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 EntertainmentIvison, Blakeman, Taylor, 1853 - 408 頁 |
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... What's money to peace of mind ? ' says Coper . If I was to sell that hoss , my Missus would worry my life out ... what I'll do ; I'll take ninety pounds for him . Praps he's not worth that to everybody ; but I think he is to you , who ...
... What's money to peace of mind ? ' says Coper . If I was to sell that hoss , my Missus would worry my life out ... what I'll do ; I'll take ninety pounds for him . Praps he's not worth that to everybody ; but I think he is to you , who ...
第 23 頁
... what I have gone through , ' says Coper , hitting the stable door with his fist enough to split it , ' not for twice the money . Mrs. Coper never left off rowing for two days and nights ; and how I should a ' stopped her , I don't know ...
... what I have gone through , ' says Coper , hitting the stable door with his fist enough to split it , ' not for twice the money . Mrs. Coper never left off rowing for two days and nights ; and how I should a ' stopped her , I don't know ...
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... what shall I say now ? ( Aside . ) The Latin classics ? Oh , really , sir , I admire them all so much , it is ... what a dear , enchanting fellow Horace is ! Quiz . Wonderfully so ! Sir Ch . Pray , what do you think of Xenophon ? Quiz ...
... what shall I say now ? ( Aside . ) The Latin classics ? Oh , really , sir , I admire them all so much , it is ... what a dear , enchanting fellow Horace is ! Quiz . Wonderfully so ! Sir Ch . Pray , what do you think of Xenophon ? Quiz ...
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... What was he called ? Sir Ch . What was he called ? Why , that's the very thing I wanted to know . The one I allude to was born of the Harpy Celano . I can't , for the blood of me , tell it . Quiz . ( Aside . ) Bless me ! if I can either ...
... What was he called ? Sir Ch . What was he called ? Why , that's the very thing I wanted to know . The one I allude to was born of the Harpy Celano . I can't , for the blood of me , tell it . Quiz . ( Aside . ) Bless me ! if I can either ...
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... What are you the bearer of love epistles , too , Mr. Blackletter ? Quiz . ( Aside . ) What a horrid blunder ! ( To him ... what's that ? Quiz . I am sometimes addicted to an absence of body . Sir Ch . As how ? Quiz . Why , thus , sir ...
... What are you the bearer of love epistles , too , Mr. Blackletter ? Quiz . ( Aside . ) What a horrid blunder ! ( To him ... what's that ? Quiz . I am sometimes addicted to an absence of body . Sir Ch . As how ? Quiz . Why , thus , sir ...
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第 255 頁 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
第 146 頁 - GOOD people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word— From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor— Who left a pledge behind.
第 13 頁 - Sidmouth and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town; the tide rose to an incredible height; the waves rushed in upon the houses; and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic...
第 221 頁 - He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked" like a peddler just opening his pack.
第 67 頁 - SEA The Sea! the Sea! the open Sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round; It plays with the clouds; it mocks the skies; Or like a cradled creature lies. I'm on the Sea! I'm on the Sea! I am where I would ever be...
第 220 頁 - Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
第 220 頁 - And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...
第 47 頁 - NOON, by the North clock ! Noon, by the east ! High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke in the trough under my nose. Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it ! And, among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains, for a single year, the burden of such manifold duties as are imposed, in perpetuity, upon the Town Pump ? The title of " town treasurer" is rightfully mine, as guardian...
第 391 頁 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee, during my life; I, for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.
第 220 頁 - And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,— When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.