The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature of All Times and Nations, 3. kötetAinsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley Gebbie Publishing Company, Limited, 1884 |
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68. oldal
... Serjeant G - d - r , being lame of one Leg ; and pleading before Judge For - e , who has little or no Nose , the Judge told him he was afraid he had but a lame Cause of it . Oh ! my Lord , said the Serjeant , have but a little Patience ...
... Serjeant G - d - r , being lame of one Leg ; and pleading before Judge For - e , who has little or no Nose , the Judge told him he was afraid he had but a lame Cause of it . Oh ! my Lord , said the Serjeant , have but a little Patience ...
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... Serjeant upon a March , he run the Spear of his Halbert into his Throat and kill'd him : The Owner coming out rav'd ex- treamly that his Dog was kill'd , and ask'd the Serjeant , Why he could not as well have struck at him with the ...
... Serjeant upon a March , he run the Spear of his Halbert into his Throat and kill'd him : The Owner coming out rav'd ex- treamly that his Dog was kill'd , and ask'd the Serjeant , Why he could not as well have struck at him with the ...
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... Serjeant Surgeon to Queen Anne , being very severe upon Parsons having Plural- ities . A reverend and worthy Divine heard him a good while with Patience , but at length took him up with this ques- tion ; Why do you , Mr. Serjeant ...
... Serjeant Surgeon to Queen Anne , being very severe upon Parsons having Plural- ities . A reverend and worthy Divine heard him a good while with Patience , but at length took him up with this ques- tion ; Why do you , Mr. Serjeant ...
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... Serjeant Snubbin . " " Is he a good man ? " inquired Mr. Pickwick . " Good man ! " replied Perker ; " bless your heart and soul , my dear sir , Serjeant Snubbin is at the very top of his profes- sion . Gets treble the business of any ...
... Serjeant Snubbin . " " Is he a good man ? " inquired Mr. Pickwick . " Good man ! " replied Perker ; " bless your heart and soul , my dear sir , Serjeant Snubbin is at the very top of his profes- sion . Gets treble the business of any ...
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... Serjeant Snubbin live ? " In Lincoln's Inn Old Square , " re- plied Perker . " I should like to see him , " said Mr. Pickwick . 66 See Serjeant Snubbin , my dear sir ! " rejoined Perker , in utter amazement . Pooh , pooh , my dear sir ...
... Serjeant Snubbin live ? " In Lincoln's Inn Old Square , " re- plied Perker . " I should like to see him , " said Mr. Pickwick . 66 See Serjeant Snubbin , my dear sir ! " rejoined Perker , in utter amazement . Pooh , pooh , my dear sir ...
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190. oldal - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
370. oldal - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
361. oldal - I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good ; But sure I think, that I can drink With him that wears a hood : Though I go bare, take ye no care ; I nothing am a-cold : I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old.
33. oldal - Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle! Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
82. oldal - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the -greatest genius of his age.
32. oldal - But pleasures are like poppies spread — You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow falls in the river — A moment white, then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
297. oldal - Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgra.be. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought — So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey...
190. oldal - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
278. oldal - Mrs. Bardell's opinions of the opposite sex, gentlemen, were derived from a long contemplation of the inestimable qualities of her lost husband. She had no fear, she had no distrust, she had no suspicion, all was confidence and reliance. ' Mr. Bardell,' said the widow,
128. oldal - A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never was seen ; There is not a wife in the west country But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne.