The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish |
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... lady to say whom he liked best of all the actors . Notwithstanding his usual bluntness , he evaded the question for some time , but being importuned for an answer , he at length growled , ― " Well , madam , if you will have a reply , I ...
... lady to say whom he liked best of all the actors . Notwithstanding his usual bluntness , he evaded the question for some time , but being importuned for an answer , he at length growled , ― " Well , madam , if you will have a reply , I ...
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... ladies and gentlemen . The former , if carefully weighed , will always be found light , or you may presently de- tect if you ring them , though this is a somewhat perilous experiment . Both may be known by their assuming a more gaudy ...
... ladies and gentlemen . The former , if carefully weighed , will always be found light , or you may presently de- tect if you ring them , though this is a somewhat perilous experiment . Both may be known by their assuming a more gaudy ...
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... lady , who has attained some celebrity in literature . Describing a storm to which she was exposed , when crossing in the steamboat from Dover to Calais , her ladyship says , " In spite of the most earnest solicitations to the contrary ...
... lady , who has attained some celebrity in literature . Describing a storm to which she was exposed , when crossing in the steamboat from Dover to Calais , her ladyship says , " In spite of the most earnest solicitations to the contrary ...
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... lady to her butler.— “ Placing a cask of strong beer at the side of it , " was the reply . BENEFICENCE — may exist without benevolence . Aris- ing from a sense of duty , not from sympathy or compassion , it may be a charity of the hand ...
... lady to her butler.— “ Placing a cask of strong beer at the side of it , " was the reply . BENEFICENCE — may exist without benevolence . Aris- ing from a sense of duty , not from sympathy or compassion , it may be a charity of the hand ...
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... ladies , and the natural butt and target of wit . It is easy to talk of carnivorous animals and beasts of prey ; but does such a man who lays waste a whole party of civilized beings by prosing , reflect upon the joy he spoils , and the ...
... ladies , and the natural butt and target of wit . It is easy to talk of carnivorous animals and beasts of prey ; but does such a man who lays waste a whole party of civilized beings by prosing , reflect upon the joy he spoils , and the ...
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