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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40. oldal
... seen it employed with much execution at tea - parties and morning calls , but it is too much of a dress thing to be used on common occasions . 4. The awkward . This consists in bring- ing the upper leg round , and locking it behind the ...
... seen it employed with much execution at tea - parties and morning calls , but it is too much of a dress thing to be used on common occasions . 4. The awkward . This consists in bring- ing the upper leg round , and locking it behind the ...
51. oldal
... seen loll- ing about its walls , crawling over its lawns , dozing under its trees , or sunning themselves upon the benches at its doors . Every office and outhouse is garrisoned by these supernumeraries and their families ; for they are ...
... seen loll- ing about its walls , crawling over its lawns , dozing under its trees , or sunning themselves upon the benches at its doors . Every office and outhouse is garrisoned by these supernumeraries and their families ; for they are ...
55. oldal
... seen the rest , one after another , go down ; it shall go hard but I'll convoy thee safe into port . MARY . I fear I give you a great deal of trouble , my dear uncle . COPP . Thou'rt the very best lass in the whole kingdom , and I love ...
... seen the rest , one after another , go down ; it shall go hard but I'll convoy thee safe into port . MARY . I fear I give you a great deal of trouble , my dear uncle . COPP . Thou'rt the very best lass in the whole kingdom , and I love ...
80. oldal
... seen one scamper- ing into the water with a full grown negro in his mouth . Another told a story of a great Canadian Giant that weighed 1250 lbs . in his stockings . An- other had seen in Boston the Living Skeleton , with ribs as bare ...
... seen one scamper- ing into the water with a full grown negro in his mouth . Another told a story of a great Canadian Giant that weighed 1250 lbs . in his stockings . An- other had seen in Boston the Living Skeleton , with ribs as bare ...
82. oldal
... seen . It was a clear bright night , all was solitary and still , except a discontented muttering of the sleepless frogs in their uncomfortable , bed . Timmy , after throwing a few stones into the bushes , retired , con- cluding it was ...
... seen . It was a clear bright night , all was solitary and still , except a discontented muttering of the sleepless frogs in their uncomfortable , bed . Timmy , after throwing a few stones into the bushes , retired , con- cluding it was ...
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