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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vii. oldal
... Talking and Jesting , has given an able and comprehensive exposition of the habitudes and actualities of Wit . It is worthy of being quoted entire . " It may be demanded what the thing we speak of is , or what this face- tiousness doth ...
... Talking and Jesting , has given an able and comprehensive exposition of the habitudes and actualities of Wit . It is worthy of being quoted entire . " It may be demanded what the thing we speak of is , or what this face- tiousness doth ...
21. oldal
... talk of Hoe - Cake , fair Virginia's pride ! Rich Johnny - Cake this mouth hath often tried ; Both please me well , their virtues much the same , Alike their fabric , as allied their fame , Except in dear New England , where the last ...
... talk of Hoe - Cake , fair Virginia's pride ! Rich Johnny - Cake this mouth hath often tried ; Both please me well , their virtues much the same , Alike their fabric , as allied their fame , Except in dear New England , where the last ...
26. oldal
... talks the Erse ; the other has been some time in Canada , and It is certainly a very noble institution , that of the has a little broken Indian , I know not of what lan- duel : and it has been carried to very great perfec - guage ; but ...
... talks the Erse ; the other has been some time in Canada , and It is certainly a very noble institution , that of the has a little broken Indian , I know not of what lan- duel : and it has been carried to very great perfec - guage ; but ...
27. oldal
... talk of burying hatchets under large trees , kindling fires , brightening chains ; with a demand , at the latter end , of rum to get drunk on . " 64 " I much doubt , " said the captain , " whether treaties that are carried on in earnest ...
... talk of burying hatchets under large trees , kindling fires , brightening chains ; with a demand , at the latter end , of rum to get drunk on . " 64 " I much doubt , " said the captain , " whether treaties that are carried on in earnest ...
28. oldal
... talk , proposing to make you a Kickapoo chief and the like , they may snatch the scalp off your head , and you not be the wiser for it . " Teague thought the caution good , and resolving to abide by it , retired to the kitchen . The ...
... talk , proposing to make you a Kickapoo chief and the like , they may snatch the scalp off your head , and you not be the wiser for it . " Teague thought the caution good , and resolving to abide by it , retired to the kitchen . The ...
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