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... question with a long - necked bottle of cham to prove the truth of his affection . A NURSERY LEGEND . Он , listen , little children , to a proper little song , of a naughty little urchin who was always doing wrong ; He disobeyed his ...
... question with a long - necked bottle of cham to prove the truth of his affection . A NURSERY LEGEND . Он , listen , little children , to a proper little song , of a naughty little urchin who was always doing wrong ; He disobeyed his ...
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... question is not to be criticised by those stern rules of probability and dramatic unity with which we are accustomed to test the plot of a three - act comedy . We go prepared to feel no surprise when we see a tyrannical old guardian ...
... question is not to be criticised by those stern rules of probability and dramatic unity with which we are accustomed to test the plot of a three - act comedy . We go prepared to feel no surprise when we see a tyrannical old guardian ...
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... brougham and horses and grooms thrown into their eyes , ask them- selves that question , before they close with the young gentleman of good position . PRIME PINE APPLE RUM OVERCOME BY THE HEAT . MY. 14 [ MAY 27 , 1865 . FUN .
... brougham and horses and grooms thrown into their eyes , ask them- selves that question , before they close with the young gentleman of good position . PRIME PINE APPLE RUM OVERCOME BY THE HEAT . MY. 14 [ MAY 27 , 1865 . FUN .
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... question seems to be , " Will anybody o'er the Downs with me ? " DERBY NOTES . BY NICHOLAS HIMSELF . BELGRAVIA . DESCRIPTIVE Writing being less my province than knowing a really good horse when I see him , and have been thrown off by a ...
... question seems to be , " Will anybody o'er the Downs with me ? " DERBY NOTES . BY NICHOLAS HIMSELF . BELGRAVIA . DESCRIPTIVE Writing being less my province than knowing a really good horse when I see him , and have been thrown off by a ...
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... question in the theory of rhyming whether one should appeal to the eye or to the ear of one's readers . Is " come " or " comb , " for instance , the better rhyme for " home ? " The former is much prettier to look at ; the latter is much ...
... question in the theory of rhyming whether one should appeal to the eye or to the ear of one's readers . Is " come " or " comb , " for instance , the better rhyme for " home ? " The former is much prettier to look at ; the latter is much ...
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Page 242 - Oh, elderly man, it's little I know Of the duties of men of the sea, And I'll eat my hand if I understand How you can possibly be " At once a cook, and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig.
Page 104 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 12 - You say you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well: for mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way; you wrong me, Brutus; I said, an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say "better"?
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Page 158 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus...
Page 229 - PART I AT a pleasant evening party I had taken down to supper One whom I will call ELVIRA, and we talked of love and TUPPER, MR. TUPPER and the poets, very lightly with them dealing, For I've always been distinguished for a strong poetic feeling. Then we let off paper crackers, each of which contained a motto, And she listened while I read them, till her mother told her not to. Then she whispered, "To the ball-room we had better, dear, be walking ; If we stop down here much longer, really people...
Page 81 - I wondered hugely what she meant, And said, "I'm bad at riddles; But I know where little girls are sent For telling taradiddles. "Now, if you don't reform," said I, " You'll never go to heaven." But all in vain; each time I try, That little idiot makes reply, "I ain't had more nor seven!" POSTSCRIPT: To borrow Wordsworth's name was wrong, Or slightly misapplied; And so I'd better call my song "Lines after Ache-inside.
Page 243 - When I ups with his heels, and smothers his squeals In the scum of the boiling broth. "And I eat that cook in a week or less, And — as I eating be The last of his chops, why, I almost drops, For a...
Page 169 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Page 229 - Martin Tupper sent the following reply to me: "A fool is bent upon a twig, but wise men dread a bandit,"— Which I know was very clever; but I didn't understand it.