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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... sort of geometric speed ; Fills you with dirt , The kind to hurt ; Addles your brains With trifling trains Of thought that chiefly entertains , Because obscene , or low , or profane ; From which no useful lesson you gain , Except you ...
... sort of geometric speed ; Fills you with dirt , The kind to hurt ; Addles your brains With trifling trains Of thought that chiefly entertains , Because obscene , or low , or profane ; From which no useful lesson you gain , Except you ...
Page iv
... sort of ghastly , grinning crew ; But the genuine laugh belongs to man , And he ought to enjoy it as best he can . " There's a time to laugh , " the wise man said , And a place , I ween , if this book be read ; Where even a dolt , as ...
... sort of ghastly , grinning crew ; But the genuine laugh belongs to man , And he ought to enjoy it as best he can . " There's a time to laugh , " the wise man said , And a place , I ween , if this book be read ; Where even a dolt , as ...
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... sort of victuals ? Witness . Well , meat and bread , and some whisky . Lawyer . Where did he get that meat and bread ? Witness . Well , first from one , and first from another . Lawyer . Didn't he get some of it from defendant ? Witness ...
... sort of victuals ? Witness . Well , meat and bread , and some whisky . Lawyer . Where did he get that meat and bread ? Witness . Well , first from one , and first from another . Lawyer . Didn't he get some of it from defendant ? Witness ...
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... sort at dat ; -dat's what I got , Pete Gumbo . Gumbo . De what you call ' em , Sam ? Jonsing . De bloos - de real indigo bloos . Gumbo . Dars whar ye corner dis child , Sam ; you's ahead ob me dis time . Now , if it don't make any ...
... sort at dat ; -dat's what I got , Pete Gumbo . Gumbo . De what you call ' em , Sam ? Jonsing . De bloos - de real indigo bloos . Gumbo . Dars whar ye corner dis child , Sam ; you's ahead ob me dis time . Now , if it don't make any ...
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... sort . FIT FOR A LAWYER . Lawyer's office - Enter Lady with a boy . Lady . ' Squire , I called to see if you would take this boy and make a lawyer of him . Lawyer . The boy appears rather young , madam . How old is he ? Lady . Seven ...
... sort . FIT FOR A LAWYER . Lawyer's office - Enter Lady with a boy . Lady . ' Squire , I called to see if you would take this boy and make a lawyer of him . Lawyer . The boy appears rather young , madam . How old is he ? Lady . Seven ...
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