about Ryde. 3. Table of Contents There was an Old Man with.
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Table of Contents There was an Old Man with a nose, Who said, "If you choose to suppose, That my nose is too long, You are certainly wrong!" That remarkable Man with a nose. 4. Table of Contents There was an Old Man on.
Table of Contents There was an Old Man with a nose, Who said, "If you choose to suppose, That my nose is too long, You are certainly wrong!" That remarkable Man with a nose. 4. Table of Contents There was an Old Man on.
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Table of Contents There was an Old Man on a hill, Who seldom, if ever, stood still; He ran up and down, In his Grandmother's gown, Which adorned that Old Man on a hill. 5. Table of Contents There was a Young Lady whose.
Table of Contents There was an Old Man on a hill, Who seldom, if ever, stood still; He ran up and down, In his Grandmother's gown, Which adorned that Old Man on a hill. 5. Table of Contents There was a Young Lady whose.
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Table of Contents There was a Young Lady whose bonnet, Came untied when the birds sate upon it; But she said, "I don't care! All the birds in the air Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!" 6. Table of Contents There was a Young Person of.
Table of Contents There was a Young Lady whose bonnet, Came untied when the birds sate upon it; But she said, "I don't care! All the birds in the air Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!" 6. Table of Contents There was a Young Person of.
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Umsögn notanda - nmhale - LibraryThingLear's limericks are fun and silly, with some of that absurd humor I might also find in Dr. Seuss or Carroll's poetry. He makes up foolish words to suit his odd characters, who range from regular ... Read full review
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Umsögn notanda - tortoisebook - LibraryThingThis was the free Kindle edition and it is missing all the illustrations which are surely integral to the book. The limericks themselves are old-fashioned but they are the originals of their type and ... Read full review
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| Titill | The Book of Nonsense |
| Höfundur | Edward Lear |
| Útgefandi | DigiCat, 2022 |
| Length | 11 síður |
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