Points of misery; or Fables for mankind, illustr. by R. Cruikshank |
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... says a merry wag of our own times , an old brother Pauline , is , next to breathing , the most important business of the lungs . To which we beg leave to add- it is as essential to health and old age as good exercise and regular diet ...
... says a merry wag of our own times , an old brother Pauline , is , next to breathing , the most important business of the lungs . To which we beg leave to add- it is as essential to health and old age as good exercise and regular diet ...
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... says Solomon , " even in the midst of laugh- ter , is sorrowful , and the end of mirth is heaviness . " The world produces for every pint of honey a gallon of gall ; for every dram of pleasure a pound of pain ; for every inch of mirth ...
... says Solomon , " even in the midst of laugh- ter , is sorrowful , and the end of mirth is heaviness . " The world produces for every pint of honey a gallon of gall ; for every dram of pleasure a pound of pain ; for every inch of mirth ...
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... says will be sure of applause as coming from an author , and above all he must endeavour to be egotistical . If he should lack wit , and be without conversational talents , no unusual things for a modern to want , he need POINT I.
... says will be sure of applause as coming from an author , and above all he must endeavour to be egotistical . If he should lack wit , and be without conversational talents , no unusual things for a modern to want , he need POINT I.
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... ( says Hyginus ) , crossing a dangerous brook , col- lected a mass of the dirty slime which deformed its banks , and moulded it into the image of an earthly being , which Jupiter touched with etherial fire and warmed into anima- mation ...
... ( says Hyginus ) , crossing a dangerous brook , col- lected a mass of the dirty slime which deformed its banks , and moulded it into the image of an earthly being , which Jupiter touched with etherial fire and warmed into anima- mation ...
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... ( says Ralph ) is , of all diseases , whether chronic or acute , the most terrible . Every man will of course in- sist that his own peculiar malady is the most heinous , and he the most exemplary sufferer . I have heard maintained as ...
... ( says Ralph ) is , of all diseases , whether chronic or acute , the most terrible . Every man will of course in- sist that his own peculiar malady is the most heinous , and he the most exemplary sufferer . I have heard maintained as ...
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Almack's amusement Apoplexy artificial limb bailiffs balusters beauty bewitching Birmingham brain breakfast bright eyes Brummagem Bustler chimera clouds coach coat Cockney cold corner countenance cravat creatures Dashwood delight devil Dick door dreadful dreams earth eyes facetious fancied fashion fat landlady feeling fellow female fortune genii gentleman glance hand harridan head heart honour Horse humour hurry Hymen hypochondriac hyppish imagination Kitty knock Lady Mary laugh legs lives London lodging-house look Lord maid MARCUS MERRYWEATHER Marriage melancholy merry mind mirth misanthrope MISERIES OF AUTHORCRAFT Miss Seymour morning MULLIGRUBS never night nymphs old lady Oxford pass pavement persons Peter Pious pleasure pocket poet POINT VII Points of Misery poor portmanteau Ralph RANTIPOLES round Saluted says seat sixteen stone smoke Sociable sparkling species spirit stairs street taste Thespis thing thousand Tom's town violoncello Waddler wife window witty
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Сторінка 69 - And tatter'd covering, shrilly bawls his trade, Rousing the sleepy housemaid. At the door The milk-pail rattles, and the tinkling bell Proclaims the dustman's office; while the street Is lost in clouds impervious. Now begins The din of hackney-coaches, waggons, carts; While tinmen's shops, and noisy trunk-makers, Knife-grinders, coopers, squeaking cork-cutters, Fruit barrows, and the hunger-giving cries Of vegetable venders, fill the air.
Сторінка 68 - Buy my flounders, and is followed by an old burly drab, that screams out the sale of her maids and her soul at the same instant. Here a sooty chimney-sweeper takes the wall of a grave alderman, and a broom-man jostles the parson of the parish. There a fat greasy porter runs a trunk full-butt upon you, while another salutes your antlers with a basket of eggs and butter. Turn out there, you country putt, says a bully with a sword two yards long jarring at his heels, and throws him into the kennel.
Сторінка 86 - Had spoilt the best chintz curtains and the paper And cost her many a pound in stucco : And then she quoted our King James, who saith "Tobacco is the Devil's breath.
Сторінка 67 - London is a world by itself; we daily discover in it more new countries and surprising singularities than in all the universe besides. There are among the Londoners so many nations differing in manners, customs, and religions, that the inhabitants themselves don't know a quarter of ‘em. Imagine, then, what an Indian would think of such a motley herd of people...
Сторінка 97 - The sheriff being *answerable for the misdemesnors (17) of these bailiffs, they are therefore usually bound in an obligation with sureties for the due execution of their office, and thence are called bound-bailiffs; which the common people have corrupted into a much more homely appellation.
Сторінка 70 - Is slily open'd, and the half-worn suit (Sometimes the pilfer'd treasure of the base Domestic spoiler), for one half its worth, Sinks in the green abyss. The porter now Bears his huge load along the burning way ; And the poor poet wakes from busy dreams, To paint the summer morning.
Сторінка 17 - ... empty dreams. But this is with you for ever. The' phantom of fear is always about you. You feel it in the day at every turn ; and at night you see it illuminated and made terrible, in a million fantastic shapes.
Сторінка 85 - twas meat, and drink, and physic, To see the friendly vapour Curl round his midnight taper, And the black fume Clothe all the room, In clouds as dark as science mataphysic.
Сторінка 86 - So still he smoked, and drank, and crack'd his joke; and, had he single tarried, he might have smoked, and still grown old in smoke : but Richard married. His wife was one who carried the cleanly virtues almost to a vice, she was so nice : and thrice a week, above, below, the house was...