Selections of American Humour in Prose and VerseJohn Hamer Cassell, 1883 - 318 עמודים |
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עמוד 27
... stopped ; There were lyrics from Gusher , the poet , concerning sweet flow'rets and zephyrs , And a stray gem from Plodder , the farmer , describing a couple of heifers ; There were billets from beautiful maidens , and bills from a ...
... stopped ; There were lyrics from Gusher , the poet , concerning sweet flow'rets and zephyrs , And a stray gem from Plodder , the farmer , describing a couple of heifers ; There were billets from beautiful maidens , and bills from a ...
עמוד 76
... stopped : But little she dream'd , as on she went , Who kiss'd the coin that her fingers dropp'd ! You've set me talking , Sir ; I'm sorry : It makes me wild to think of the change ! What do you care for a beggar's story ? It is amusing ...
... stopped : But little she dream'd , as on she went , Who kiss'd the coin that her fingers dropp'd ! You've set me talking , Sir ; I'm sorry : It makes me wild to think of the change ! What do you care for a beggar's story ? It is amusing ...
עמוד 94
... stopped perplexed At what the - Moses - was coming next , All at once the horse stood still , Close by the meet'n ' - house on the hill ; -First a shiver , and then a thrill , Then something decidedly like a spill , - And the parson was ...
... stopped perplexed At what the - Moses - was coming next , All at once the horse stood still , Close by the meet'n ' - house on the hill ; -First a shiver , and then a thrill , Then something decidedly like a spill , - And the parson was ...
עמוד 127
... stopped and looked at her as if they thought she was insane . Then she would strive to take two steps to his one , but she found that two and a half of hers were equal to one of his ; and when she undertook to make that fractional ...
... stopped and looked at her as if they thought she was insane . Then she would strive to take two steps to his one , but she found that two and a half of hers were equal to one of his ; and when she undertook to make that fractional ...
עמוד 135
... stopped at Jonson's when he had a week to spend ; As for the Smythes , they worried him with their incessant calls ; His very legs were weary with the dance at Simms's balls . ( The scoundrel fibbed most shamelessly . In truth he only ...
... stopped at Jonson's when he had a week to spend ; As for the Smythes , they worried him with their incessant calls ; His very legs were weary with the dance at Simms's balls . ( The scoundrel fibbed most shamelessly . In truth he only ...
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Selections of American Humour in Prose and Verse (Classic Reprint) <span dir=ltr>John Hamer</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2015 |
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עמוד 93 - Hahnsum kerridge" they called it then. Eighteen hundred and twenty came; Running as usual; much, the same. Thirty and forty at last arrive, And then come fifty, and fifty-five. Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.
עמוד 107 - On the other side he looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene; evening was gradually advancing; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of...
עמוד 114 - ... selfimportant man in the cocked hat, who, when the alarm was over, had returned to the field, screwed down the corners of his mouth, and shook his head — upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage.
עמוד 110 - He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and with a heart full of trouble and anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people...
עמוד 25 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
עמוד 111 - It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay — the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog, that looked like "Wolf, was skulking about it. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. —
עמוד 107 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third. Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip, or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing.
עמוד 158 - There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles out Towards the pootiest, bless her, An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther Young Fetched back from Concord busted.
עמוד 93 - naow she'll dew!" Do! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less! Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, Deacon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren — where were they? But there stood the stout old one-hoss shay As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquake-day! EIGHTEEN HUNDRED; — it came and found The Deacon's masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred increased by ten; — "Hahnsum kerridge
עמוד 110 - His companion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons and made signs to him to wait upon the company. He obeyed with fear and trembling. They quaffed the liquor in profound silence and then returned to their game.