The London Budget of Wit, Or, A Thousand Notable Jests: Many of Them Never Before Printed, and the Whole Arranged on an Entire New Plan Under the Following Heads : Women, Royal, Noble, Clerical, Legal, Medical, Military, Naval, Theatrical, Wit in Low Life ... : to which is Added, by Way of Appendix, a Selection of PunsWalker and Edwards, 1817 - 352 pagine |
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Pagina 4
... returned she , " for I am sure what you write is not English prose . " 13. When Mr. Penn , a young gentleman well known by his eccentricities , walked from Hyde Park Corner to Hammersmith , for a wager of one hundred guineas , with the ...
... returned she , " for I am sure what you write is not English prose . " 13. When Mr. Penn , a young gentleman well known by his eccentricities , walked from Hyde Park Corner to Hammersmith , for a wager of one hundred guineas , with the ...
Pagina 22
... returned the porter . " Married ! " quoth the alder- man , why so have I been too ; and , what is more , I have been married three several times . " — " Then pray take yourself off , and find a place where you can , " interrupted the ...
... returned the porter . " Married ! " quoth the alder- man , why so have I been too ; and , what is more , I have been married three several times . " — " Then pray take yourself off , and find a place where you can , " interrupted the ...
Pagina 30
... returned this answer- " Come and take them . " AGESTILAUS . 102. A man in a public office in Sparta was guilty of many peculations and frauds ; and being called openly a rogue and scoundrel , he complained to Agestilaus of these ...
... returned this answer- " Come and take them . " AGESTILAUS . 102. A man in a public office in Sparta was guilty of many peculations and frauds ; and being called openly a rogue and scoundrel , he complained to Agestilaus of these ...
Pagina 45
... returned Jeannin , " be quite at your ease , the beam will last as long as you will . " Then turning to the Spanish minister , Henry observed to him , " Now I think you are well acquainted with the characters of my three ministers : the ...
... returned Jeannin , " be quite at your ease , the beam will last as long as you will . " Then turning to the Spanish minister , Henry observed to him , " Now I think you are well acquainted with the characters of my three ministers : the ...
Pagina 61
... returned to Spain , he was coolly received by the emperor , Charles V. One day he suddenly presented himself to that monarch : " Who are you ? " said the emperor haughtily . " The man , ” said Cortez , as haughtily , “ who has given you ...
... returned to Spain , he was coolly received by the emperor , Charles V. One day he suddenly presented himself to that monarch : " Who are you ? " said the emperor haughtily . " The man , ” said Cortez , as haughtily , “ who has given you ...
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Pagina 64 - All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head: Saying, "He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Pagina 19 - Whosoever will be saved : before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Pagina 104 - And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land...
Pagina 20 - For, like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be God and Lord, so are we forbidden by the Catholic Religion to say, there be Three Gods or Three Lords.
Pagina 173 - said the Doctor, 'do you pretend to be paid for such a piece of work ? Why, you have spoiled my pavement, and then covered it over with earth, to hide your bad work ! ' ' Doctor ! ' said the paviour, ' mine is not the only bad work the earth hides.
Pagina 14 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God, my God.
Pagina 47 - It maketh men drunken and light in the head ; so do the vanities of the world, men are drunken therewith. Fourthly, He that taketh tobacco saith he cannot leave it, it doth bewitch him...
Pagina 236 - Twenty-one years," answered the soldier. The king, struck with his youth, which plainly indicated that he had not borne a musket so long as that, said to him, much astonished, "How old are you?
Pagina 311 - The boy sat down, and the Dean, going to the door, came up to the table with a respectful pace, and making a low bow, said, " Sir, my master presents his kind compliments, hopes you are well, and requests your acceptance of a small present.
Pagina 183 - Ill deeds are seldom slow; Nor single : following crimes on former wai.t : The worst of creatures fastest propagate. Many more murders must this one ensue, As if in death were propagation too.