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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59. oldal
... course in Paris , was the same that frightened the sovereign princess and her court into fits ; but I will do the ladies of Paris the justice to say that they stood the display of our phrenological speci- mens , like heroines ; whether ...
... course in Paris , was the same that frightened the sovereign princess and her court into fits ; but I will do the ladies of Paris the justice to say that they stood the display of our phrenological speci- mens , like heroines ; whether ...
74. oldal
... course they took ; By any other , they would have been stumped , Unable to argue , or to quote a book , And quite dumb - founded , which they cannot brook ; They break no bones , and suffer no contusion , Hiding their woful fall , by ...
... course they took ; By any other , they would have been stumped , Unable to argue , or to quote a book , And quite dumb - founded , which they cannot brook ; They break no bones , and suffer no contusion , Hiding their woful fall , by ...
83. oldal
... course lay over a solitary road , darkened by overshadowing trees . A sepulchral stillness pervaded the scene , which was disturbed only by his echoing footsteps . Onward he glided with stealthy paces , not daring to look behind , yet ...
... course lay over a solitary road , darkened by overshadowing trees . A sepulchral stillness pervaded the scene , which was disturbed only by his echoing footsteps . Onward he glided with stealthy paces , not daring to look behind , yet ...
84. oldal
... course . I am a bachelor myself . Curtain lectures are not in my way . I have troubles enough of my own . Mrs. B. did not come down to dinner . Mr. B. did not come home to tea . I did not get up next morning to breakfast . So I could ...
... course . I am a bachelor myself . Curtain lectures are not in my way . I have troubles enough of my own . Mrs. B. did not come down to dinner . Mr. B. did not come home to tea . I did not get up next morning to breakfast . So I could ...
86. oldal
... course went every where ; and every where did I meet with Major Egerton . He was a young British officer , of high connections . Not one of your Lord Mortimers or Marquises de Crillon , who have so often taken in our title - loving ...
... course went every where ; and every where did I meet with Major Egerton . He was a young British officer , of high connections . Not one of your Lord Mortimers or Marquises de Crillon , who have so often taken in our title - loving ...
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