The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1843W.S. Orr, 1843 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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... hold on to the last , thy finis be gradual , and a good book still pillow thy head , when , in the fulness of time , thou passest from sheets - into boards ! " A good book , " saith Milton , " is the precious life- blood of a master ...
... hold on to the last , thy finis be gradual , and a good book still pillow thy head , when , in the fulness of time , thou passest from sheets - into boards ! " A good book , " saith Milton , " is the precious life- blood of a master ...
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... hold the platter . For those who would not use their brains , While carrying such things about them , The Emperor thought , by taking pains , Might get on just as well without them . So from every province of China they brought Horrid ...
... hold the platter . For those who would not use their brains , While carrying such things about them , The Emperor thought , by taking pains , Might get on just as well without them . So from every province of China they brought Horrid ...
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... hold is a point worthy the attention of naturalists . We suspect his real attachment to his master is about parallel to the minister's attachment to his place the secret of the one lies in the treasury , and of the other in the manger ...
... hold is a point worthy the attention of naturalists . We suspect his real attachment to his master is about parallel to the minister's attachment to his place the secret of the one lies in the treasury , and of the other in the manger ...
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... holds the nag's head , he is at last seated ; but no sooner do the biped and quadruped find themselves twenty paces from the stable , where the latter has left his friends and his provender , than things take a different turn , and the ...
... holds the nag's head , he is at last seated ; but no sooner do the biped and quadruped find themselves twenty paces from the stable , where the latter has left his friends and his provender , than things take a different turn , and the ...
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... holds forth , with a countenance totally void of expression , is even more frequently of a dull , heavy turn of mind . There is a certain species of social simpleton , to whom no conventional appellation , that we are aware of , has ...
... holds forth , with a countenance totally void of expression , is even more frequently of a dull , heavy turn of mind . There is a certain species of social simpleton , to whom no conventional appellation , that we are aware of , has ...
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The Comic Album: A Book for Every Table (Classic Reprint) Alfred Henry Forrester No preview available - 2018 |
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