The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1843W.S. Orr, 1843 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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... half than forty pyramids - to prove that patriots are enormous scoundrels , and honest men the most insidious of rogues ; that philosophers are cheats , and poets liars ; that saints are hypocrites , and self - mortifiers gluttons ...
... half than forty pyramids - to prove that patriots are enormous scoundrels , and honest men the most insidious of rogues ; that philosophers are cheats , and poets liars ; that saints are hypocrites , and self - mortifiers gluttons ...
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... half the cardinal virtues ? Why , generally , by assuming with amiable modesty , that the most upright person in the story is drawn after himself ; and settling it as an incontrovertible fact , that the scamp a hero is a portrait of the ...
... half the cardinal virtues ? Why , generally , by assuming with amiable modesty , that the most upright person in the story is drawn after himself ; and settling it as an incontrovertible fact , that the scamp a hero is a portrait of the ...
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... half fancies there is somebody breathing under the bed , and wishes that the cursed dog would n't moan so , and tries to go on with the gloomy story , and then dozes again , and the book falls , and he dreams that there are ever so many ...
... half fancies there is somebody breathing under the bed , and wishes that the cursed dog would n't moan so , and tries to go on with the gloomy story , and then dozes again , and the book falls , and he dreams that there are ever so many ...
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... half - open , and ready to be looked into . She is hardly to be called a Reader — a dipper would be the more correct appellation . When she has been all through it , her lap - dog knows exactly as much as she knows . She will sit in the ...
... half - open , and ready to be looked into . She is hardly to be called a Reader — a dipper would be the more correct appellation . When she has been all through it , her lap - dog knows exactly as much as she knows . She will sit in the ...
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... half an hour ! " Here is a Reader quite as frequently met with - the well - known , veritable , ubiquitous reader of the journals ! the quiet , comfortable jog - trot tradesman , who ( save and except his ledger and bible - not always ...
... half an hour ! " Here is a Reader quite as frequently met with - the well - known , veritable , ubiquitous reader of the journals ! the quiet , comfortable jog - trot tradesman , who ( save and except his ledger and bible - not always ...
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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 |
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