The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1843W.S. Orr, 1843 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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CONTENTS . SOMETHING ABOUT THE READER . SONNET ON BEHOLDING AN INFANT PLUCK A ROSE . A MODERN MORNING CONVERSATION . THE CHINESE WAR . HIPPODROLLERY . COMIC AUTOGRAPHS . ON VOICE , GESTURE , AND ATTITUDE . NIAISERIE . A NOVEL MOUSETRAP ...
CONTENTS . SOMETHING ABOUT THE READER . SONNET ON BEHOLDING AN INFANT PLUCK A ROSE . A MODERN MORNING CONVERSATION . THE CHINESE WAR . HIPPODROLLERY . COMIC AUTOGRAPHS . ON VOICE , GESTURE , AND ATTITUDE . NIAISERIE . A NOVEL MOUSETRAP ...
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... Reader ! Seas of ink have been exhausted in establishing upon triumphant grounds the blackness of human nature , but not a drop has ever fallen upon the Reader's character . Myriads of books have been written - verily , the number would ...
... Reader ! Seas of ink have been exhausted in establishing upon triumphant grounds the blackness of human nature , but not a drop has ever fallen upon the Reader's character . Myriads of books have been written - verily , the number would ...
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... Reader ; -never to insinuate - no , not so much as to imagine , that the Reader could possibly be one of those poor forked animals whom they were picturing under the appellation of Men . Oh , no ! the book might be full of hard , savage ...
... Reader ; -never to insinuate - no , not so much as to imagine , that the Reader could possibly be one of those poor forked animals whom they were picturing under the appellation of Men . Oh , no ! the book might be full of hard , savage ...
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the prose be ever so dull , the Reader would as soon think of buying a second copy as of thanking the author for the sound and invigorating slumber that has been afforded him . Yet the Reader is neither better nor worse than other ...
the prose be ever so dull , the Reader would as soon think of buying a second copy as of thanking the author for the sound and invigorating slumber that has been afforded him . Yet the Reader is neither better nor worse than other ...
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... Reader , who could give up her imagination to the guidance of his , and put profound faith in every word of the monstrous love - lies , and atrocious fables about eter- nal constancy , which he had pleasantly indited ? frame , and half ...
... Reader , who could give up her imagination to the guidance of his , and put profound faith in every word of the monstrous love - lies , and atrocious fables about eter- nal constancy , which he had pleasantly indited ? frame , and half ...
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The Comic Album: A Book for Every Table (Classic Reprint) Alfred Henry Forrester No preview available - 2018 |
The Comic Album, 1844: A Book for Every Table (Classic Reprint) Alfred Henry Forrester No preview available - 2016 |
The Comic Album: A Book for Every Table (Classic Reprint) Alfred Henry Forrester No preview available - 2015 |
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