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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... story , or in seasonable application of a trivial saying , or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases , taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense or the affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is ...
... story , or in seasonable application of a trivial saying , or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases , taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense or the affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is ...
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... STORY . Extract from John Adams ' Diary . THE ORIGINAL SONG OF " YANKEE DOODLE . " This version , copied from the " Historical Collections of N. Hampshire , " varies in the last six verses from other editions . THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS ...
... STORY . Extract from John Adams ' Diary . THE ORIGINAL SONG OF " YANKEE DOODLE . " This version , copied from the " Historical Collections of N. Hampshire , " varies in the last six verses from other editions . THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS ...
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... story of the Windham Frogs has other chron- iclers - see the metrical version of this fearful legend which forms the next article . ] 8 THE FROGS OF WINDHAM . the water dried up. THE FROGS OF WINDHAM . The Frogs of Windham ; AN OLD ...
... story of the Windham Frogs has other chron- iclers - see the metrical version of this fearful legend which forms the next article . ] 8 THE FROGS OF WINDHAM . the water dried up. THE FROGS OF WINDHAM . The Frogs of Windham ; AN OLD ...
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... story of their first planting , consequent improvements , and present state ; the recital of which will occupy the ... stories told by one and another of these ad- venturers , had made a deep impression on the mind of Walter Pipeweed ...
... story of their first planting , consequent improvements , and present state ; the recital of which will occupy the ... stories told by one and another of these ad- venturers , had made a deep impression on the mind of Walter Pipeweed ...
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... STORY ( PETER QUINCE ) . Sammy to Susan . YOUNG Tom is a sly , wicked dog ; He dresses so gay and so prim ; Has set all the girls so agog , That efags , I'm a booby to him . He so bustles about at a dance , So towzels and teazes the ...
... STORY ( PETER QUINCE ) . Sammy to Susan . YOUNG Tom is a sly , wicked dog ; He dresses so gay and so prim ; Has set all the girls so agog , That efags , I'm a booby to him . He so bustles about at a dance , So towzels and teazes the ...
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