This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ... quanto Venerem expolivit! Virent junci fluviales, Junci prope lymphas: Ah quam ridet, quse me videt Hora inter nymphas! J. H. M. DE NASO RICARDI. Ricardus nescit madidas emungere nares, Tam longo est naso, tam brevis a cubito: Nec si sternutat, 'fausto siet omine!' clamat; Tam longe amotos non cap it aure sonos. H. D. THE MAD DOG. Good people all of every sort Give ear unto my song; And if you find it wondrous short, It cannot hold you long. In Islington there lived a man Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. The dog and man at first were friends; But when a pique began, The dog to gain his private ends Went mad, and bit the man. CANIS RABIDUS. Audite, 0 cives, quovis ex ordine nati, Et patula nostras imbibite aure modos; Et si forte quibus videatur perbrevis esse, Non faciet longam fabula tota moram. Rure suburbano quidam vivebat, ut aiunt. Quo laudis nunquam dignior alter erat; Non parcus Superum cultor, si credimus ori, Ante Deos quoties flecteret ille genu. Hostibus hic mansuetus erat, dilectus amicis, In cunctos mirae sedulitatis homo: Inque dies spisso nudum velabat amictu, Cum sese in vestes induit ipse suas. Illa forte canis sese stabulabat in urbe; Nec mirum est--multos urbs habet illa canes. Illic Spartanumque genus fortesque Molossi, Et catuli infames, squallida turba, ruunt. Cum nondum lites indixerat unus et alter, Junctus amicitia cum cane vixit homo. Inde canis, quaedam, credo, sibi commoda quserens, Fit subito rabidus, dilaniatque virum....