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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viii. oldal
... manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way ( such as reason teacheth and proveth things by ) , which by a pretty surpris- ing uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy , stirring in it some wonder ...
... manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way ( such as reason teacheth and proveth things by ) , which by a pretty surpris- ing uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy , stirring in it some wonder ...
xii. oldal
... manner of Wit constitutes Humor ? The title of this work is " The Cyclopædia of Modern Wit and Humor , " and , in the English , Irish , and Scotch departments , the selections are confined to the writers of the present century . But in ...
... manner of Wit constitutes Humor ? The title of this work is " The Cyclopædia of Modern Wit and Humor , " and , in the English , Irish , and Scotch departments , the selections are confined to the writers of the present century . But in ...
1. oldal
... manner with revels and merriment , after the old English custom , prepared to set up a Maypole upon the festival day of Philip and Jacob ; and therefore brewed a barrel of ex- cellent beer , and provided a case of bottles to be spent ...
... manner with revels and merriment , after the old English custom , prepared to set up a Maypole upon the festival day of Philip and Jacob ; and therefore brewed a barrel of ex- cellent beer , and provided a case of bottles to be spent ...
2. oldal
... manner of our revels . A goodly pine tree , of eighty feet long , was reared up , with a pair of buck horns nailed on , somewhat near unto the top of it . There was , likewise , a merry song made , which was sung with a chorus , every ...
... manner of our revels . A goodly pine tree , of eighty feet long , was reared up , with a pair of buck horns nailed on , somewhat near unto the top of it . There was , likewise , a merry song made , which was sung with a chorus , every ...
16. oldal
... manners of Mr. Bull's mother , when she was in her sober senses , and between her and Lord Peter there had been a ... manner as Walter had done , who , liking his company best at a dis- tance , was willing to supply him with bread and ...
... manners of Mr. Bull's mother , when she was in her sober senses , and between her and Lord Peter there had been a ... manner as Walter had done , who , liking his company best at a dis- tance , was willing to supply him with bread and ...
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