Mirth in Miniature, Or Bursts of Merriment: Being a Collection of the Very Best Bon Mots, Witticisms, Smart Repartees, Bulls and Laughable AnecdotesH. Mozley, 1825 - 180 Seiten |
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... thing of any body , or to any body - when he was once at Lord Kelly's ta- ble , a gentleman present complained that the beer was rather cold - get his Lordship to dip his nose into the tankard , said Foote , and if he keeps it there ...
... thing of any body , or to any body - when he was once at Lord Kelly's ta- ble , a gentleman present complained that the beer was rather cold - get his Lordship to dip his nose into the tankard , said Foote , and if he keeps it there ...
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... thing scarcely to complain of , told him , he had fre- quently an itching , and begged to know what he should do . Scratch yourself , Sir , replied Peter ; which laco- nic advice lost him his patient . Serjeant Davy . An Irish gentleman ...
... thing scarcely to complain of , told him , he had fre- quently an itching , and begged to know what he should do . Scratch yourself , Sir , replied Peter ; which laco- nic advice lost him his patient . Serjeant Davy . An Irish gentleman ...
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... thing to his liking , and sat in expectation of something better coming up . A neck of mutton being the last thing , he refused it , as he had the other dishes . As the servant was taking it away , however , understanding that there was ...
... thing to his liking , and sat in expectation of something better coming up . A neck of mutton being the last thing , he refused it , as he had the other dishes . As the servant was taking it away , however , understanding that there was ...
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... things to rights again , and every one follows his own business . A diplomatic Reply . Sir Andrew Mitchell , the English resident at Berlin , during the second Silesian war , in communicating to the king of Prussia the intelligence of ...
... things to rights again , and every one follows his own business . A diplomatic Reply . Sir Andrew Mitchell , the English resident at Berlin , during the second Silesian war , in communicating to the king of Prussia the intelligence of ...
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... all die once . Why , my dear , now , answered the sick man , that is the very thing that vexes me ; if I could die half a dozen times , I should not mind it . Knight Boniface . When the marquis of Townsend was lord 48.
... all die once . Why , my dear , now , answered the sick man , that is the very thing that vexes me ; if I could die half a dozen times , I should not mind it . Knight Boniface . When the marquis of Townsend was lord 48.
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 111 - I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Seite 111 - Don't give too much for the whistle; and I saved my money.
Seite 111 - I might have bought with the rest of the money ; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation ; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Seite 110 - I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Seite 127 - Butler's Monument in Westminster Abbey WHILE Butler, needy wretch! was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone...
Seite 118 - Here lies in horizontal position the outside case of George Routleigh, watchmaker ; whose abilities in that line were an honour to his profession. Integrity was the mainspring, and prudence the regulator, of all the actions of his life.
Seite 98 - Laracor, and gave public notice to his parishioners, that he would read prayers on every Wednesday and Friday. Upon the subsequent Wednesday the bell was rung, and the rector attended in his desk, when after having sat some time, and finding the congregation to consist only of himself and his clerk Roger, he began with great composure and gravity; but with a turn peculiar to himself. "Dearly beloved Roger, the scripture moveth you and me in sundry places, <&c.
Seite 111 - Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure : you give too much for your whistle.
Seite 111 - I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a beautiful, sweet-tempered girl married to an ill-natured brute of a husband, What a pity, say I, that she should pay so much for a whistle!
Seite 153 - May it please your highness, I have a long time courted that young gentlewoman there, my lady's woman, and cannot prevail ; I was therefore humbly praying her ladyship to intercede for me.