The Placid Pug, and Other Rhymes
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Chapters (14)
- THE PLACID PUG
- AND OTHER RHYMES
- Author of "Tails with a twist" and "The Duke of Berwick"
- Illustrated by P. P.
- THE PLACID PUG
- BALLAD FOR BISHOPS
- SONG FOR VINTNERS
- HYMN FOR HUMBLE PEOPLE
- VERSICLES FOR VEGETARIANS
- HYMN FOR HOWLERS
- DIRGE FOR DEFEATED CANDIDATES
- POEM FOR THE PROUD
- SONG FOR SIDLERS
- FRAGMENT FOR PHILOSOPHERS
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