Vulgar words in Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 (Page 1)
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He saw a cross fellow beating an ass, Heavily laden with pots, pans, dishes and glass; He took out his pipe and played them a tune, And the jackass did kick off his load very soon.
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Larissa, Narissa and Varrissa, Di, Guy and Nie, Dot, Lot and Tot, Delicia, Felicia and Letitia, Bona, Jonah and Mona, Queenie, Teenie and Weenie, Edward, Nedward, Tedward, Dom, Pom and Tom, Are all good names for dolls.
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No thought of mercy there may have its birth, For helpless misery or suffering worth; The end of all his life is paltry pelf, And all his thoughts are centred on--himself: The wretch of both worlds; for so mean a sum, First starved in this, then damn'd in that to come.
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And e'en the jackass pricks his ears, And brays aloud "I am Not such a donkey, I declare As yonder lazy Sam!"
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There was an Old Man of Madras, Who rode on a cream-coloured ass; But the length of its ears so promoted his fears That it killed that Old Man of Madras.
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Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast, For which he paid full dear; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear, Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion's roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before.
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(Our Australian Choir has Cockatoos, Laughing Jackasses, Native Bears, Platypusses, Black Swans, Emus, Magpies, Opossums, and Lyre Birds, also a BUNYIP to sing deep bass, all the other Animals in the World sing the chorus, each in his natural voice.
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Because he's an ass.
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I'll give him A handful of grass; I'm sure he's an honest, Though stupid, old ass.
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I'll give you some grass, For you know no better, Because you're an ass; But what little donkeys Some children must look, Who stand, very like you, Stock-still at their book, And waste every moment Of time as it passes-- A great deal more stupid And silly than asses!
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Old Jack, the Donkey Old Jack was as sleek And well looking an ass As ever on common Munched thistle or grass; And--though 'twas not gaudy, That jacket of brown-- Was the pet of the young And the pride of the town.
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In this green ditch he often stray'd To nip the dainty grass; And friendly invitations bray'd To some more hungry ass.
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But soon a brown ass, Of respectable look Came trotting up also, To taste of the brook, And to nibble a few Of the daisies and grass.
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Then, with a deep sigh, She directly began, "Don't you think, Mr. Ass, We are injured by man?
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Ass waited a moment, To see if she'd done, And then, "Not presuming To teach," he begun.
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The cow, upon this, Cast her eyes on the grass, Not pleas'd at thus being Reproved by an ass, Yet, thought she, "I'm determined I'll benefit by't, For I really believe That the fellow is right."
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He is of a very shy disposition, and many fascinating mermaids have made love to him, and practiced all their well-known wiles upon him--but in vain: he is a bachelor still.