The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature of All Times and Nations, Volumen5Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley Gebbie Publishing Company, Limited, 1884 |
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... Young · · Artemus Ward John Milton 207 · • • 209 · • Artemus Ward 215 • Fables of Esop · • Esop 225 Rubaiyat . The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Friday and the Bear • Omar Khayyam 226 · • • • S. L. Clemens 231 • . Daniel ...
... Young · · Artemus Ward John Milton 207 · • • 209 · • Artemus Ward 215 • Fables of Esop · • Esop 225 Rubaiyat . The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Friday and the Bear • Omar Khayyam 226 · • • • S. L. Clemens 231 • . Daniel ...
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... young women on their journey to Seville , in the company of some carriers who rested there that night . Now , as everything that our adventurer saw and conceived was , by his imagination , moulded to what he had read , so , in his eyes ...
... young women on their journey to Seville , in the company of some carriers who rested there that night . Now , as everything that our adventurer saw and conceived was , by his imagination , moulded to what he had read , so , in his eyes ...
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... young man . " My lord governor , " said he , " this youth was coming towards us , but as soon as he perceived us to be officers of justice , he turned about and ran off like a deer - a sure sign he is after some mischief . I pursued him ...
... young man . " My lord governor , " said he , " this youth was coming towards us , but as soon as he perceived us to be officers of justice , he turned about and ran off like a deer - a sure sign he is after some mischief . I pursued him ...
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... young man has made out his meaning . " Well , then , " quoth Sancho , " if you keep awake , it is from your own liking , and not to cross my will ? " Certainly not , my lord , ' said the youth . " Then go , get thee home and sleep ...
... young man has made out his meaning . " Well , then , " quoth Sancho , " if you keep awake , it is from your own liking , and not to cross my will ? " Certainly not , my lord , ' said the youth . " Then go , get thee home and sleep ...
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... YOUNG GENTLEMAN , MAKES A SANCTIFIED FRIAR BRING THEM TOGETHER , WITHOUT HIS KNOW- ING ANYTHING OF HER INTENTION . The boldness and great subtlety of the groom having been as much commended as the king's extraordinary discretion , Fil ...
... YOUNG GENTLEMAN , MAKES A SANCTIFIED FRIAR BRING THEM TOGETHER , WITHOUT HIS KNOW- ING ANYTHING OF HER INTENTION . The boldness and great subtlety of the groom having been as much commended as the king's extraordinary discretion , Fil ...
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Página 210 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Página 209 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles...
Página 209 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine; While the cock with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Página 251 - A fig for the silver rims," cried my wife in a passion; "I dare swear they won't sell - for above half the money, at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce." " You need be under no uneasiness," cried I, "about selling the rims; for they are not worth sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper varnished over.
Página 209 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequer'd shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday...
Página 281 - The tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground ; 'Twas therefore said by ancient sages, That love of life increased with years. So much, that in our latter stages, When pains grow sharp and sickness rages, The greatest love of life appears.
Página 209 - And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Página 250 - our son Moses is a discreet boy, and can buy and sell to very good advantage ; you know all our great bargains are of his purchasing. He always stands out and higgles, and actually tires them till he gets a bargain.
Página 232 - ... like the furnaces. And a dog might tackle him and bully-rag him, and bite him and throw him over his shoulder two or three times, and Andrew Jackson — which was the name of the pup — Andrew Jackson would never let on but what he was satisfied...
Página 209 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.