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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... Lords preventing ere long a reform of Parliament , I hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination . I do not mean to be disrespectful , but the attempt of the lords to stop the progress of reform , re ...
... Lords preventing ere long a reform of Parliament , I hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination . I do not mean to be disrespectful , but the attempt of the lords to stop the progress of reform , re ...
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... lord , and you , gentlemen of the jury , we are counsel in this cause for the bull . We are indicted for running away with the boat . Now , my lord , we have heard of running horses , but never of running bulls before . Now , my lord ...
... lord , and you , gentlemen of the jury , we are counsel in this cause for the bull . We are indicted for running away with the boat . Now , my lord , we have heard of running horses , but never of running bulls before . Now , my lord ...
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... lord , as we are counsel in this cause for the bull , if the jury should bring the bull in guilty , the jury would be guilty of a bull . " The counsel for the boat observed that the bull should be non- suited , because , in his ...
... lord , as we are counsel in this cause for the bull , if the jury should bring the bull in guilty , the jury would be guilty of a bull . " The counsel for the boat observed that the bull should be non- suited , because , in his ...
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... LORD DUBERLY . Lord D. Doctor , good morning - I wish you a bon repos ! Take a chair , doctor . Pang . Pardon me , my lord ; I am not inclined to be sedentary ; I wish , with permission , " erectos ad sidera tollere vultus . " - Ovid . Hem ...
... LORD DUBERLY . Lord D. Doctor , good morning - I wish you a bon repos ! Take a chair , doctor . Pang . Pardon me , my lord ; I am not inclined to be sedentary ; I wish , with permission , " erectos ad sidera tollere vultus . " - Ovid . Hem ...
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... lord . Yes , I am now artium societatis socius . My two last publications did that business . Exegi monumentum ære perennius . ” — Horace . Hem ! K Lord D. And what might them there two books be about , doctor ? Pang The first , my lord ...
... lord . Yes , I am now artium societatis socius . My two last publications did that business . Exegi monumentum ære perennius . ” — Horace . Hem ! K Lord D. And what might them there two books be about , doctor ? Pang The first , my lord ...
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