The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous ... : Drawn from the Life, Volumen2Methuen, 1826 |
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... LAUGHTER ; OR , MR . PUNCH IN ALL HIS GLORY . Thoughts on the Philosophy of Laughter - Bernard Black- mantle in Search of a Wife - First Visit to the Marigold Family - Sketches of the Alderman , his Lady , and Daughter -Anecdote of John ...
... LAUGHTER ; OR , MR . PUNCH IN ALL HIS GLORY . Thoughts on the Philosophy of Laughter - Bernard Black- mantle in Search of a Wife - First Visit to the Marigold Family - Sketches of the Alderman , his Lady , and Daughter -Anecdote of John ...
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... laugh at nous and drollery , Though of ourselves ' twere writ . Was yours but sky blue milk and water , We'd hand you over to the slaughter Of cow committee - men3 ; For butterflies , and " such small deer , " Are much beneath our ...
... laugh at nous and drollery , Though of ourselves ' twere writ . Was yours but sky blue milk and water , We'd hand you over to the slaughter Of cow committee - men3 ; For butterflies , and " such small deer , " Are much beneath our ...
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... laughing in their cups at the credulity of mankind ; but the police have now disturbed their nightly orgies , and the Mendicant Society ruined their lucrative calling . The long table , where the trenchers consisted of so many round ...
... laughing in their cups at the credulity of mankind ; but the police have now disturbed their nightly orgies , and the Mendicant Society ruined their lucrative calling . The long table , where the trenchers consisted of so many round ...
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... laughing as we went at the strange recollections of the wake , the row , and last appearance of Teddy O'Rafferty . ' REQUIESCAT IN PACE . 1 As the reader might not think this story complete without some account of the concluding ...
... laughing as we went at the strange recollections of the wake , the row , and last appearance of Teddy O'Rafferty . ' REQUIESCAT IN PACE . 1 As the reader might not think this story complete without some account of the concluding ...
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... laughter ; the Colonel drew in his elegant wig , and deigned a smile ; while I , involun- tarily forcing my hand into the pocket of my inex- pressibles , carefully drove the few sovereigns I had up into one corner , fearing the belle ...
... laughter ; the Colonel drew in his elegant wig , and deigned a smile ; while I , involun- tarily forcing my hand into the pocket of my inex- pressibles , carefully drove the few sovereigns I had up into one corner , fearing the belle ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abernethy admirable alderman amuse John Bull anecdote appearance attractive Bath beautiful belle Berkeley Hunt BERNARD BLACKMANTLE Blackstrap Bladud Bob Transit broker bubbles that amuse called Captain Castle character Cheltenham Chelts Club cognomen colonel Coloured Plates countenance court Cowes Crony Cutter Cytherea delightful dinner drink Earl eccentric Eglantine elegant ENGLISH SPY fair fame fashion fellow fortune friend Transit gentleman give good-humour Harriette Harriette Wilson head heart honour humour jobbers John Abernethy John Bull John Ebers John Liston joke jolly lady Lame Duck laugh London Lord Marigold merry morning neighbours never night o'er party person PIERCE EGAN pleasant pleasure Portsmouth present Principal Punch round Royal sailing satire scene sell Sir Godfrey Webster sketches society speculators spirit sport Stock Exchange Street thing thou tion wine worthy Yacht Yawl young
Pasajes populares
Página 270 - All hail, great master! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds ; to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.
Página 278 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Página 277 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once: her smiles and tears Were like a better way: those happy smilets That play'd on her ripe lip seem'd not to know What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.