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 28
... green souchong ? Believe me , Father Mathew , you are wrong ! It would indeed be useless labour , With such a pledge as those you boast , To try and pledge one's neighbour , In a flat toast - and - water toast . Who could with spirits ...
... green souchong ? Believe me , Father Mathew , you are wrong ! It would indeed be useless labour , With such a pledge as those you boast , To try and pledge one's neighbour , In a flat toast - and - water toast . Who could with spirits ...
Pagina 36
... green willow , All round my hat for a twelvemonth and a day ; And if anybody wants to know the reason that I do so , It's because my ingenuity has all been thrown away . ' Twas taking my drives in the Park I first conceived it , O , I ...
... green willow , All round my hat for a twelvemonth and a day ; And if anybody wants to know the reason that I do so , It's because my ingenuity has all been thrown away . ' Twas taking my drives in the Park I first conceived it , O , I ...
Pagina 73
... green according to your black . Happy is he who can take the rough with the smooth - the strong hyson with the fine pearl gunpowder . Delays are dangerous : remember the hottest toast will get cold by standing . REASONS FOR CLOSING ...
... green according to your black . Happy is he who can take the rough with the smooth - the strong hyson with the fine pearl gunpowder . Delays are dangerous : remember the hottest toast will get cold by standing . REASONS FOR CLOSING ...
Pagina 106
... green , And will not take it until washed and ironed it has been . So , if you're waking , call me , when the day begins to dawn ; I dread to look at my barége - it must be so forlorn ; We'll put it in the rough - dried box : it may ...
... green , And will not take it until washed and ironed it has been . So , if you're waking , call me , when the day begins to dawn ; I dread to look at my barége - it must be so forlorn ; We'll put it in the rough - dried box : it may ...
Pagina 107
... Green- wich . Almost all sorts may be readily taken with brown bread and butter . That otter hunting is in season this month , as the almanacks gravely When the thermometer stands at ninety in the shade , there can- not well be " otter ...
... Green- wich . Almost all sorts may be readily taken with brown bread and butter . That otter hunting is in season this month , as the almanacks gravely When the thermometer stands at ninety in the shade , there can- not well be " otter ...
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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...