The Humorous Speaker: Being a Choice Collection of Amusing Pieces, Both in Prose and Verse, Original and Selected, Consisting of Dialogues, Soliloquies, Parodies, &c., Designed for the Use of Schools, Literary Societies, Debating Clubs, Social Circles and Domestic Entertainment |
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... between the aristocracy and the great mass of the people . The loss of the bill I do not feel , and for the best of all possi- ble reasons - because I have not the slightest idea 12 THE HUMOROUS SPEAKER . The Contest Unequal Sidney Smith.
... between the aristocracy and the great mass of the people . The loss of the bill I do not feel , and for the best of all possi- ble reasons - because I have not the slightest idea 12 THE HUMOROUS SPEAKER . The Contest Unequal Sidney Smith.
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... bill will pass , than I have that the annual tax bills will pass , and greater certainty than this no man can have , for Franklin tells us , there are but two things certain in this world - death and taxes . As for the possibility of ...
... bill will pass , than I have that the annual tax bills will pass , and greater certainty than this no man can have , for Franklin tells us , there are but two things certain in this world - death and taxes . As for the possibility of ...
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... bill up in her parlor window . Did it remain there long ? No. The serpent was on the watch ; the train was laid ; the mine was preparing ; the sapper and miner was at work ! Before the bill had been in the parlor window three days ...
... bill up in her parlor window . Did it remain there long ? No. The serpent was on the watch ; the train was laid ; the mine was preparing ; the sapper and miner was at work ! Before the bill had been in the parlor window three days ...
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... bill is down ; but there is no tenant . Eligible single gentlemen pass and repass ; but there is no invitation for them to inquire within or without . All is gloom and silence in the house : even the voice of the child is hushed ; his ...
... bill is down ; but there is no tenant . Eligible single gentlemen pass and repass ; but there is no invitation for them to inquire within or without . All is gloom and silence in the house : even the voice of the child is hushed ; his ...
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... Bill ? " " Is bone - dust really made into bread ? " " Are the Jumpers increasing in Wales ? " " Where is it that angels fear to tread ? " Have you tried the patent scales ? " " What color was Polyphemus's eye ? " " Was the great ...
... Bill ? " " Is bone - dust really made into bread ? " " Are the Jumpers increasing in Wales ? " " Where is it that angels fear to tread ? " Have you tried the patent scales ? " " What color was Polyphemus's eye ? " " Was the great ...
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Page 255 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 146 - GOOD people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word— From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor— Who left a pledge behind.
Page 13 - Sidmouth and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town; the tide rose to an incredible height; the waves rushed in upon the houses; and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic...
Page 221 - He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked" like a peddler just opening his pack.
Page 67 - SEA The Sea! the Sea! the open Sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round; It plays with the clouds; it mocks the skies; Or like a cradled creature lies. I'm on the Sea! I'm on the Sea! I am where I would ever be...
Page 220 - Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
Page 220 - And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...
Page 47 - NOON, by the North clock ! Noon, by the east ! High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke in the trough under my nose. Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it ! And, among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains, for a single year, the burden of such manifold duties as are imposed, in perpetuity, upon the Town Pump ? The title of " town treasurer" is rightfully mine, as guardian...
Page 391 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee, during my life; I, for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.
Page 220 - And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,— When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.