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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Page 25
... hard to be found as the unicorn Quiz . ' Tis much to be regretted , sir ; but such is the lamentable fact . Sir Ch . Even the shepherds , in days of yore , spoke their mother tongue in Latin ; and now , hic , hæc , hoc , is as little ...
... hard to be found as the unicorn Quiz . ' Tis much to be regretted , sir ; but such is the lamentable fact . Sir Ch . Even the shepherds , in days of yore , spoke their mother tongue in Latin ; and now , hic , hæc , hoc , is as little ...
Page 33
... hard - working citizens are to be brought here , to be made the sport of a graceless profligate . But we will manage his property for him , Mr. Currie ; we will make him feel that trustees are not to be trifled with . Currie . That we ...
... hard - working citizens are to be brought here , to be made the sport of a graceless profligate . But we will manage his property for him , Mr. Currie ; we will make him feel that trustees are not to be trifled with . Currie . That we ...
Page 57
... hard work all the summer . Friend Dangle ! never worked harder ! Sneer . But I should think , Mr. Puff , that authors would in general be able to do this sort of work for themselves . Puff . Why , yes , but in a clumsy way . Besides ...
... hard work all the summer . Friend Dangle ! never worked harder ! Sneer . But I should think , Mr. Puff , that authors would in general be able to do this sort of work for themselves . Puff . Why , yes , but in a clumsy way . Besides ...
Page 74
... hard- ly ever without a pipe in his mouth - and there he sits , with his feet on the mantel - piece- Fox . The mantel - piece ! That strikes me as being a con- siderable stretch , either of your imagination , Mrs. B. , or the ...
... hard- ly ever without a pipe in his mouth - and there he sits , with his feet on the mantel - piece- Fox . The mantel - piece ! That strikes me as being a con- siderable stretch , either of your imagination , Mrs. B. , or the ...
Page 75
... hard at work in a news- paper office all night , and does n't come home till the morning , and Mr. Fox is busy making hats all day long , and doesn't come home till night ; so that I'm getting double rent for my room , and neither of my ...
... hard at work in a news- paper office all night , and does n't come home till the morning , and Mr. Fox is busy making hats all day long , and doesn't come home till night ; so that I'm getting double rent for my room , and neither of my ...
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