BY
THOMAS NEWBIGGING
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
J. AYTON SYMINGTON
LONDON
J. M. DENT & CO.
1901
TO
MY DEAR WIFE
A GRADELY LANCASHIRE LASS
"Thae knows, that wherever aw roam,
Aw'm fain to get back to th' owd ground."
Vile potabis modicis Sabinum
Cantharis, Græca quod ego ipse testa
Conditum levi…
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Cæcubum et prelo domitam Caleno
Tu bibes uvam: mea nec Falernæ
Temperant vites, neque Formiani
Pocula colles.
Hor. Lib. I. Car. xx.