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 iv
... true , And monkeys too , Are a 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 ...
... true , And monkeys too , Are a 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 ...
Page v
... true Of him that hates , And sharp berates , The sin , but not the sinning pates , That vice and folly have rendered crazy , Foppish or rakish , profane or lazy , Extravagant , flippant - I know not what— From a sober fool to a silly ...
... true Of him that hates , And sharp berates , The sin , but not the sinning pates , That vice and folly have rendered crazy , Foppish or rakish , profane or lazy , Extravagant , flippant - I know not what— From a sober fool to a silly ...
Page vi
... true words are spoken in jokes ; And many will take , in a jocose way , What , soberly said , would drive them away ; And many will see , in a ludicrous scene , Portraits so finished , ( their own , I ween , ) As to cure them of follies ...
... true words are spoken in jokes ; And many will take , in a jocose way , What , soberly said , would drive them away ; And many will see , in a ludicrous scene , Portraits so finished , ( their own , I ween , ) As to cure them of follies ...
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... true law Latin ; which set forth in their declaration , that they were carried away either by the tide of flood or the tide of ebb . The charter of the water - bailiff was as follows : " Aquæ bailiffi est magistratus in choisi , sapor ...
... true law Latin ; which set forth in their declaration , that they were carried away either by the tide of flood or the tide of ebb . The charter of the water - bailiff was as follows : " Aquæ bailiffi est magistratus in choisi , sapor ...
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... True , sir . Sir Ch . I cannot but think what superlative pleasure I shall have , when my son has got his education . No other man's in England shall be comparative with it - of that I am positive . Why , sir , the moderns are such dull ...
... True , sir . Sir Ch . I cannot but think what superlative pleasure I shall have , when my son has got his education . No other man's in England shall be comparative with it - of that I am positive . Why , sir , the moderns are such dull ...
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