The modern Joe Miller, ed. by R.C.W.1871 |
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... QUAKER WIT . A Quaker and a Baptist travelling together , the Baptist took every occasion to ridicule the Quaker , on account of his religious profession . Ere long they came to where the body of a malefactor was hanging . " I wonder ...
... QUAKER WIT . A Quaker and a Baptist travelling together , the Baptist took every occasion to ridicule the Quaker , on account of his religious profession . Ere long they came to where the body of a malefactor was hanging . " I wonder ...
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... Quaker who was pre- sent , " I was a hare , I would take my seat in a place where I should be sure of not being disturbed by thee from the first of January to the last of December . " where would you go ? " " Into thy study . " GOOD ...
... Quaker who was pre- sent , " I was a hare , I would take my seat in a place where I should be sure of not being disturbed by thee from the first of January to the last of December . " where would you go ? " " Into thy study . " GOOD ...
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Joe Miller R C W. CURIOUS QUAKER LETTER . " Friend John - I desire thee to be so kind as to go to one of those sinful men in the flesh called an attorney , and let him take out an instrument with a seal affixed there- unto , by virtue ...
Joe Miller R C W. CURIOUS QUAKER LETTER . " Friend John - I desire thee to be so kind as to go to one of those sinful men in the flesh called an attorney , and let him take out an instrument with a seal affixed there- unto , by virtue ...
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... Quaker near him said , " Friend , thou art a scandal to thy cloth . " " You mean , " said the parson , raising his arm and showing a hole , " that my cloth is a scandal to me . " AN UNTIMELY DEMAND . A provincial actress was performing ...
... Quaker near him said , " Friend , thou art a scandal to thy cloth . " " You mean , " said the parson , raising his arm and showing a hole , " that my cloth is a scandal to me . " AN UNTIMELY DEMAND . A provincial actress was performing ...
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... QUAKER WIT . A Quaker , at Norwich , having bought a horse which proved unsound , of a man named Bacon , he wrote to in- form him , but received no answer . Shortly after meeting the seller at Norwich , he requested him to take back the ...
... QUAKER WIT . A Quaker , at Norwich , having bought a horse which proved unsound , of a man named Bacon , he wrote to in- form him , but received no answer . Shortly after meeting the seller at Norwich , he requested him to take back the ...
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Página 43 - Tis reason a man that will have a wife should be at the charge of her trinkets, and pay all the scores she sets on him. He that will keep a monkey, 'tis fit he should pay for the glasses he breaks.
Página 88 - Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, od rot 'em For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.
Página 43 - Jews, that they are cursed, they thrive where'er they come ; they are able to oblige the prince of their country, by lending him money ; none of them beg, they keep together, and for their being hated, my life for yours, Christians hate one another as much.
Página 44 - They passed on, and arrived before Goldsmith, who came soon after, and Mr. Burke affected to receive him very coolly. This seemed to vex poor Goldsmith, who begged Mr. Burke would tell him how he had had the misfortune to offend him. Burke appeared very reluctant to speak ; but, after a good deal of pressing, said, " that he was really ashamed to keep up an intimacy with one who could be guilty of such monstrous indiscretions as Goldsmith had just exhibited in the square. " Goldsmith, with great...
Página 179 - Remodelled by its Original Editor, CHARLES KNIGHT, with Selections from Authors added whose works have placed them amongst the "Best Authors" since the publication of the First Edition.
Página 39 - Nor ought we to pass over the only mot that will ever be recorded of Charles X., uttered on his return to France in 1814, on seeing, like our second Charles at a similar reception, that the adversaries of his family had disappeared — "There is only one Frenchman the more.
Página 43 - OF all Actions of a Man's Life, his Marriage does least concern other people, yet of all Actions of our Life 'tis most meddled with by other People.
Página 32 - To this night's masquerade,' quoth Dick, ' By pleasure I am beckon'd, And think 'twould be a pleasant trick To go as Charles the Second.' Tom felt for repartee a thirst, And thus to Richard said — * You'd better go as Charles the First, For that requires no head.
Página 23 - To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit.
Página 118 - In marble walls as white as milk, Lined with a skin as soft as silk; Within a fountain crystal clear, A golden apple doth appear. No doors there are to this stronghold, Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.