Nonsense: Or Hits & Criticisms on the Follies of the DayG. W. Carleton & Company, 1869 - 274 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 28
עמוד 13
... thought we . Just then a ragged little devil sang out , as he glided past us : " Hallo , old timber legs ! " and we arose suddenly and put after him , and away went our legs - one to the east and the other to the west - causing an ...
... thought we . Just then a ragged little devil sang out , as he glided past us : " Hallo , old timber legs ! " and we arose suddenly and put after him , and away went our legs - one to the east and the other to the west - causing an ...
עמוד 19
... thought , and respect . Don't be in a hurry ! Her head lies carelessly on your shoulder ! You are nearly heart to heart ! Look down into her half - closed eyes ! Gently yet manfully press her to your bosom ! Stand firm , and Providence ...
... thought , and respect . Don't be in a hurry ! Her head lies carelessly on your shoulder ! You are nearly heart to heart ! Look down into her half - closed eyes ! Gently yet manfully press her to your bosom ! Stand firm , and Providence ...
עמוד 31
... thought Miranda wan't good enough for me . I had the poverty . It struck in before I struck out . Be- ing poor , I was good ; hence the objection . So we courted syruptastingly , and met in the barn- yard the usual way through the back ...
... thought Miranda wan't good enough for me . I had the poverty . It struck in before I struck out . Be- ing poor , I was good ; hence the objection . So we courted syruptastingly , and met in the barn- yard the usual way through the back ...
עמוד 35
... the party . I heard the alarm . I rushed into our bedroom . I found something slim and docile in the bed ! I thought it was the bolster got the wrong way . I wanted to act in fireman style , so threw My Milkmaid Miranda . 35.
... the party . I heard the alarm . I rushed into our bedroom . I found something slim and docile in the bed ! I thought it was the bolster got the wrong way . I wanted to act in fireman style , so threw My Milkmaid Miranda . 35.
עמוד 58
... Thought it was " inducing " to the pickerel . Borrowed one of Buck's inducers , and fell back to original position . Very fine rain in Bridgeport . Lots of holes in the cerulean skimmer . Confound the pickerel . We induced them in vain ...
... Thought it was " inducing " to the pickerel . Borrowed one of Buck's inducers , and fell back to original position . Very fine rain in Bridgeport . Lots of holes in the cerulean skimmer . Confound the pickerel . We induced them in vain ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Ange angel Anna Dickinson arms Aurelia beauty Betsey big organ Biluria boots Boston BRICK Brightwater Bulkins Bumroy button Buttonville CHAPTER chickens cider clams clothes cold crowd Deacon dear Dickens Ditto dollar eels Eulelia Jane eyes father feet felt folks gently girl grew hair hand handsome head heart Hexa horse hundred ice-water Jehiel John Brown John Brown's body Kalista kiss knew La Crosse legs lips looked Lordy Miranda Mirilda Miss Squiggles mosquito mother mustard never vash nice nigger night nose old lady old woman Oleum onions pants Pete petroleum Pic-Nic pickerel POMEROY pretty pull right smart roosters Sally Schneider school-marms Selah shust skates Sniveller struck swap horses tell thee things thought Tillinghast told took Tried Twas walk wan't waterfall whiskey young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 39 - PSALM 131. heart not haughty is, O Lord, mine eyes not lofty be ; Nor do I deal in matters great, or things too high for me. 2 I surely have myself behav'd with quiet sp'rit and mild, As child of mother wean'd : my soul is like a weaned child. 3 Upon the Lord let all the hope of Israel rely, Ev'n from the time that present is unto eternity.
עמוד 228 - In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, an.d hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name : Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame...
עמוד 18 - Take the left hand of the lady in your right ; let your hat go to any place out of the way ; throw the left hand gently over the shoulder of the lady, and let it fall down the right side, towards the belt.
עמוד 19 - Her left hand is in your right; let there be an impression to that, not like the grip of a vice, but a gentle clasp, full of electricity, thought, and respect. Don't be in a hurry. Her head lies carelessly on your shoulder. You are nearly heart to heart Look down into her half-closed eyes. Gently, yet manfully, press her to your bosom. Stand firm.
עמוד 47 - Drawler, on a nice rosewood piano, played that patriotic piece of music — " John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave ! John Brown's body lies mouldering in the...
עמוד 227 - Thou false seducer of our hearts, begone 1 " but don't take the school-marms, for — " I loved Ophelia (a school-marm). Forty thousand brothers could not With all their quantity of love do more ! " How truly did Shenstone, who being a Shen-stone, was harder than a Brick, say — > " In every village marked with little spire...
עמוד 20 - ... body. Take good aim — the lips meet — the eyes close — the heart opens — the soul rides the storms, troubles, and sorrows of life (don't be in a hurry) — heaven opens before you — the world shoots from under your feet aa a meteor flashes athwart the evening sky (don't be afraid) — the nerves dance before the justerected altar of love as zephyrs dance with the dew-trimmed flowers — the heart forgets its bitterness, and the art of kissing is learned ! No noise — no fuss — no...