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Absurdities
in prose and verse. Written and Illustrated By A. Crowquill [i.e. C. R. Forrester]
Forrester, Charles Robert (1803-1850)
[section]
[dedication]
TIM TROTT AND BIDDY LOWE.
THE TALLOW CHANDLER.
THE FISHMONGER'S LAMENT.
AN ODE TO Mr. JAMES ATKINSON, Prince of Perfumers, AND IMPORTER OF RUSSIAN BEARS' GREASE.
Ye BAR MAYDE OF Ye OLDE BLUE BOARE.
MY FIRST LOVE.
THE LOVES OF THE CABBAGE AND THE CAULIFLOWER.
THE BACHELOR'S SOLILOQUY.
TO THOMAS HOOD, ESQ.
THE BARBER.
THE BILL OF FARE.
THE LAST GATHERING OF THE AUTHOR'S GRAPHIC AND POETICAL ABSURDITIES.
AN IMPROMPTU; ADDRESSED TO A SICK LADY.
A CASE OF PECULIAR DISTRESS.
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TO THOMAS HOOD, ESQ.
AUTHOR OF WHIMS AND ODDITIES.
Wits
may now lay aside their pens,
Their sallies bring no good;
'Till thou art
dead
they cannot hope
To—
Urn a lively Hood!
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