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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Síða 11
Table of Contents There was an Old Man with a flute, A sarpint ran into his boot; But he played day and night, Till the sarpint took flight, And avoided that man with a flute. 12. Table of Contents There was a Young Lady whose.
Table of Contents There was an Old Man with a flute, A sarpint ran into his boot; But he played day and night, Till the sarpint took flight, And avoided that man with a flute. 12. Table of Contents There was a Young Lady whose.
Síða 12
Table of Contents There was a Young Lady whose chin, Resembled the point of a pin: So she had it made sharp, And purchased a harp, And played several tunes with her chin. 13. Table of Contents There was an Old Man of.
Table of Contents There was a Young Lady whose chin, Resembled the point of a pin: So she had it made sharp, And purchased a harp, And played several tunes with her chin. 13. Table of Contents There was an Old Man of.
Síða 15
Table of Contents There was an Old Man in a boat, Who said, "I'm afloat! I'm afloat!" When they said, "No! you ain't!" He was ready to faint, That unhappy Old Man in a boat. 16. Table of Contents There was a Young lady of.
Table of Contents There was an Old Man in a boat, Who said, "I'm afloat! I'm afloat!" When they said, "No! you ain't!" He was ready to faint, That unhappy Old Man in a boat. 16. Table of Contents There was a Young lady of.
Síða 16
Table of Contents There was a Young lady of Portugal, Whose ideas were excessively nautical; She climbed up a tree, To examine the sea, But declared she would never leave Portugal. 17. Table of Contents There was an Old Man of.
Table of Contents There was a Young lady of Portugal, Whose ideas were excessively nautical; She climbed up a tree, To examine the sea, But declared she would never leave Portugal. 17. Table of Contents There was an Old Man of.
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| Titill | The Book of Nonsense |
| Höfundur | Edward Lear |
| Útgefandi | DigiCat, 2022 |
| Length | 11 síður |
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