The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and OdditiesChatto and Windus, 1853 - 428 pagini |
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Pagina 4
... England , which we must be prepared for by lighting candles . After New Year's Day there will be many broils , and Turkey will be torn to pieces by domestic violence . THE GARDEN . If anything is done in the garden at this time of the ...
... England , which we must be prepared for by lighting candles . After New Year's Day there will be many broils , and Turkey will be torn to pieces by domestic violence . THE GARDEN . If anything is done in the garden at this time of the ...
Pagina 12
... England go up when the country is settled ; but in Ireland it is quite the reverse : for the Repeal Rent rises when the people are worked up , and it is then they appear willing to come down with it . The profit of a landlord and the ...
... England go up when the country is settled ; but in Ireland it is quite the reverse : for the Repeal Rent rises when the people are worked up , and it is then they appear willing to come down with it . The profit of a landlord and the ...
Pagina 20
... the advertisement of the Commissioners of Fine Arts , and that for the word " decorate " some of them read " desecrate " the walls of Parliament . THE WATERING - PLACES OF ENGLAND . SERENE and fair 20 [ 1844 . THE COMIC ALMANACK .
... the advertisement of the Commissioners of Fine Arts , and that for the word " decorate " some of them read " desecrate " the walls of Parliament . THE WATERING - PLACES OF ENGLAND . SERENE and fair 20 [ 1844 . THE COMIC ALMANACK .
Pagina 21
... ENGLAND . SERENE and fair is Battersea , As it breasts the river's side ; While past it , gushing fast and free , There flows the limpid tide ! How smooth the water at its base , No mirror could be flatter ; Named , from the softness of ...
... ENGLAND . SERENE and fair is Battersea , As it breasts the river's side ; While past it , gushing fast and free , There flows the limpid tide ! How smooth the water at its base , No mirror could be flatter ; Named , from the softness of ...
Pagina 27
... England ; which would surely have been quite as reasonable a piece of luggage as a barrel of gunpowder . This theory is further supported by the well - known proverb , that " he must have been a bold man who first ate an oyster ; " and ...
... England ; which would surely have been quite as reasonable a piece of luggage as a barrel of gunpowder . This theory is further supported by the well - known proverb , that " he must have been a bold man who first ate an oyster ; " and ...
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Pagina 96 - That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt, Did come to languish; and, indeed, my lord, The wretched animal heaved forth such groans, That their discharge did stretch his leathern coat Almost to bursting; and the big round tears Coursed one another down his innocent nose In piteous chase...
Pagina 432 - Puniana: Thoughts Wise and Otherwise. By the Hon. HUGH ROWLEY. Best Book of Riddles and Puns ever formed. With nearly 100 exquisitely Fanciful Drawings. Contains nearly 3000 of the best Riddles, and 10,000 most outrageous Puns, and is one of the most Popular Books ever issued. New Edition, small quarto, uniform with the
Pagina 429 - Anecdotes seem to have poured in upon the author from all quarters. . . Turn where we will through these 370 pleasant pages, something worth reading is sure to meet the eye." — The Standard. Also Published : THE "BEST EDITION" of the above Work, illustrated by Photographic Frontispiece of " Dickens as Captain Bobadil,
Pagina 437 - This edition deserves SPECIAL ATTENTION, from the fact that it is the only correct one that has 'been, printed since the time of Defoe. By the kindness of Mr. Lee a copy of the rare and valuable original, in...
Pagina 440 - BEAUTIFUL AND CAPTIVATING VOLUME. The well-known Paris house, Firmin Didot, a few years since produced a...