The world of wit and humour, ed. by G.M. FennGeorge Manville Fenn Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1899 - 480 стор. |
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... Judge 333 428 Bad Wife , The 431 152 Bad Worse 116 417 Badgering a Voter 61 198 Badly Bruised 453 462 Antiquities of Worcestershire 413 Baker Advice by a Married Lady 404 Anxiety 173 Baker and Beggar Advice Gratis .. 303 .. 206 275 ...
... Judge 333 428 Bad Wife , The 431 152 Bad Worse 116 417 Badgering a Voter 61 198 Badly Bruised 453 462 Antiquities of Worcestershire 413 Baker Advice by a Married Lady 404 Anxiety 173 Baker and Beggar Advice Gratis .. 303 .. 206 275 ...
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... Judge- * The Sayings of Sam Slick .. 32 Ham .. 171 · .. 47 Hams 26 .. 283 Get Out ! .. .. 98 Flash versus Pan Hams and Cigars , Smoked and Un- .. 273 Getting Drunk .. 371 smoked Flashes from the Footlights .. 396 11 .. Getting Rid of it ...
... Judge- * The Sayings of Sam Slick .. 32 Ham .. 171 · .. 47 Hams 26 .. 283 Get Out ! .. .. 98 Flash versus Pan Hams and Cigars , Smoked and Un- .. 273 Getting Drunk .. 371 smoked Flashes from the Footlights .. 396 11 .. Getting Rid of it ...
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... Judge 171 Honest Man .. Jist Guess .. 62 I'm not very Incredible 53 .. Jockey , A .. Honesta .. 88 I'm Soled Again .. .. 470 .. John and the Miller Honesty 64 Impatient Boy , An 166 Honesty the Best Policy 26 Important from the Gold ...
... Judge 171 Honest Man .. Jist Guess .. 62 I'm not very Incredible 53 .. Jockey , A .. Honesta .. 88 I'm Soled Again .. .. 470 .. John and the Miller Honesty 64 Impatient Boy , An 166 Honesty the Best Policy 26 Important from the Gold ...
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... Judges .. 402 203 Logue Family , The Matrimony 26 367 Long Range Loose Language London Porter Long Enough Anywhere Long Sermon , A Longevity .. Look on Me and Weep Looking - glass , A Matrimony and Friendship Most Marvellous Story in ...
... Judges .. 402 203 Logue Family , The Matrimony 26 367 Long Range Loose Language London Porter Long Enough Anywhere Long Sermon , A Longevity .. Look on Me and Weep Looking - glass , A Matrimony and Friendship Most Marvellous Story in ...
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... Judge , A .. 469 Scoured the Plain 464 Scraps 79 .. Scraps from Silas Marner Mrs. Brown on Gas Explosions Mrs. Brown on the Underground Railway 386 410 450 Skinning 356 Scuffle , A .. 287 Skip the Hard Words .. 397 Sculptor's Answer , A ...
... Judge , A .. 469 Scoured the Plain 464 Scraps 79 .. Scraps from Silas Marner Mrs. Brown on Gas Explosions Mrs. Brown on the Underground Railway 386 410 450 Skinning 356 Scuffle , A .. 287 Skip the Hard Words .. 397 Sculptor's Answer , A ...
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Сторінка 366 - So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum...
Сторінка 133 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Сторінка 40 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
Сторінка 366 - Hahnsum kerridge" they called it then. Eighteen hundred and twenty came; — Running as usual ; much the same. Thirty and forty at last arrive, And then came fifty, and FIFTY-FIVE. Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth. (This is a moral that runs at large; Take it.
Сторінка 40 - ... everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home; taxes on the raw material; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...
Сторінка 366 - n' all the kentry raoun'; It should be so built that it couldn' break daown: "Fur," said the Deacon, '"t's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan' the strain; 'N' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest.
Сторінка 40 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble; and he is then gathered to his fathers, — to be taxed no more.
Сторінка 367 - ... Fifty-five! This morning the parson takes a drive. Now, small boys, get out of the way! Here comes the wonderful one-hoss shay, Drawn by a rat-tailed, ewe-necked bay. "Huddup!" said the parson. — Off went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text, — Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the — Moses — was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n '-house on the hill.
Сторінка 105 - THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN. IT was a tall young oysterman lived by the river-side, His shop was just upon the bank, his boat was on the tide; The daughter of a fisherman, that was so straight and slim, Lived over on the other bank, right opposite to him. It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, Upon a moonlight evening, a sitting in the shade ; He saw her wave her handkerchief, as much as if to say, "I'm wide awake, young oysterman, and all the folks away.
Сторінка 366 - Now in building of chaises, I tell you what, There is always somewhere a weakest spot, — In hub, tire, felloe, in spring or thill, In panel, or crossbar, or floor, or sill, In screw, bolt, thoroughbrace, — lurking still, Find it somewhere you must and will, — Above or below, or within or without, — And that's the reason, beyond a doubt, A chaise breaks down, but doesn't wear out. But the Deacon swore (as Deacons do, With an "I dew vum...