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 5
... four chil- dren by any public conveyance . It has been decided that the Act giving the net proceeds of a slave ship to the captors , does not mean that they are only entitled to the fish caught in nets on board the vessel . The Court of ...
... four chil- dren by any public conveyance . It has been decided that the Act giving the net proceeds of a slave ship to the captors , does not mean that they are only entitled to the fish caught in nets on board the vessel . The Court of ...
Pagina 18
... four of the Lascar beggars who happened to town , and have borrowed some fetters from the manager of the theatre , which they have fixed to the wrists of the Lascars : each has on his breast a placard , asking , " Am I not a brother ...
... four of the Lascar beggars who happened to town , and have borrowed some fetters from the manager of the theatre , which they have fixed to the wrists of the Lascars : each has on his breast a placard , asking , " Am I not a brother ...
Pagina 28
... four were " Very well , " one was " Tolera- ble , " and the remaining one " Bobbish . " It seems that a state of bobbishness is one of vulgar health , and that the less genteel neighbourhoods , under the most favourable circumstances ...
... four were " Very well , " one was " Tolera- ble , " and the remaining one " Bobbish . " It seems that a state of bobbishness is one of vulgar health , and that the less genteel neighbourhoods , under the most favourable circumstances ...
Pagina 33
... four indi- vidual performers can make an affirmative capacity , is an experiment that might be tried , at all events . " Division of labour " is a very favourite project amongst speculators in the present day ; and if Messrs . A. , P ...
... four indi- vidual performers can make an affirmative capacity , is an experiment that might be tried , at all events . " Division of labour " is a very favourite project amongst speculators in the present day ; and if Messrs . A. , P ...
Pagina 43
... four years abroad . Captain Ross had ascertained the fact that there is but one mag- netic pole in the southern hemisphere - a result that was arrived at by apply . ing an ordinary darning needle to the pole , which turned out not to be ...
... four years abroad . Captain Ross had ascertained the fact that there is but one mag- netic pole in the southern hemisphere - a result that was arrived at by apply . ing an ordinary darning needle to the pole , which turned out not to be ...
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Acrostics amusement Artemus Ward asked beautiful Bedouin better bill boys British BUGGINS Bull called Captain cloth COMIC ALMANACK Crown 8vo dancing dear dinner door dress Edition England English eyes Fcap French friends gentleman George GEORGE CRUIKSHANK gilt give glass Goffoni gold grand Green Gretna Green hand head heard honour husband Illustrations John Bull John Camden Hotten Julius Cæsar Koh-i-Noor laugh leave legs London look Lord Madame Tussaud's mind month morning mother never night Opera pantomime paper Parliament party penny Phlaruppe Piccadilly Polka poor quadrille Queen railway Ramsgate round servants shilling Signor sing smashed Stag Street sure taken tell Theatre thee there's thing thou thought throw tion turn Vauxhall Waterloo Bridge wear Welsh Rabbit whilst wife wine Young England young lady
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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...