The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of all ages and nations, Zväzok 7Lionel Strachey Review of reviews Company, 1905 |
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Strana 9
... short silence , spoke as follows : " I am sorry , madam , that , as good manners obliges me to answer against my will , so an adher- ence to truth forces me to declare myself of a different opinion . To be plain and honest , you were ...
... short silence , spoke as follows : " I am sorry , madam , that , as good manners obliges me to answer against my will , so an adher- ence to truth forces me to declare myself of a different opinion . To be plain and honest , you were ...
Strana 26
... short , to examine no farther , since his endeavour to derive it from any other fountain would be equally impotent , his dignity arises from Nothing , and in reality is Nothing . ' A man must have very little discernment who can 26 ...
... short , to examine no farther , since his endeavour to derive it from any other fountain would be equally impotent , his dignity arises from Nothing , and in reality is Nothing . ' A man must have very little discernment who can 26 ...
Strana 56
... short time these led the way for a train somewhat larger , and so on ( as must always be the case in hobby - horsical affairs ) , from pieces of half - an - inch bore till it came at last to my father's jack- boots . The next year ...
... short time these led the way for a train somewhat larger , and so on ( as must always be the case in hobby - horsical affairs ) , from pieces of half - an - inch bore till it came at last to my father's jack- boots . The next year ...
Strana 57
... of disputing the point of religion more closely . In short , Madame de V told me she believed nothing . it might be her principle , but I I told Madame de V- was sure it could not be her interest to level 57 Laurence Sterne.
... of disputing the point of religion more closely . In short , Madame de V told me she believed nothing . it might be her principle , but I I told Madame de V- was sure it could not be her interest to level 57 Laurence Sterne.
Strana 60
... short of his stage at a little , decent kind of an inn by the roadside . I forthwith took possession of my bed - chamber , got a good fire , order'd supper , and was thanking Heaven it was no worse , when a voiture arrived with a lady ...
... short of his stage at a little , decent kind of an inn by the roadside . I forthwith took possession of my bed - chamber , got a good fire , order'd supper , and was thanking Heaven it was no worse , when a voiture arrived with a lady ...
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Strana 155 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Strana 288 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before: Oft listening how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar...
Strana 164 - The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels.
Strana 289 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Strana 131 - Good people all, of every sort, Give ear unto my song ; And if you find it wondrous short, It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray.
Strana 201 - tis out of pure good humor, and I take it for granted they deal exactly in the same manner with me. But, Sir Peter, you know you promised to come to Lady Sneerwell's too. SIR PET. Well, well, I'll call in, just to look after my own character.
Strana 23 - cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, "why I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Strana 244 - Shanter, As he frae Ayr ae night did canter; (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and...
Strana 248 - Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a...
Strana 37 - TWAS on a lofty vase's side, Where China's gayest art had dyed The azure flowers, that blow ; Demurest of the tabby kind, The pensive Selima, reclined, Gazed on the lake below. Her conscious tail her joy declared ; The fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw ; and purr'd applause.