The Works of Thomas Hood; Vol. 01 (of 11): Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, With All the Original IllustrationsHood, Thomas
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The Works of Thomas Hood; Vol. 01 (of 11): Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, With All the Original Illustrations
Hood, Thomas
English poetry -- 19th century; English wit and humor; Humorous poetry, English
the Wurks was too much For our Strenths but betwixt yew and Me the
reel truths was beeing Flirted with and unprommist by Perfidus
yung men. With sich exampils befour there Minds I wunder sum of
them was unprudent enuff to Lissen to the Salers whom are coverd
with Pitch but famus for Not stiking to there Wurds. has for Me
the Mate chose to be verry Partickler wan nite Setting on a Skane
of Rops but I giv him is Anser and lucky I did for Am infourmd he
as Got too more Marred Wives in a sate of Biggamy thank Goodness
wan can marry in new Wurlds without mates. Since I have bean in My
pressent Sitiation I have had between too and three offers for My
Hands and expex them Evry day to go to fistcufs about Me this is
sum thing lick treeting Wimmin as Wimmin ought to be treetid Nun of
your sarsy Buchers and Backers as brakes there Prommissis the sam
as Pi Crust wen its maid Lite and shivvry And then laffs in Your
face and say they can hav anny Gal they lick round the Square. I
dont menshun nams but Eddard as drives the Fancy bred will no Wat
I mean. As soon as ever the Botes rode to Land I dont agrivate the
Truth to say their was haf a duzzin Bows apeace to Hand us out to
shoar and sum go so Far as say they was offered to thro Specking
Trumpits afore they left the Shipside. Be that as it May or may
Not I am tould We maid a Verry pritty site all Wauking too and
too in our bridle wite Gownds with the Union Jacks afore Us to
pay humbel Respex to kernel Arther who behaived verry Gentlemanny
and Complementid us on our Hansom apearances and Purlitely sed
he Wisht us All in the United States. The Salers was so gallaunt
as giv three chears wen We left there Ship and sed if so be they
had not Bean without Canons they Wood have salutid us all round.
Servents mite live Long enuff in Lonnon without Being sich persons
of Distinkshun. For my hone Part, cumming amung strangers and Pig
in Pokes, prudence Dicktatid not to be askt out At the verry furst
cumming in howsumever All is setteld And the match is aproved
off by Kernel Arther and the Brightish goverment, who as agread
to giv me away. thems wat I call Honners as we used to Say at
wist. Wan thing in My favers was my voice and my noing the song
of the Plane Gould Ring witch the Van Demons had never Herd afore
I wood recummend all as meens curnming to Bring as menny of the
fashingable Songs and Ballets as they Can--and to get sum nolliges
of music as fortnately for me I was Abel to by meens of praxtising
on Missis Piney Forty wen the fammily Was at ramsgit. of Coarse
you and betty Will xpect Me to indulge in Pearsonallitis about my
intendid to tell Yew wat he is lick he is Not at All lick Eddard
as driv the Faney bred and Noboddy else yew No. I wood send yew His
picter Dun by himself only its no more lick Him then Chork is to
Cheas.
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