The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1843W.S. Orr, 1843 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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... tell him , if a landowner , that he is sure to die a beggar ; and if a fundholder , that he is going direct to the dogs ; and if neither , that every soul in the country is on his road to the union workhouse : - he eats , drinks , and ...
... tell him , if a landowner , that he is sure to die a beggar ; and if a fundholder , that he is going direct to the dogs ; and if neither , that every soul in the country is on his road to the union workhouse : - he eats , drinks , and ...
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... fine , With three or four pen'orths of spirits of wine ! You may talk of all this as much as you please , It was much better done by the clever Chinese . But , alas ! the procession did n't tell By FOR EVERY TABLE .
... fine , With three or four pen'orths of spirits of wine ! You may talk of all this as much as you please , It was much better done by the clever Chinese . But , alas ! the procession did n't tell By FOR EVERY TABLE .
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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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the sea air or these sea horses inspire an equestrian taste we cannot tell , but that a mania exists for the amusement is evident by the condition of the poor brutes from whose flesh and blood it is derived , who run life's gauntlet ...
the sea air or these sea horses inspire an equestrian taste we cannot tell , but that a mania exists for the amusement is evident by the condition of the poor brutes from whose flesh and blood it is derived , who run life's gauntlet ...
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... best coats and manners , tell their best jokes , and say their best sayings , the gentleman selected by the company " to do justice to the merits " of the host and hostess invariably brings out his full - dress voice.
... best coats and manners , tell their best jokes , and say their best sayings , the gentleman selected by the company " to do justice to the merits " of the host and hostess invariably brings out his full - dress voice.
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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 |
The Comic Album: A Book for Every Table (Classic Reprint) Alfred Henry Forrester No preview available - 2015 |
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Admiral AMEN CORNER amusement artist ballet barbarians baritone beautiful biped boots bull cambric carriage celestial CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY Chinese COMIC Constance countenance cravat Cringey dear delight dinner dress duties Emperor equestrian eyes fancy father fear feel Funny Gentleman give glass gloves grace gunpowder tea hair hand head horses India-rubber invariably John Bull lady laugh legs look looking-glasses lover MAMMA Matilda meet mind Mogg morning morocco natural ne'er never night noble nose once opera opium ourself person Poague poor portrait PRINTER'S DEVIL quadruped Reader ROBINSON CRUSOE scarce Scene Schlangenbad shilling ship Sir Robert Peel smile soprano street sure sweet talk Tao-Kwang tariff taste tell tenor theatre There's things thought throw toes tooth turned vile voice walks wears Whigs whilst young