The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature of All Times and Nations, Volume 3Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley Gebbie Publishing Company, Limited, 1884 - Wit and humor |
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... replied , the women , young and old ones All had their equal share of talk- Es . Come , then , stand forth and tell us , What forfeit less than death is due for such an innovation ? Eu . I did it upon principle from demo- cratic motives ...
... replied , the women , young and old ones All had their equal share of talk- Es . Come , then , stand forth and tell us , What forfeit less than death is due for such an innovation ? Eu . I did it upon principle from demo- cratic motives ...
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... replied ) has nothing to do but to speak : the man who paints so well is a licentiate of my acquaintance who will be ravished to do that service for you ; the more , because by these means he may interest your goodness in extricating ...
... replied ) has nothing to do but to speak : the man who paints so well is a licentiate of my acquaintance who will be ravished to do that service for you ; the more , because by these means he may interest your goodness in extricating ...
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... ( replied he , with astonish- ment ) has it met with any Aristarchus ? " " No , sir ( said I ) by no means ; such works as your's are not to be criticized ; every body is charmed with them . Neverthe- less , since you have laid your ...
... ( replied he , with astonish- ment ) has it met with any Aristarchus ? " " No , sir ( said I ) by no means ; such works as your's are not to be criticized ; every body is charmed with them . Neverthe- less , since you have laid your ...
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... replied , “ It is so long since I have been sick , that I am ashamed to look a physician in the face . " 4. A man , hearing that a raven would live two hundred years , bought one to try . 5. A foolish fellow , having a house to sell ...
... replied , “ It is so long since I have been sick , that I am ashamed to look a physician in the face . " 4. A man , hearing that a raven would live two hundred years , bought one to try . 5. A foolish fellow , having a house to sell ...
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... replied , " do you not see that the deficiency is at the top , and not at the bottom ? " 66 BREVITY . THE London member of the house of Rothschild once wrote to his Paris corre- spondent to ascertain if any alteration had occurred in ...
... replied , " do you not see that the deficiency is at the top , and not at the bottom ? " 66 BREVITY . THE London member of the house of Rothschild once wrote to his Paris corre- spondent to ascertain if any alteration had occurred in ...
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Page 190 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Page 370 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 361 - I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good ; But sure I think, that I can drink With him that wears a hood : Though I go bare, take ye no care ; I nothing am a-cold : I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old.
Page 33 - Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle! Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
Page 82 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the -greatest genius of his age.
Page 32 - But pleasures are like poppies spread — You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow falls in the river — A moment white, then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Page 297 - Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgra.be. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought — So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey...
Page 190 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Page 278 - Mrs. Bardell's opinions of the opposite sex, gentlemen, were derived from a long contemplation of the inestimable qualities of her lost husband. She had no fear, she had no distrust, she had no suspicion, all was confidence and reliance. ' Mr. Bardell,' said the widow,
Page 128 - A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never was seen ; There is not a wife in the west country But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne.