The King of Topsy-turvyTinsley Brothers, 1870 - Počet stran: 168 |
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Strana 44 - Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.
Strana 8 - Go, call a coach, and let a coach be called ; And let the man that calls it be the caller; And, in his calling, let him nothing call, But coach ! coach ! coach ! Oh ! for a coach, ye gods ! [Exit raving.
Strana 113 - In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much; With equal advantage the French are content: So we'll clap on Dutch bottoms a twenty per cent.
Strana 113 - Speak gently ! it is better far To rule by love than fear ; Speak gently ! let no harsh words mar The good we might do here.
Strana 55 - A Proverb is the wisdom of many, and the wit of one.
Strana 114 - I don't see what that has got to do with it," said Nanny. "Then go on with your story, please," said Diamond. "What did you come to, after going through all those winding passages into the heart of the moon?" "I didn't say they were winding passages. I said they were long and narrow. They didn't wind. They went by corners.
Strana 119 - Man is but a topsyturvy creature: his head where his heels should be, grovelling on the earth. Swift.