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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... soldiers , it is some comfort to think we have lost nei- ther man nor horse . " THE LATE PRINCESS AMELIA . 6. The late Princess Amelia being in the rooms at Bath , remarked a certain captain in the army of a most uncommon height . On ...
... soldiers , it is some comfort to think we have lost nei- ther man nor horse . " THE LATE PRINCESS AMELIA . 6. The late Princess Amelia being in the rooms at Bath , remarked a certain captain in the army of a most uncommon height . On ...
Pagina 53
... soldier for ? " In vain the other pleaded his attachment to the army in general , and that this was only a laugh at the expense of the dis- solute and idle . His majesty could not be con- vinced , till the late Lord Ligonier told him ...
... soldier for ? " In vain the other pleaded his attachment to the army in general , and that this was only a laugh at the expense of the dis- solute and idle . His majesty could not be con- vinced , till the late Lord Ligonier told him ...
Pagina 63
... soldier , who had got a deep cut in his cheek , " Friend , at what alehouse did you get that scratch ? " - " I got it , " said the soldier , " at Cöslin , where your majesty paid the reckoning . " 198. General Zaremba had a very long ...
... soldier , who had got a deep cut in his cheek , " Friend , at what alehouse did you get that scratch ? " - " I got it , " said the soldier , " at Cöslin , where your majesty paid the reckoning . " 198. General Zaremba had a very long ...
Pagina 104
... soldiers were all put to flight or to the sword , they were said to be routed . " - " This title has some propriety too , " said Doctor Rennell , " for at these meetings whole families are frequently routed out of house and home . " 315 ...
... soldiers were all put to flight or to the sword , they were said to be routed . " - " This title has some propriety too , " said Doctor Rennell , " for at these meetings whole families are frequently routed out of house and home . " 315 ...
Pagina 203
... large army he had raised to fight against the Ro- He drew out in review before him the foot soldiers , glittering with gold and silver , and the ca : mans . valry caparisoned with purple trappings . The vain- glorious monarch MILITARY , ...
... large army he had raised to fight against the Ro- He drew out in review before him the foot soldiers , glittering with gold and silver , and the ca : mans . valry caparisoned with purple trappings . The vain- glorious monarch MILITARY , ...
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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.