The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1843W.S. Orr, 1843 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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... leaves ; turns over three at a time ; uses two or three of his fat fingers for a paper - cutter , and turns the book upside down to view the engravings to the best advantage . Ah ! those eyes are undimmed by midnight oil and black ...
... leaves ; turns over three at a time ; uses two or three of his fat fingers for a paper - cutter , and turns the book upside down to view the engravings to the best advantage . Ah ! those eyes are undimmed by midnight oil and black ...
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... leaves . Then , at a new chapter , the position is changed ; the right hand is rested , and the left brought into use . Then the pillow is re - adjusted , and the clothes are flung back a little , and the book propped up anew . Then the ...
... leaves . Then , at a new chapter , the position is changed ; the right hand is rested , and the left brought into use . Then the pillow is re - adjusted , and the clothes are flung back a little , and the book propped up anew . Then the ...
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... leaves as mechanically , when he is asleep as awake ; and should his cap catch fire at his lamp as he dozes , it would never set his brain in a flame . Happy peruser ! quiescent , com- fortable old reader ! May thy mental spectacles ...
... leaves as mechanically , when he is asleep as awake ; and should his cap catch fire at his lamp as he dozes , it would never set his brain in a flame . Happy peruser ! quiescent , com- fortable old reader ! May thy mental spectacles ...
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... leave dear cousin Harry lonely ? MAMMA . Whose income , like his many debts , Is limited to half - pay only ? To hear talk in such a way you Excites my pity and derision . DAUGHTER . I'd rather starve with Harry Gray , Than I'd enjoy ...
... leave dear cousin Harry lonely ? MAMMA . Whose income , like his many debts , Is limited to half - pay only ? To hear talk in such a way you Excites my pity and derision . DAUGHTER . I'd rather starve with Harry Gray , Than I'd enjoy ...
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... leaving it on his dressing - table , he may enter into a tacit compact with the intruders , which , on their part , he will find duly ratified , providing the amount of compensation be sufficient . When a man , infected with ...
... leaving it on his dressing - table , he may enter into a tacit compact with the intruders , which , on their part , he will find duly ratified , providing the amount of compensation be sufficient . When a man , infected with ...
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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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