A Book of Limericks

Author: Edward Lear
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
A Book of Limericks by Edward Lear, first published in 1888, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

The Limerick. 1700 examples, with notes, variants and index

Author: Gershon Legman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 517

Book Description

A Book of Nonsense

Author: Edward Lear
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
A collection of over 100 limericks with the author's original illustrations.

Looney Limericks

Author: Frank Jacobs
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486406156
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 66

Book Description
60 zany limericks by such masters of the form as Gelett Burgess, Oliver Herford, Edward Lear, and others. Fun to read, easy to memorize and great to share with friends and family. Illustrations.

Lots of Limericks

Author: Myra Cohn Livingston
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 9780689505317
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A collection of limericks on such topics as accidents and incidents, peculiar people, strange shapes, and holidays.

Something Sure Smells Around Here

Author: Brian P. Cleary
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1467777722
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
What do you get when you combine a poem and a joke? A limerick! These five-line rhyming poems are funny, silly, and sly. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how limericks work—and shows how these little poems can trigger big laughs. Something Sure Smells Around Here is packed with hilarious poems to make you chuckle and chortle. And when you've finished reading, you can try your hand at writing your own limericks!

There Once Was a Limerick Anthology

Author: Michael Croland
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486849619
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 99

Book Description
Humor buffs and poetry lovers will laugh out loud with this captivating collection of more than 350 limericks featuring limerick legends plus renowned political figures, poets, and writers.

The Life of John Jebb, D.D., Bishop of Limerick ... with a Selection from His Letters

Author: Charles Forster
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description

The Life of J. Jebb, Bishop of Limerick, Etc. With a Selection from His Letters

Author: Charles FORSTER (Rector of Stisted.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520

Book Description

There Once Was a Serpent

Author: Richard Kieckhefer
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1846942969
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
This book gives a concise history of Christian theology based on a mysteriously discovered set of seventy-four limericks. Readers who already know the history of theology will read about it from an unfamiliar perspective ? and beginners will learn the basics in an accessible form. The limericks range from Gnostic theology through to the Reformation, and on to Karl Barth and Paul Tillich. If all of this seems unfamiliar, the accompanying text should help sort it all out.