The modern Joe Miller, ed. by R.C.W.1871 |
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Página 170
... operator time - the ball of the jar is brought in contact with the stem of the tree , from which concealed thin wires convey the electricity to the fruit ; a metal tray should be placed in front of the table on which each boy operates ...
... operator time - the ball of the jar is brought in contact with the stem of the tree , from which concealed thin wires convey the electricity to the fruit ; a metal tray should be placed in front of the table on which each boy operates ...
Página 171
... operator moves it very slowly . The material upon which the magician slides must be very smooth and flat , so that thin flattened glass , painted on the under side , would conceal the circular magnet below , and reduce the friction of ...
... operator moves it very slowly . The material upon which the magician slides must be very smooth and flat , so that thin flattened glass , painted on the under side , would conceal the circular magnet below , and reduce the friction of ...
Página 172
... operator , who simply turns the top part of one of the legs of the table . The motion with his hands is conveyed by an endless cord to the disc carrying the magnet . CHEMICAL TRICKS . The Bottle Trick . There are none better than the ...
... operator , who simply turns the top part of one of the legs of the table . The motion with his hands is conveyed by an endless cord to the disc carrying the magnet . CHEMICAL TRICKS . The Bottle Trick . There are none better than the ...
Página 178
... pocket after the effect is produced ; but no great haste is required , as everyone will be too intent upon examining the ring on the stick to watch the operator . A Hat Puzzle . Request any person to mark upon 178 THE MODERN JOE MILLER .
... pocket after the effect is produced ; but no great haste is required , as everyone will be too intent upon examining the ring on the stick to watch the operator . A Hat Puzzle . Request any person to mark upon 178 THE MODERN JOE MILLER .
Página 181
... operator takes them away . The person holding the balance believes himself now to have only sixteen pieces . The operator takes the eight pieces in a pile , and rolls them up in a piece of newspaper , which should be torn from a ...
... operator takes them away . The person holding the balance believes himself now to have only sixteen pieces . The operator takes the eight pieces in a pile , and rolls them up in a piece of newspaper , which should be torn from a ...
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actor answered asked audience Balaam ball bill bishop Bishop Burnet blow called Charles Lamb clergyman cloth Cobourg concealed counsel Covent Garden cried dinner doctor Elliston English exclaimed eyes father Fcap fellow fire Flowers gentleman GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE George Selwyn gilt edges give glass hand handkerchief hanged hare head heard honour horse husband inquired Irish Irishman Johnson King lady lady's landlord lawyer letter Leyden jar looking Looking-Glass Lord madam marriage master Michael Kelly morning never night nobleman North Briton nose once performed person piece plate play Pray Quaker replied rope round sailor shillings sixpence stick sure Talleyrand tape tell theatre thee thing thou told trick TRIGAMY tumbler turned villin walking WARNE'S whole wife woman words young
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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.