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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... Pray , sir , which of the classics is your favorite ? Quiz . Why , sir , Mr. Frederick Classic , I think he is so great a scholar . Sir Ch . Po ! po ! you don't understand me . I mean , of the Latin classics do you admire most ? which ...
... Pray , sir , which of the classics is your favorite ? Quiz . Why , sir , Mr. Frederick Classic , I think he is so great a scholar . Sir Ch . Po ! po ! you don't understand me . I mean , of the Latin classics do you admire most ? which ...
Page 28
... Pray , sir , did you ever see it ? Quiz . I can't say I ever did , sir . ( Aside . ) This is the only truth I have been able to edge in yet . Sir Ch . I'll just send to my bankers for the money . In the meantime , we will adjourn to my ...
... Pray , sir , did you ever see it ? Quiz . I can't say I ever did , sir . ( Aside . ) This is the only truth I have been able to edge in yet . Sir Ch . I'll just send to my bankers for the money . In the meantime , we will adjourn to my ...
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... Pray gentlemen , keep your seats , I have not done yet . Let me see ; where was I ? Ay , - " All my property , both personal and real , to my dear cousins , Samuel Swipes , of Malt Street , brewer , " - Swipes . Yes ! ' Squire . " And ...
... Pray gentlemen , keep your seats , I have not done yet . Let me see ; where was I ? Ay , - " All my property , both personal and real , to my dear cousins , Samuel Swipes , of Malt Street , brewer , " - Swipes . Yes ! ' Squire . " And ...
Page 38
... Pray , my lord- " to soften rocks . " - Congreve . Hem ! Pray , my lord , what profession may the Honorable Mr. Dowlas have followed ? Lord D. Who ? Dick ? He has served his clerkship to an attorney , at Castleton . Pang . An attorney ...
... Pray , my lord- " to soften rocks . " - Congreve . Hem ! Pray , my lord , what profession may the Honorable Mr. Dowlas have followed ? Lord D. Who ? Dick ? He has served his clerkship to an attorney , at Castleton . Pang . An attorney ...
Page 46
... Pray , mayn't we consider him almost in London ? Won't he coop us alive in our dungeons and towers , And give us a roasting for forty - eight hours ! Do say , when he once lands his troops from the main , Will he come by the road - will ...
... Pray , mayn't we consider him almost in London ? Won't he coop us alive in our dungeons and towers , And give us a roasting for forty - eight hours ! Do say , when he once lands his troops from the main , Will he come by the road - will ...
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