Project Gutenberg 2008-11-07 Public domain in the USA. 65 Belloc, Hilaire 1870 1953 Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, H. B. T. B. (Basil Temple Blackwood) 1870 1917 Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Ian Basil Gawaine, Lord Blackwood, Basil T. Blackwood, Basil Temple More Peers : Verses Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Greg Bergquist, some images courtesy of The Internet Archive and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "More Peers: Verses by Hilaire Belloc" is a collection of humorous poetry written in the early 20th century. The book features a series of light-hearted verses that portray various fictional nobility and their comical mishaps, all while reflecting Belloc's sharp wit and social commentary. Through this whimsical approach, the poems offer a critique of the aristocracy and their eccentricities. In "More Peers," Belloc introduces a variety of noble characters, each with their own amusing story. From Lord Roehampton, who suffers from a vocal cord injury during a political endeavor, to Lord Chase, who becomes embroiled in a libel case, the poems blend humor with subtle critique of social norms. Other characters include the hapless Lord Epsom, who has a misadventure with a horse, and Lord Lucky, whose sudden rise to wealth results from an accidental shooting. Each verse encapsulates the idiosyncrasies and follies of nobility, culminating in a delightful tapestry that both entertains and provokes thought about the nature of privilege in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Nonsense verses Humorous poetry PR PZ Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 47251 47259 2024-09-11T12:09:01.675712 2023-09-12T06:03:52.336381 text/html text/html 42645 2021-01-04T08:49:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1406515 2021-01-04T08:49:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1433562 2024-09-11T12:09:05.480666 application/epub+zip 1432414 2024-09-11T12:09:03.061690 application/epub+zip 55901 2024-09-11T12:09:02.209689 application/epub+zip 1518141 2024-09-11T12:09:07.226659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1512075 2024-09-11T12:09:04.884701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107292 2022-09-12T13:11:47.613390 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30691 30520 2024-09-11T12:09:01.228714 2023-09-12T06:03:51.952379 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 30585 2021-01-04T08:49:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11589 2021-01-04T08:49:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19803 2024-09-11T12:09:07.361654 application/rdf+xml 12815 2024-09-11T12:09:02.550685 image/jpeg 3436 2024-09-11T12:09:02.378700 image/jpeg 1754178 2024-09-11T12:09:01.783706 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia