The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature of All Times and Nations, Том 2Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley Gebbie Publishing Company, Limited, 1894 |
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... miss this season , and have none on ' t ; for Avicenna tells us , ' t is not spring till the snow does melt away on the mountains . Believe the liar . I have known the time when men reckoned ver , or the spring , to begin when the sun ...
... miss this season , and have none on ' t ; for Avicenna tells us , ' t is not spring till the snow does melt away on the mountains . Believe the liar . I have known the time when men reckoned ver , or the spring , to begin when the sun ...
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... miss , A stolen kiss , Delicious ! You ask mamma , Consult papa , With pleasure ; And both repent , This rash event , At leisure . THE COURTSHIP OF UNCLE TOBY AND THE WIDOW WADMAN . 32 A CONDENSED NOVEL . The Last of the Irish Serpents ...
... miss , A stolen kiss , Delicious ! You ask mamma , Consult papa , With pleasure ; And both repent , This rash event , At leisure . THE COURTSHIP OF UNCLE TOBY AND THE WIDOW WADMAN . 32 A CONDENSED NOVEL . The Last of the Irish Serpents ...
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... MISS Clara Morris gives this lively reminiscence of two well - known actors : " They were boys then ; one tall , blonde , and lazy , the other short , dark , and ac- tive . It was Sunday night ; every one had gone to the Quaker meeting ...
... MISS Clara Morris gives this lively reminiscence of two well - known actors : " They were boys then ; one tall , blonde , and lazy , the other short , dark , and ac- tive . It was Sunday night ; every one had gone to the Quaker meeting ...
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... miss'd Kings were by God appointed , And lost are those that dare resist Or touch the Lord's anointed . And this is law that I'll maintain Until my dying day , sir , That whatsoever King shall reign , Still I'll be the vicar of Bray ...
... miss'd Kings were by God appointed , And lost are those that dare resist Or touch the Lord's anointed . And this is law that I'll maintain Until my dying day , sir , That whatsoever King shall reign , Still I'll be the vicar of Bray ...
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... missed the train : another time I stayed away , without leave , and missed two trains . Buller frowned , Fobbes shook his head , and Grumbury observed , " It wouldn't do . " Fobbes told me that " when he was a young man , he came into ...
... missed the train : another time I stayed away , without leave , and missed two trains . Buller frowned , Fobbes shook his head , and Grumbury observed , " It wouldn't do . " Fobbes told me that " when he was a young man , he came into ...
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Страница 259 - ... playing at ninepins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion; some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and most of them had enormous breeches, of similar style with that of the guide's.
Страница 259 - Eip lay musing on this scene ; , evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, " Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle !" He looked round, but could see nothing but a crow winging its solitary flight across the mountain.
Страница 262 - The bystanders began now to look at each other, nod, wink significantly, and tap their fingers against their foreheads. There was a whisper, also, about securing the gun and keeping the old fellow from doing mischief, at the very suggestion of which the self-important man in the cocked hat retired with some precipitation.
Страница 258 - thy mistress leads thee a dog's life of it; but never mind, my lad, whilst I live thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee! " Wolf would wag his tail, look wistfully in his master's face, and if dogs can feel pity, I verily believe he reciprocated the sentiment with all his heart.
Страница 261 - He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round.
Страница 145 - ... to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week...
Страница 260 - What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed. Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene but the noise of the balls, which, whenever they were rolled, echoed along the mountains like rumbling peals of thunder.
Страница 260 - With some difficulty he got down into the glen : he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening ; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and filling the glen with babbling murmurs. He, however, made shift...
Страница 277 - Ichabod, who had no relish for this strange midnight companion, and bethought himself of the adventure of Brom Bones with the Galloping Hessian, now quickened his steed in hopes of leaving him behind. The stranger, however, quickened his horse to an equal pace.
Страница 268 - Satan in divers shapes, in his lonely perambulations, yet daylight put an end to all these evils; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was — a woman.