The Cyclopaedia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic Selections from the Writings of the Most Eminent Humorists of America, Ireland, Scotland, and England ...William Evans Burton D. Appleton, 1859 |
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26. oldal
... dollars for the treaty , it will be in our power to make it worth your while to spare him for that time . " " Your king of the Kickapoos , " said the captain , " what does that mean ? " - Said the stranger , " it is just this : You have ...
... dollars for the treaty , it will be in our power to make it worth your while to spare him for that time . " " Your king of the Kickapoos , " said the captain , " what does that mean ? " - Said the stranger , " it is just this : You have ...
27. oldal
... dollars might as well be in your pocket as another man's . I will give you that for the use of your servant for a week or two , and say no more about it . " " It is an idea new to me entirely , " said the cap- tain , " that Indian ...
... dollars might as well be in your pocket as another man's . I will give you that for the use of your servant for a week or two , and say no more about it . " " It is an idea new to me entirely , " said the cap- tain , " that Indian ...
28. oldal
... dollars for it , nor five hundred , though you make him king of the Kicka- poos or any thing else . It is no trifling matter to have the ears slit in tatters , and the nose run through with a bodkin , and a goose - quill stuck across ...
... dollars for it , nor five hundred , though you make him king of the Kicka- poos or any thing else . It is no trifling matter to have the ears slit in tatters , and the nose run through with a bodkin , and a goose - quill stuck across ...
36. oldal
... dollar I never should grudge To put them in Peale's grand collection . Description must fail in her chin ; At least till our language is richer ; Much fairer than ladle of tin , Or beautiful brown earthen pitcher . So pretty a neck , I ...
... dollar I never should grudge To put them in Peale's grand collection . Description must fail in her chin ; At least till our language is richer ; Much fairer than ladle of tin , Or beautiful brown earthen pitcher . So pretty a neck , I ...
38. oldal
... dollars for their shoes ? When cooks their biscuits with a shot - tower roll , And farmers rake their hay - cocks with their hoes ? Yet ' twere profuse , to see for pendant light , A tea - pot dangle in a lady's ear : But what to me are ...
... dollars for their shoes ? When cooks their biscuits with a shot - tower roll , And farmers rake their hay - cocks with their hoes ? Yet ' twere profuse , to see for pendant light , A tea - pot dangle in a lady's ear : But what to me are ...
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