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 18
... told very well ; but the money would have answered better . They are making a great fuss on the other side about slave - grown sugar : one hit they have made tells against us very powerfully . four of the Lascar beggars who happened to ...
... told very well ; but the money would have answered better . They are making a great fuss on the other side about slave - grown sugar : one hit they have made tells against us very powerfully . four of the Lascar beggars who happened to ...
Pagina 59
... told me he had that day been purchasing . I must do the English the justice to say that they provide well for the dressing of the wounds of their sailors , for the marine stores include vast heaps of linen rags , some of which I ...
... told me he had that day been purchasing . I must do the English the justice to say that they provide well for the dressing of the wounds of their sailors , for the marine stores include vast heaps of linen rags , some of which I ...
Pagina 65
... told , is not so strange as it may appear . Let the curious reader only be present at the Bank , on the first rainy day , when the clock strikes four , and he will infallibly - should there be only one omnibus in waiting- witness the ...
... told , is not so strange as it may appear . Let the curious reader only be present at the Bank , on the first rainy day , when the clock strikes four , and he will infallibly - should there be only one omnibus in waiting- witness the ...
Pagina 82
... told " Queen Anne's dead . " Meeting a creditor , and being obliged to sit opposite to him " the whole way " in an omnibus . Being asked , in a drawing - room of ladies , to take a few tickets in a raffle " the ticket only a guinea ...
... told " Queen Anne's dead . " Meeting a creditor , and being obliged to sit opposite to him " the whole way " in an omnibus . Being asked , in a drawing - room of ladies , to take a few tickets in a raffle " the ticket only a guinea ...
Pagina 145
... told the gentleman in the cloak he would be as good as his word and say he did it . The stranger thanked Goffoni heartily , called him his preserver , and many other equally com- plimentary names , and was about hurrying off , when a ...
... told the gentleman in the cloak he would be as good as his word and say he did it . The stranger thanked Goffoni heartily , called him his preserver , and many other equally com- plimentary names , and was about hurrying off , when a ...
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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...