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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5. oldal
... horse . " " Ah ! " says the Indian , " I can't see through that ; he won't eat so much hay : Maybe he drink as much water . " This was sheer wit , pure satire , and true humor . Humor , wit , and satire , in one very short repartee ...
... horse . " " Ah ! " says the Indian , " I can't see through that ; he won't eat so much hay : Maybe he drink as much water . " This was sheer wit , pure satire , and true humor . Humor , wit , and satire , in one very short repartee ...
11. oldal
... horse , And labor'd hard to get away , as Old Satan struggling on through chaos ; Till , looking back , he spied in rear The spade - arm'd chief advanc'd too near ; Then stopt and seiz'd a stone that lay An ancient landmark near the way ...
... horse , And labor'd hard to get away , as Old Satan struggling on through chaos ; Till , looking back , he spied in rear The spade - arm'd chief advanc'd too near ; Then stopt and seiz'd a stone that lay An ancient landmark near the way ...
24. oldal
... horse - race . The spectacle is new , and produces a brisk current of thought through the mind , which is a constituent of pleasure ; the absence of all movement giving none at all . " What do you suppose I must think of you , Mr ...
... horse - race . The spectacle is new , and produces a brisk current of thought through the mind , which is a constituent of pleasure ; the absence of all movement giving none at all . " What do you suppose I must think of you , Mr ...
28. oldal
... horse's rump his budget buckled fast , With letters , safe in leathern prison pent , And wet , from press , full many a packet sent . Not Argus , with his fifty pair of eyes , Look'd sharper for his prey than honest TYPE Explores each ...
... horse's rump his budget buckled fast , With letters , safe in leathern prison pent , And wet , from press , full many a packet sent . Not Argus , with his fifty pair of eyes , Look'd sharper for his prey than honest TYPE Explores each ...
35. oldal
... horse - laugh ( improperly so styl'd ) , The idiot simper , like the slumb'ring child , Th ' affected laugh , to show a dimpled chin , The sneer contemptuous , and broad vacant grin , Are despicable all , as Strephon's smile , To show ...
... horse - laugh ( improperly so styl'd ) , The idiot simper , like the slumb'ring child , Th ' affected laugh , to show a dimpled chin , The sneer contemptuous , and broad vacant grin , Are despicable all , as Strephon's smile , To show ...
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