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 14
... never a fare , and nothing to pay ! Now Phaethon begged of his doting old father , To grant him a favor , and this the rather , Since some one had hinted , the youth to annoy , That he wasn't by any means Phoebus's boy ! Intending , the ...
... never a fare , and nothing to pay ! Now Phaethon begged of his doting old father , To grant him a favor , and this the rather , Since some one had hinted , the youth to annoy , That he wasn't by any means Phoebus's boy ! Intending , the ...
Page 17
... never of running bulls before . Now , my lord , the bull could no more run away with the boat than a man in a coach may be said to run away with the horses ; therefore , my lord , how can we punish what is not punishable ? How can we ...
... never of running bulls before . Now , my lord , the bull could no more run away with the boat than a man in a coach may be said to run away with the horses ; therefore , my lord , how can we punish what is not punishable ? How can we ...
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... never shrinks from our view , And Miss Wiseman thinks all the men silly Miss Goodchild's a gloomy young elf , Miss Lion's , from terror , a fool- Miss Mee's not at all like myself- Miss Carpenter no one can rule . } Miss Sadler ne'er ...
... never shrinks from our view , And Miss Wiseman thinks all the men silly Miss Goodchild's a gloomy young elf , Miss Lion's , from terror , a fool- Miss Mee's not at all like myself- Miss Carpenter no one can rule . } Miss Sadler ne'er ...
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... never at home ' Miss Hamlet resides in a city , The nerves of Miss Steadfast are shaken , Miss Prettyman's beau is not pretty , Miss Faithful her love has forsaken . Miss Porter despises all froth , Miss Scales they'll make wait , I'm ...
... never at home ' Miss Hamlet resides in a city , The nerves of Miss Steadfast are shaken , Miss Prettyman's beau is not pretty , Miss Faithful her love has forsaken . Miss Porter despises all froth , Miss Scales they'll make wait , I'm ...
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... never got nothing , as ever I heerd on — that's what he never got . Lawyer . Didn't your daddy get corn and bacon from the defendant , in pay for that ditching ? Witness . Never heerd of his getting no corn nor bacon . Lawyer . What did ...
... never got nothing , as ever I heerd on — that's what he never got . Lawyer . Didn't your daddy get corn and bacon from the defendant , in pay for that ditching ? Witness . Never heerd of his getting no corn nor bacon . Lawyer . What did ...
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