The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1843W.S. Orr, 1843 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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... better than slaves , kings no better than they should be , and even queens a little lower than the angels . It has been shewn , past doubt , that great conquerors are mere butchers , that lawyers are legal robbers , and apothecaries and ...
... better than slaves , kings no better than they should be , and even queens a little lower than the angels . It has been shewn , past doubt , that great conquerors are mere butchers , that lawyers are legal robbers , and apothecaries and ...
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... better nor worse than other people ; and , to prove the fact , we shall take the liberty to introduce this many - sided personage in his habit as he lives , exhibiting a few phases of his character in a manner that may command , we hope ...
... better nor worse than other people ; and , to prove the fact , we shall take the liberty to introduce this many - sided personage in his habit as he lives , exhibiting a few phases of his character in a manner that may command , we hope ...
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... better for being shared with a pleasant companion . Accordingly , when he gets a capital new novel from the next circulating library , he likes to get somebody to read it to him ; but better still , having his lungs yet left to him ...
... better for being shared with a pleasant companion . Accordingly , when he gets a capital new novel from the next circulating library , he likes to get somebody to read it to him ; but better still , having his lungs yet left to him ...
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... Chinese that came in their power . But this intelligence terrific , To make it better understood , Was quickly drawn , and cut on wood Into an awful hieroglyphic . This could not be in the least debateable ; They THE COMIC ALBUM.
... Chinese that came in their power . But this intelligence terrific , To make it better understood , Was quickly drawn , and cut on wood Into an awful hieroglyphic . This could not be in the least debateable ; They THE COMIC ALBUM.
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... better not Just as it happened to report it . For the Emperor's a sort of man Who , whether they can't or whether they can , Expects the troops who receive his pay , On all occasions to win the day ; And so he was told , In language ...
... better not Just as it happened to report it . For the Emperor's a sort of man Who , whether they can't or whether they can , Expects the troops who receive his pay , On all occasions to win the day ; And so he was told , In language ...
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