Choice Humorous
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共 45 段- "Thus situated, I set off in search of the gentleman who had
- Full of fun and spirit as the little magazine was, it nevert
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- "He said to the master of our ship, that owing to the Prince
- We had one dinner at Riches, a coffee-house on the Bullwards
- DEAR B.,--I am quite in a consternation--you are no longer a
- The Secretairer of the Treasury is down here; he lives by Fi
- The fust pitcher I seed was Adam and Heve expulsed from Para
- Perhaps, dear B., you will send me a billey in the coarse of
- And has she a Banking-house--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
- Then hie to the house--you know where,
- From begging for the poor they took to begging for the Great
- Glorious, and more truly honourable, than rank or ribbons, i
- Having thus selected such preliminary observations as were n
- As for the Cat, whatever shape she took (and there can be li
- At page 22 we have, perhaps, the most finished description o
- One of the members, more lukewarm than the rest, inquired by
- The following letter has been transmitted to us, as written
- "Instructions," says the author of the history of the expedi
- "Among the equestrians, two are deserving that their looks a
- But Mr. Brown seems not only to find fault with mental impro
- The Member apologized for having been led away by his feelin
- On our return from Epsom (having to cross the country) we pa
- Here he of course found an excellent dinner spread upon a ta
- Little did his highness think that a few short months only w
- For one moment we must beg leave to stop his highness; no En
- But we must cut his highness short. At Bristol he enters Rad
- "You need not send to Martingale," said Dowbiggin; "he is go
- What I wrote of "the Horticultural fête" was altered into "t
- "'Well, sir,' said the kind fellow, 'if so be as that is the
- "I felt considerably inclined, for many reasons, to accede t
- The evidence having terminated, and the clock pointing to fi
- The healths of the Wardens of the Company were then drunk--_
- "Why, you see I thought he might," replied Daly. "After I ha
- 'Arts with _arms_ contending;'
- "So far," said poor Tom, "the story tells for me,--now you s
- You put above your door, and in your bills,
- So much for domestic matters. I went out--I was shoved about
- During this period he was not so thoroughly engrossed by the
- "No, sir," replied Hook, rising and bowing respectfully. "Pr
- _Mum._ (_With a considerable degree of self-complacency._) I
- [69] From "The Fortress," a drama in three acts (1807). This
- On the Various Forces of Nature, and their Relations to each
- An Historical Drama. By W. D. SCOTT-MONCRIEFF. With Seven
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