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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... side , " Nay , nay , " said John , with an angry frown , " Your coin is spurious — Nail it down ! " When told that kings had a right divine , And that the people were herds of swine , That nobles alone were fit to rule , That the poor ...
... side , " Nay , nay , " said John , with an angry frown , " Your coin is spurious — Nail it down ! " When told that kings had a right divine , And that the people were herds of swine , That nobles alone were fit to rule , That the poor ...
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... side like a mummy — a mummy ; But pious Æneas said , " This must n't be , as I never play whist with a dummy " —a dummy . 4. I am really perplexed to say who I saw next , But I think it was Poniatowski - atowski , Was driving Nell Gwynn ...
... side like a mummy — a mummy ; But pious Æneas said , " This must n't be , as I never play whist with a dummy " —a dummy . 4. I am really perplexed to say who I saw next , But I think it was Poniatowski - atowski , Was driving Nell Gwynn ...
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... side of Jordan ; when he gets through , he will aid your diges tion , while you are sipping your first cup of coffee , by inquiring what you'll have for dinner , whether the cold lamb was all ate yesterday , if the charcoal is all out ...
... side of Jordan ; when he gets through , he will aid your diges tion , while you are sipping your first cup of coffee , by inquiring what you'll have for dinner , whether the cold lamb was all ate yesterday , if the charcoal is all out ...
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... sides ache to think of it . Oh , you may scrimp and save , and twist and turn , and dig and delve , and economize , and die , and your husband will marry again , and take what you have saved to dress his second wife with , and she'll ...
... sides ache to think of it . Oh , you may scrimp and save , and twist and turn , and dig and delve , and economize , and die , and your husband will marry again , and take what you have saved to dress his second wife with , and she'll ...
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... side . I dare say , now , you conceive half the very civil paragraphs and advertisements you see to be written by the parties concerned , or their friends . No such thing . Nine out of ten , manufac- tured by me in the way of business ...
... side . I dare say , now , you conceive half the very civil paragraphs and advertisements you see to be written by the parties concerned , or their friends . No such thing . Nine out of ten , manufac- tured by me in the way of business ...
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