The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... French grammarian , who , when told that a revolution was approaching , exclaimed , rubbing his hands , “ Well , come what may , I have two hundred verbs well con- jugated in my desk ! " ABLUTION — a duty somewhat too strictly ...
... French grammarian , who , when told that a revolution was approaching , exclaimed , rubbing his hands , “ Well , come what may , I have two hundred verbs well con- jugated in my desk ! " ABLUTION — a duty somewhat too strictly ...
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... French sailor in Josephus Molitor , when he saw Ironmonger Lane written on the corner of a street in London , which he read " Irons manger l'ane . ” . " - " Comment ! Es ce qu'on mange des anes dans ce pays ci ? Mais , quelle absurdité ...
... French sailor in Josephus Molitor , when he saw Ironmonger Lane written on the corner of a street in London , which he read " Irons manger l'ane . ” . " - " Comment ! Es ce qu'on mange des anes dans ce pays ci ? Mais , quelle absurdité ...
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... French writer , arguing , perhaps , from the analogy of the English language , wherein two negatives constitute an affirmative , observes that deux afflictions mises ensemble peuvent devenir une consolation , an experiment which few ...
... French writer , arguing , perhaps , from the analogy of the English language , wherein two negatives constitute an affirmative , observes that deux afflictions mises ensemble peuvent devenir une consolation , an experiment which few ...
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... no chronology for men and women at , or be- yond the meridian of life . They are all " persons of a certain age , " which is the most uncertain one upon record . Compli- mentary in everything , the French say of a woman HEADS AND TALES .
... no chronology for men and women at , or be- yond the meridian of life . They are all " persons of a certain age , " which is the most uncertain one upon record . Compli- mentary in everything , the French say of a woman HEADS AND TALES .
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To which are Added, Poetical Selections Horace Smith. mentary in everything , the French say of a woman thus cir- cumstanced , that she is femme d'un age raisonnable , as if she had gained , in her reasoning faculties , what she had lost ...
To which are Added, Poetical Selections Horace Smith. mentary in everything , the French say of a woman thus cir- cumstanced , that she is femme d'un age raisonnable , as if she had gained , in her reasoning faculties , what she had lost ...
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