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Meaning of a 19 century joke printed in a newspaper, with punchline "Oh, mother, what a good job the cat’s a black one"

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Meaning of "all the boards did shrink" in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Meaning of "d-n" in "'T is strange—the Hebrew noun which means 'I am,' the English always used to govern d—n"

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What is "vulgar white of personal aims"? Why is it "white"?

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Meaning of "may I be twice damned for a bank-clerk or store hand" in "I hight Don Quixote", a poem by Jack Parsons

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Meaning of "And do not drop in for an after-loss" in Shakespeare's sonnet 90

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Meaning of "I shut my tongue against my fly"

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Meaning of a stanza in Byron's Don Juan

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Meaning of "We make the wise distinction still, soever made in vain" in a poem by Dickinson

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Meaning of "Where the return stands by disdain" in a poem by Thomas Wyatt

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Meaning of "Of which the first ne'er knows the second cause" in Byron's Don Juan

asked Jan 6, 2018 at 8:27

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Meaning of "you wear your blue so chiefly in your eyes ... it comforts me entirely for your fame" in Aurora Leigh

asked Dec 21, 2017 at 21:03

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Meaning of "The ear becomes more Irish, and less nice" in Byron's Don Juan

asked Jan 6, 2018 at 12:46

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Meaning of "pig who sees the wind" in Byron's Don Juan

asked Jan 12, 2018 at 17:53

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Meaning of "enabled of the eye" in a poem by Dickinson

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Meaning of "and those things which for an instant clip enjoyment's wings" in Byron's Don Juan

asked Jan 17, 2018 at 18:45

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Meaning of "dim blue match" in "The Female Vagrant" by Wordsworth

asked Jun 12, 2018 at 12:02

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Meaning of "Was given to her favorite, and now bore his" in Byron's Don Juan

asked Jan 19, 2018 at 6:07

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Meaning of "all game and bottom" in Byron's "Don Juan"

asked Jan 16, 2018 at 18:44

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Meaning of "and a good halfpenny where 'twas a bad one" in Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd"

asked Oct 24, 2019 at 18:13

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What are the "garment thin" and the "prize" in the song "The Ballad of the Shape of Things to Come"?

asked Sep 24, 2020 at 2:37

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Why is a cuckolded husband "fit for heaven" in Byron's Don Juan?

asked Jan 8, 2018 at 11:05

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Meaning of "So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole, as vibrates my fond heart to my fixed soul"

asked Jan 1, 2018 at 22:23

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Meaning of "I own myself incredulous of confidence like this availing him or you"

asked Dec 21, 2017 at 21:33

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Meaning of "Where juries cast up what a wife is worth"?

asked Dec 27, 2017 at 21:02

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Meaning of "a lady with apologies abounds" in Byron's Don Juan

asked Jan 1, 2018 at 17:45

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Meaning of "gambled" in "whose wasted right hand gambled against his left" (Aurora Leigh)

asked Dec 22, 2017 at 10:29

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Meaning of "to risk, in turn, a woman's paradox"

asked Dec 23, 2017 at 15:07

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Meaning of "He says it still of truth, which is his own" (in "Aurora Leigh")

asked Dec 24, 2017 at 21:15

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Looking for an English-language poet whose name rhymes with Stowe and who lived in the time of Stevenson or earlier

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Meaning of a 19 century joke printed in a newspaper, with punchline "Oh, mother, what a good job the cat’s a black one"

Meaning of "all the boards did shrink" in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Meaning of "d-n" in "'T is strange—the Hebrew noun which means 'I am,' the English always used to govern d—n"

What is "vulgar white of personal aims"? Why is it "white"?

Meaning of "may I be twice damned for a bank-clerk or store hand" in "I hight Don Quixote", a poem by Jack Parsons

Meaning of "And do not drop in for an after-loss" in Shakespeare's sonnet 90

Meaning of "I shut my tongue against my fly"

Meaning of a stanza in Byron's Don Juan

Meaning of "We make the wise distinction still, soever made in vain" in a poem by Dickinson

Meaning of "Where the return stands by disdain" in a poem by Thomas Wyatt

Meaning of "Of which the first ne'er knows the second cause" in Byron's Don Juan

Meaning of "you wear your blue so chiefly in your eyes ... it comforts me entirely for your fame" in Aurora Leigh

Meaning of "The ear becomes more Irish, and less nice" in Byron's Don Juan

Meaning of "pig who sees the wind" in Byron's Don Juan

Meaning of "enabled of the eye" in a poem by Dickinson

Meaning of "and those things which for an instant clip enjoyment's wings" in Byron's Don Juan

Meaning of "dim blue match" in "The Female Vagrant" by Wordsworth

Meaning of "Was given to her favorite, and now bore his" in Byron's Don Juan

Meaning of "all game and bottom" in Byron's "Don Juan"

Meaning of "and a good halfpenny where 'twas a bad one" in Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd"

What are the "garment thin" and the "prize" in the song "The Ballad of the Shape of Things to Come"?

Why is a cuckolded husband "fit for heaven" in Byron's Don Juan?

Meaning of "So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole, as vibrates my fond heart to my fixed soul"

Meaning of "I own myself incredulous of confidence like this availing him or you"

Meaning of "Where juries cast up what a wife is worth"?

Meaning of "a lady with apologies abounds" in Byron's Don Juan

Meaning of "gambled" in "whose wasted right hand gambled against his left" (Aurora Leigh)

Meaning of "to risk, in turn, a woman's paradox"

Meaning of "He says it still of truth, which is his own" (in "Aurora Leigh")

Looking for an English-language poet whose name rhymes with Stowe and who lived in the time of Stevenson or earlier