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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16. oldal
... seen them . B. Well , from the likeness , I declare , I took it for Eruxis . Eu . So ! figures from the heads of ships are fit for tragic diction . Es . Well then - thou paltry wretch , ex- plain , what were your own devices ? Eu . Not ...
... seen them . B. Well , from the likeness , I declare , I took it for Eruxis . Eu . So ! figures from the heads of ships are fit for tragic diction . Es . Well then - thou paltry wretch , ex- plain , what were your own devices ? Eu . Not ...
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... seen among the princes of the church . service : you are a valuable acquisition . You may stay where you are . " So saying , he went out , supported by two ushers , after having heard some clergymen , who had something to communicate ...
... seen among the princes of the church . service : you are a valuable acquisition . You may stay where you are . " So saying , he went out , supported by two ushers , after having heard some clergymen , who had something to communicate ...
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... seen so correct ? You transcribe so well that you must certainly under- stand grammar . Tell me ingenuously , my friend , have you found nothing that shocked you in writing it over ? Some neglect , perhaps , in the style , or improper ...
... seen so correct ? You transcribe so well that you must certainly under- stand grammar . Tell me ingenuously , my friend , have you found nothing that shocked you in writing it over ? Some neglect , perhaps , in the style , or improper ...
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... seen , were more bent upon doing him ill offices than on telling the truth . " " That may be ( replied the archbishop ) ; there are abun- dance of very dangerous dispositions in this world . Besides , granted that his conduct has not ...
... seen , were more bent upon doing him ill offices than on telling the truth . " " That may be ( replied the archbishop ) ; there are abun- dance of very dangerous dispositions in this world . Besides , granted that his conduct has not ...
30. oldal
... pig with us is dog with him : Heaven shield my future days from evil ! For , as I live , I've seen the devil . ' F. THE WIT'S Magazine , 1784. ] TAM O'SHANTER . A TALE . " Of Brownyis and 30 THE PIG IN A POKE . The Pig in a Poke.
... pig with us is dog with him : Heaven shield my future days from evil ! For , as I live , I've seen the devil . ' F. THE WIT'S Magazine , 1784. ] TAM O'SHANTER . A TALE . " Of Brownyis and 30 THE PIG IN A POKE . The Pig in a Poke.
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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.