 | Arminianism - 1850 - 698 pages
...question in " The Shorter Catechism," they were no Scotchmen. — Christian Observer. NATIONAL TRAITS The Bohemians of the middling and poorer classes have...good watch; I wish I had bought it.' ' I am sorry 1 did not take it,' said the Hungarian. ' I have it in my pocket,* said the Bohemian." RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.... | |
 | Andrew Archibald Paton - Austria - 1861 - 428 pages
...with the simple honesty of the German, and the candid unscrupulousness of |the Hungarian : " During a late war, three soldiers, of each of these three nations,...French inn, over the chimney-piece of which hung a watcb. When they had gone, the German said, 'That is a good watch; I wish I had bought it.' 'I am sorry... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1884 - 458 pages
...the Hungarians. In war times three soldiers, one each of these three nations, met in a parlor of an inn, over the chimney-piece of which hung a watch....Hungarian. " I have it in my pocket," said the Bohemian. How IT WAS.—" I sail tell you how it vas. I drink mine lager; den I put mine hand on mine head, and... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1884 - 460 pages
...the Hungarians. In war times three soldiers, one each of these three nations, met in a parlor of an inn, over the chimney-piece of which hung a watch....Hungarian. "I have it in my pocket," said the Bohemian. НОЛУ IT WAS. — " I sail tell you how it vas. I drink mine lager; den Ï put mine hand on mine... | |
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... Bohemians of the middling and poorer classes, have certainly less sincerity and straightforwardness than their neighbours. An anecdote is related illustrative of the slyness of the Bohemians, compared with the simple honesty of the German, and the... 