The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1843W.S. Orr, 1843 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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... live but to breathe the breath of knavery , and that their customers are , for the most part , little better than shoplifters . Is there a character in human nature , how black soever it may be , that may not be matched by something ...
... live but to breathe the breath of knavery , and that their customers are , for the most part , little better than shoplifters . Is there a character in human nature , how black soever it may be , that may not be matched by something ...
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... lives , exhibiting a few phases of his character in a manner that may command , we hope , no unwilling recognition even from himself . mountain - cheeks , is innocent of learning's spectacles ! those cheeks , moreover , they are not ...
... lives , exhibiting a few phases of his character in a manner that may command , we hope , no unwilling recognition even from himself . mountain - cheeks , is innocent of learning's spectacles ! those cheeks , moreover , they are not ...
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... live - long day . Harmless each weapon seemed to fall ( So badly the Celestials got on ) , Their darts had no effect at all , But stuck like pins into a ball Of cotton ! Of all whose appearance might lead one to doubt them. FOR EVERY TABLE ...
... live - long day . Harmless each weapon seemed to fall ( So badly the Celestials got on ) , Their darts had no effect at all , But stuck like pins into a ball Of cotton ! Of all whose appearance might lead one to doubt them. FOR EVERY TABLE ...
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... lives ! Ere we mount , however , we confess that in our younger days we once vaulted upon a rocking - horse , and were ignominiously thrown ! -a suf- ficient reason for lowering our equestrian ambition ; for refusing the next day , at ...
... lives ! Ere we mount , however , we confess that in our younger days we once vaulted upon a rocking - horse , and were ignominiously thrown ! -a suf- ficient reason for lowering our equestrian ambition ; for refusing the next day , at ...
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... live - long hour Our listening ears with their shrill music greet . Then , as we wander on the flowery sides Of rippling streams in icy fetters bound , We'll watch the sportive fish that onward glides , At rest beneath the gloomy depths ...
... live - long hour Our listening ears with their shrill music greet . Then , as we wander on the flowery sides Of rippling streams in icy fetters bound , We'll watch the sportive fish that onward glides , At rest beneath the gloomy depths ...
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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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