The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1844W.S. Orr, 1844 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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... Playing so ill " God save the Queen , " ' Tis hard to say what tune they mean : So out of time the fifers blow it , An Englishman would never know it . The drummers , with terrific thumps , Chime in by fits , and starts , and jumps ...
... Playing so ill " God save the Queen , " ' Tis hard to say what tune they mean : So out of time the fifers blow it , An Englishman would never know it . The drummers , with terrific thumps , Chime in by fits , and starts , and jumps ...
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... them . Enough of pleasure in the air , For plays and concerts now prepare ; Where mad musicians strain their throats , In sending forth the wildest notes ; THERE is an old saying , Distrust conveying , More. FOR EVERY TABLE .
... them . Enough of pleasure in the air , For plays and concerts now prepare ; Where mad musicians strain their throats , In sending forth the wildest notes ; THERE is an old saying , Distrust conveying , More. FOR EVERY TABLE .
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... play the purty lover ! There lived a tailor once in Cork , Surnamed O'Keefe ; and at his work One day he died , that did he ! A power of cash he left behind , Silver and gold , and notes - and mind , He left it to his " widdy . " Widdy ...
... play the purty lover ! There lived a tailor once in Cork , Surnamed O'Keefe ; and at his work One day he died , that did he ! A power of cash he left behind , Silver and gold , and notes - and mind , He left it to his " widdy . " Widdy ...
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... play me false again ? Welcome death and welcome torture rather than the captive chain ; But I give thee warning , caitiff ! Look thou sharply to thine eye— Unavenged , at least in harness , Gomersalez shall not die ! " Н Thus he spoke ...
... play me false again ? Welcome death and welcome torture rather than the captive chain ; But I give thee warning , caitiff ! Look thou sharply to thine eye— Unavenged , at least in harness , Gomersalez shall not die ! " Н Thus he spoke ...
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... plays were things which people formerly paid to see , but that the custom gradually fell into disuse . It was surmised that this person had died from want , and nobody ever coming near his cell , he was never discovered . We next went ...
... plays were things which people formerly paid to see , but that the custom gradually fell into disuse . It was surmised that this person had died from want , and nobody ever coming near his cell , he was never discovered . We next went ...
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The Comic Album, 1844: A Book for Every Table (Classic Reprint) Alfred Henry Forrester No preview available - 2018 |
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