The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and OdditiesChatto and Windus, 1853 - 428 pagini |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 64
Pagina 9
... mind , we have discovered that it is a sort of compound of caoutchouc and wax , the caoutchouc being to the wax about two and a - half to one and three - quarters ; so that more whacks will be found requisite to give it a proper tone ...
... mind , we have discovered that it is a sort of compound of caoutchouc and wax , the caoutchouc being to the wax about two and a - half to one and three - quarters ; so that more whacks will be found requisite to give it a proper tone ...
Pagina 12
... mind , we have discovered that it is a sort of compound of caoutchouc and wax , the caoutchouc being to the wax about two and a - half to one and three - quarters ; so that more whacks will be found requisite to give it a proper tone ...
... mind , we have discovered that it is a sort of compound of caoutchouc and wax , the caoutchouc being to the wax about two and a - half to one and three - quarters ; so that more whacks will be found requisite to give it a proper tone ...
Pagina 16
... mind he must be masculine , In politics quite neuter . Of law he must possess a smattering , Sufficient just to set him chattering On the prerogatives of kings , And other less important things . Of how the English crown Has come from ...
... mind he must be masculine , In politics quite neuter . Of law he must possess a smattering , Sufficient just to set him chattering On the prerogatives of kings , And other less important things . Of how the English crown Has come from ...
Pagina 36
... mind I weaved it , And thought my taste and fancy upon a hat I'd try . ( SPOKEN . ) - Here's your fine infantry beavers , as light as gossa- mers , and as waterproof as the washable ! Oh , All round my hat , & c . my hat it was tall ...
... mind I weaved it , And thought my taste and fancy upon a hat I'd try . ( SPOKEN . ) - Here's your fine infantry beavers , as light as gossa- mers , and as waterproof as the washable ! Oh , All round my hat , & c . my hat it was tall ...
Pagina 64
... mind was very uneasy . I had that day accepted a bill . I was vowing within myself never to accept another , when a sudden noise - a fearful rush - recalled me to my senses . I looked around , and saw a large stream of human beings ...
... mind was very uneasy . I had that day accepted a bill . I was vowing within myself never to accept another , when a sudden noise - a fearful rush - recalled me to my senses . I looked around , and saw a large stream of human beings ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales ... William Makepeace Thackeray,Henry Mayhew,Horace Mayhew Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2018 |
The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales ... William Makepeace Thackeray,Henry Mayhew,Horace Mayhew Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2018 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
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
Pasaje populare
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...