The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1843W.S. Orr, 1843 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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... mean La - zi , my six - and - twentieth wife , Walking with footsteps slow and calm , Surprising all beholders , Without a head upon her shoulders : For , ah ! she carried it beneath her arm . D θΏ· And , by - the - bye , ". FOR EVERY TABLE ...
... mean La - zi , my six - and - twentieth wife , Walking with footsteps slow and calm , Surprising all beholders , Without a head upon her shoulders : For , ah ! she carried it beneath her arm . D θΏ· And , by - the - bye , ". FOR EVERY TABLE ...
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... means of escape . So the Mandarins were called together , To consult how best the storm to weather ; And all day they sat In a learned chat , Upon this and that , And then they resolved at last , To meet the danger by loud bombast ; Or ...
... means of escape . So the Mandarins were called together , To consult how best the storm to weather ; And all day they sat In a learned chat , Upon this and that , And then they resolved at last , To meet the danger by loud bombast ; Or ...
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But , alas ! the procession did n't tell By any means so well As the poor Chinese had hoped that it might . They ' ve been mistaken , rather , But the moon's own son , and his son's own father , Is now at last set right . With this ...
But , alas ! the procession did n't tell By any means so well As the poor Chinese had hoped that it might . They ' ve been mistaken , rather , But the moon's own son , and his son's own father , Is now at last set right . With this ...
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... means to our ways ; The lovers of chicory , roasted or ground , May get it imported at sixpence a pound . But who shall enumerate , even by halves , The comfits , the capers , the cherries , the calves , Lambs , arrow - root , lobsters ...
... means to our ways ; The lovers of chicory , roasted or ground , May get it imported at sixpence a pound . But who shall enumerate , even by halves , The comfits , the capers , the cherries , the calves , Lambs , arrow - root , lobsters ...
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... means agreeable . The sun has not the tact , or is not such a hypocrite as to disguise any of those little defects of the countenance which all sitters are , more or less , subject to ; and a snub - nose is sure to be photographed with ...
... means agreeable . The sun has not the tact , or is not such a hypocrite as to disguise any of those little defects of the countenance which all sitters are , more or less , subject to ; and a snub - nose is sure to be photographed with ...
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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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