Wit and Humor of the Age: Comprising Wit, Humor, Pathos, Ridicule, Satires, Dialects, PunsStar Publishing Company, 1883 - 766 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 57
עמוד 9
... answered . Humor is always the absolute truth , while wit is always an exaggeration . Humor occurs , while wit is the pure fancy or imagination of the writer . Wit and humor are often used as synonymous , but they are really at ...
... answered . Humor is always the absolute truth , while wit is always an exaggeration . Humor occurs , while wit is the pure fancy or imagination of the writer . Wit and humor are often used as synonymous , but they are really at ...
עמוד 57
... answered the bell . " Oh , beg pardon , madam ! You are the lady of the house , then ? " " Yes , I am ! What d'yer take me for ? Did yer think I was the gentleman of the house , or the next - door neighbor , or one of the farm - hands ...
... answered the bell . " Oh , beg pardon , madam ! You are the lady of the house , then ? " " Yes , I am ! What d'yer take me for ? Did yer think I was the gentleman of the house , or the next - door neighbor , or one of the farm - hands ...
עמוד 64
... answer , which had you rather have sparrows or worms ? " Well , weally I kont say , ladies . Weally , ' pon m ... answered . " I'll bet anything , " said my friend , " that you can't make that man see the point to an American joke ...
... answer , which had you rather have sparrows or worms ? " Well , weally I kont say , ladies . Weally , ' pon m ... answered . " I'll bet anything , " said my friend , " that you can't make that man see the point to an American joke ...
עמוד 74
... answered , politely ; " I stop at Andover . " " I want to know ! I belong out that way myself . Expect to stay long ? " " On over night , sir . " A short pause . " Did you cal'late to put up at the tavern ? " " No , sir ; I expect to ...
... answered , politely ; " I stop at Andover . " " I want to know ! I belong out that way myself . Expect to stay long ? " " On over night , sir . " A short pause . " Did you cal'late to put up at the tavern ? " " No , sir ; I expect to ...
עמוד 81
... answered : " I tie knots in their tails . " That was pure wit- pure exaggeration . There was a strange mixture of ... answer at first seems like wit , but when you think of it , it becomes humor , because you know it is true . Taking ...
... answered : " I tie knots in their tails . " That was pure wit- pure exaggeration . There was a strange mixture of ... answer at first seems like wit , but when you think of it , it becomes humor , because you know it is true . Taking ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
ain't Annabel Lee answered Antisthenes Aristippus asked baby beautiful Ben Butler Bill Bill Nye called cents church clergyman conductor court Daniel Drew dead dear doctor dollars Douglas Jerrold Eli Perkins exclaimed eyes face father fellah fellow fire fool gentleman George Peck girl give hand head hear heard heart honor horse humor Irish Irishman Josh Billings judge jury killed kiss kitchee knew kurnel laugh laughter lawyer little boy live look Macbeth mamma Mark Twain married Melissy Miss morning mother mouth mule never nigger night once poor pretty remarked replied Rufus Choate Spoopendyke story street sweet syllogism talk tell thing thought told took turned Uncle walked whisky wife window witness woman York young lady
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 146 - It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee ; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
עמוד 11 - The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar.
עמוד 146 - The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me Yes! that was the reason (as all men know. In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night. Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
עמוד 27 - In the scene that ensued I did not take a hand ; But the floor it was strewed Like the leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding, In the game
עמוד 247 - Lee : For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee, And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
עמוד 137 - TREAD softly! bow the head — In reverent silence bow ! No passing bell doth toll; Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger, however great, With lowly reverence bow! There's one in that poor shed — One by that paltry bed — Greater than thou.
עמוד 697 - An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'.
עמוד 697 - em, danced 'em, druv 'em, Fust this one, an' then thet, by spells— All is, he couldn't love 'em. But long o' her his veins 'ould run All crinkly like curled maple, The side she breshed felt full o' sun Ez a south slope in Ap'il.
עמוד 27 - It was August the third, And quite soft was the skies; Which it might be inferred That Ah Sin was likewise; Yet he played it that day upon William And me in a way I despise. Which we had a small game, And Ah Sin took a hand; It was euchre — the same He did not understand ; But he smiled as he sat by the table With the smile that was childlike and bland.
עמוד 731 - Little Nanny Etticoat, In a white petticoat, And a red nose; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows.