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... anecdotes over my coffee - cup . If you've a passion for puns , I could feed you on them to satiety- New and original ones ; Yet I never get on in Society . Two or three glasses of wine Give a spur to AN UNAPPRECIATED CRICHTON . 45.
... anecdotes over my coffee - cup . If you've a passion for puns , I could feed you on them to satiety- New and original ones ; Yet I never get on in Society . Two or three glasses of wine Give a spur to AN UNAPPRECIATED CRICHTON . 45.
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... anecdote . I often listen ( more or less ) To muffs of many kinds- Including people who possess Encyclopædic minds : But oh ! the biggest muff afloat Is he who takes to anecdote . I like the man who makes a pun , Or III DISLIKE, III.
... anecdote . I often listen ( more or less ) To muffs of many kinds- Including people who possess Encyclopædic minds : But oh ! the biggest muff afloat Is he who takes to anecdote . I like the man who makes a pun , Or III DISLIKE, III.
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... anecdote . I quake when some one recollects A " little thing ” he heard , And , while he tells the tale , expects A grin at every word . Can any one on earth promote Good fellowship through anecdote ? Ah me ! I'd rather live alone Upon ...
... anecdote . I quake when some one recollects A " little thing ” he heard , And , while he tells the tale , expects A grin at every word . Can any one on earth promote Good fellowship through anecdote ? Ah me ! I'd rather live alone Upon ...
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... anecdote , varied in style , I employ'd among duffers to get up a smile At my waggery , ah ! My waggery , oh ! There was often a yell at my waggery , oh ! But those days of delight are for ever gone by , And I can't get a meal by my wit ...
... anecdote , varied in style , I employ'd among duffers to get up a smile At my waggery , ah ! My waggery , oh ! There was often a yell at my waggery , oh ! But those days of delight are for ever gone by , And I can't get a meal by my wit ...
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... Anecdotes , Curious Speci- mens , and Notes of Successful Advertisers . By HENRY SAMPSON . " We have here a book to be thankful for . We recommend the present volume , which takes us through antiquity , the middle ages , and the present ...
... Anecdotes , Curious Speci- mens , and Notes of Successful Advertisers . By HENRY SAMPSON . " We have here a book to be thankful for . We recommend the present volume , which takes us through antiquity , the middle ages , and the present ...
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