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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56. oldal
... coming of some luckless wheel , Bearing , we know not what - perhaps the wealth , Torn from the needy , to be hoarded up By those who only count it ; and perhaps The spendthrift's losses , or the gambler's gains , The thriving ...
... coming of some luckless wheel , Bearing , we know not what - perhaps the wealth , Torn from the needy , to be hoarded up By those who only count it ; and perhaps The spendthrift's losses , or the gambler's gains , The thriving ...
63. oldal
... coming dun , Grows merry o'er a pint of beer . " Tis not when in Miss Fancy's glass Long advertisements meet his eye , And seem to whisper as they pass , " We'll grace your columns by and by . " Nor is it when with numerous names His ...
... coming dun , Grows merry o'er a pint of beer . " Tis not when in Miss Fancy's glass Long advertisements meet his eye , And seem to whisper as they pass , " We'll grace your columns by and by . " Nor is it when with numerous names His ...
83. oldal
... coming evil hung like an incubus upon his imagination , and nearly deprived him of strength . At length , he tore himself away . His course lay over a solitary road , darkened by overshadowing trees . A sepulchral stillness pervaded the ...
... coming evil hung like an incubus upon his imagination , and nearly deprived him of strength . At length , he tore himself away . His course lay over a solitary road , darkened by overshadowing trees . A sepulchral stillness pervaded the ...
97. oldal
... coming up through the floor , in the manner called ventriloquism . " Mistress Burns ! Do you hear , Mistress Burns ? ' " Indeed and I do , Mister Cooke . ' " Bring me another jug of whis- key - punch , Mistress Burns ! ' " Indeed and I ...
... coming up through the floor , in the manner called ventriloquism . " Mistress Burns ! Do you hear , Mistress Burns ? ' " Indeed and I do , Mister Cooke . ' " Bring me another jug of whis- key - punch , Mistress Burns ! ' " Indeed and I ...
104. oldal
... coming in by a back way , fuddled , he had proceeded to barberize Tom as just stated . This , I think , was the severest cut Singularity ever received , physically and figura- tively ; for his head , though not deeply gashed , was ...
... coming in by a back way , fuddled , he had proceeded to barberize Tom as just stated . This , I think , was the severest cut Singularity ever received , physically and figura- tively ; for his head , though not deeply gashed , was ...
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