The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of all ages and nations, Volumen12Lionel Strachey Review of reviews Company, 1906 |
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... Inspector .- " The Broken Jug " ΙΟΙ ARNOLD KORTUM ( 1745-1824 ) . The Examination in Theology .- " The Jobsiad " . 110 ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO ( 1781-1838 ) . Sale of a Human Shadow .- " Peter Schlemihl " The Pigtail KARL JULIUS WEBER ...
... Inspector .- " The Broken Jug " ΙΟΙ ARNOLD KORTUM ( 1745-1824 ) . The Examination in Theology .- " The Jobsiad " . 110 ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO ( 1781-1838 ) . Sale of a Human Shadow .- " Peter Schlemihl " The Pigtail KARL JULIUS WEBER ...
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... inspector came unex- pectedly in while her burst of crying was at its bitterest , she had really just that very moment sent her checked , spiny , outer caterpillar - skin ( the calico dress , to wit ) away to the pawn - shop ; for her ...
... inspector came unex- pectedly in while her burst of crying was at its bitterest , she had really just that very moment sent her checked , spiny , outer caterpillar - skin ( the calico dress , to wit ) away to the pawn - shop ; for her ...
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... inspector threat- ened to abandon his society , could but say , " Nobody can influence your decision on that point now but yourself . I most certainly cannot . It will be an easy matter for you to give up our acquaintance , though there ...
... inspector threat- ened to abandon his society , could but say , " Nobody can influence your decision on that point now but yourself . I most certainly cannot . It will be an easy matter for you to give up our acquaintance , though there ...
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... Inspector ADAM , Village Magistrate , and LICHT , Clerk of Court . Licht . Eh , what in the world has come over you , friend Adam ? Do you know how you look ? Adam ( sitting and bandaging his leg ) . Oh , yes . In order to stumble , all ...
... Inspector ADAM , Village Magistrate , and LICHT , Clerk of Court . Licht . Eh , what in the world has come over you , friend Adam ? Do you know how you look ? Adam ( sitting and bandaging his leg ) . Oh , yes . In order to stumble , all ...
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... inspector of village courts is coming . Adam . Who is coming ? Licht . The inspector from Utrecht . He is traveling about to see how justice is administered . He will be here to - day . Adam . To - day ? Are you in your right mind ...
... inspector of village courts is coming . Adam . Who is coming ? Licht . The inspector from Utrecht . He is traveling about to see how justice is administered . He will be here to - day . Adam . To - day ? Are you in your right mind ...
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abbot Abraham Levi Adam answered Philip asked Bear beast better bird Brahman Bruin candidate Jobs Carmelite commissioner Count Fitz-Hum court cried dear devil Dick ding-a-dong door Eulenspiegel exclaimed eyes father followed of heads fool gentlemen Göttingen gout Grethel guillotined guinea-chicken guinea-pig hand hare hear heard heart Heaven hedgehog Heinrich Klotz HEINRICH ZSCHOKKE Hieronimus honor horse hour husband inspector Karl king Klotz lady laugh Licht looked LUDWIG FULDA madame mademoiselle Mameluke marriage mask matter Meersburger Meph morning never Nigerl night noble once Pelzstiefel poor prince replied Reynard round Royal Highness sausage Schildburghers Shaky Sir Spazzo Snow soon soul stood sure tell Thaler thee Thévenet things thou thought took town turned Valer voice walk Weinsberg wife WILHELM RAABE wine wish woman word young Zeus
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Página 127 - THERE lived a sage in days of yore And he a handsome pigtail wore ; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change the pigtail's place, And have it hanging at his face, Not dangling there behind him. Says he, " The mystery I've found, — I'll turn me round.
Página 128 - I'll turn me round," — he turned him round, But still it hung behind him. Then round and round, and out and in, All day the puzzled sage did spin; In vain — it mattered not a pin — The pigtail hung behind him.
Página 52 - ... leagues an hour, when fortunately the cable broke, and we lost both the whale and the anchor. However, upon our return to Europe, some months after, we found the same whale within a few leagues of the same spot, floating dead upon the water ; it measured above half a mile in length. As we could take but a small quantity of .such a monstrous animal on board, we got our boats out, and with much difficulty cut off his head, where, to our great joy, we found the anchor, and above forty fathoms of...
Página 49 - It is not easy to conceive my astonishment to find myself in the midst of a village, lying in a churchyard; nor was my horse to be seen, but I heard him soon after neigh somewhere above me. On looking upwards, I beheld him hanging by his bridle to the weathercock of the steeple.
Página 260 - Twas a father wise and godly. Sang it so long ago. Then sing as Doctor Luther sang, As Doctor Luther sang, Who loves not wine, woman, and song, He is a fool his whole life long.
Página 174 - ... scourgings which they and their works received from the town newspaper, called out clamorously for a literary censorship. On the other hand, the editor of the newspaper prayed for unlimited freedom of the press and abolition of the law of libel. Certainly the Count Fitz-Hum must have had the happiest art of reconciling contradictions, and insinuating hopes into the most desperate cases : for the petitioners, one and all, quitted his presence delighted and elevated with hope. Possibly one part...
Página 50 - He blew with all his might ; but his endeavors were in vain, he could not make the horn sound, which was unaccountable and rather unfortunate, for soon after we found ourselves in the presence of another coach coming the other way : there was no proceeding ; however, I got out of my carriage, and being pretty strong, placed it, wheels and all, upon my head...
Página 259 - He has not maid, nor blooming wife ; Nor child has he to raise his hope — I would not wish to be the Pope. The Sultan better pleases me, His is a life of jollity; His wives are many as he will — I would the Sultan's throne then fill.
Página 51 - ... particularly was pressed into my stomach, where it continued some months, before it recovered its natural situation. Whilst we were all in a state of astonishment at the general and unaccountable confusion in which we were involved, the whole was suddenly explained, by the appearance of a large whale, who had been basking asleep within sixteen feet of the surface of the water. This animal was so much displeased with the disturbance which our ship had given him, (for in our passage we had with...
Página 45 - ... by his oppressive and infamous impositions. The very goods which he had thus taken from them were spoiling in his stores, while the poor wretches from whom they were plundered were pining in poverty. Though the destruction of this tyrant was accidental, the people chose the cucumber-gatherers for their governors, as a mark of their gratitude for destroying, though accidentally, their late tyrant. After we had repaired the damages we sustained in this remarkable storm, and taken leave of the new...