The modern Joe Miller, ed. by R.C.W.1871 |
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... Joe Miller . Containing New and Old Series , Jeux d'Esprits , Bon Mots , Puns , Bulls , Riddles , Charades , Puzzles , Magic , Conjuring , & c . Edited by W. C. R. With Illustrations . Modern Humour , Anecdote , and Wit . Compiled from " ...
... Joe Miller . Containing New and Old Series , Jeux d'Esprits , Bon Mots , Puns , Bulls , Riddles , Charades , Puzzles , Magic , Conjuring , & c . Edited by W. C. R. With Illustrations . Modern Humour , Anecdote , and Wit . Compiled from " ...
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Joe Miller R C W. THE MODERN JOE JOE MILLER CONTAINING NEW AND OLD STORIES , JEUX D'ESPRITS , BON MOTS , PUNS , BULLS , RIDDLES , CHARADES , PUZZLES , MAGIC , CONJURING , ETC , རཌྷ་ ODLE EDITED BY R. C. W. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS . BEDE WA ...
Joe Miller R C W. THE MODERN JOE JOE MILLER CONTAINING NEW AND OLD STORIES , JEUX D'ESPRITS , BON MOTS , PUNS , BULLS , RIDDLES , CHARADES , PUZZLES , MAGIC , CONJURING , ETC , རཌྷ་ ODLE EDITED BY R. C. W. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS . BEDE WA ...
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Joe Miller R C W. CONTENTS . PAGE ΑΝΑ 1 PUNS , JOKES , BULLS , MOTS , ETC. 51 ETIQUETTE IN THE BALL AND DINING ROOM . 114 RIDDLES 120 CHARADES 132 MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES 141 • ANAGRAMS 147 ANSWERS TO RIDDLES 148 CHARADES 156 " " 99 ...
Joe Miller R C W. CONTENTS . PAGE ΑΝΑ 1 PUNS , JOKES , BULLS , MOTS , ETC. 51 ETIQUETTE IN THE BALL AND DINING ROOM . 114 RIDDLES 120 CHARADES 132 MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES 141 • ANAGRAMS 147 ANSWERS TO RIDDLES 148 CHARADES 156 " " 99 ...
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Joe Miller R C W. A SPECIMEN OF THE ABSURD . At a catechetical examination , an examiner , fond of badgering blockheads , enjoyed the following treat : - Q. It is recorded in Scripture that a beast spoke . What was the beast ? A. A whale ...
Joe Miller R C W. A SPECIMEN OF THE ABSURD . At a catechetical examination , an examiner , fond of badgering blockheads , enjoyed the following treat : - Q. It is recorded in Scripture that a beast spoke . What was the beast ? A. A whale ...
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Joe Miller R C W. PARISH CHURCHES . In some parish churches it used to be the custom to separate the men from the women . A clergyman being interrupted by loud talking , stopped short , when a woman , eager for the honour of her sex ...
Joe Miller R C W. PARISH CHURCHES . In some parish churches it used to be the custom to separate the men from the women . A clergyman being interrupted by loud talking , stopped short , when a woman , eager for the honour of her sex ...
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actor answered asked audience Balaam ball bill Bishop Burnet blow called Charles Lamb clergyman cloth Cobourg Coloured concealed Covent Garden cried dinner Ditto doctor Edited 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 Illustrations inquired Irish Irishman JOE MILLER Johnson King lady lady's landlord lawyer letter Leyden jar looking Lord madam marriage Michael Kelly morning never night nobleman North Briton nose once performed person piece plate play Poetical Quaker replied rope sailor sauce shillings sixpence stick sure Talleyrand tape tell theatre thee thing thou told trick TRIGAMY tumbler turned VENTRILOQUISM walking WARNE'S whole wife woman word young
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Página 5 - He would close the window; I opened it. He closed it again ; upon which, in a very solemn tone, I said to him, " Son of Abraham ! thou smellest ; son of Isaac ! thou art offensive ; son of Jacob ! thou stinkest foully. See the man in the moon! he is holding his nose at thee...
Página 42 - 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 87 - 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 42 - 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 43 - 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 38 - 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.