Wit and Wisdom; Jokes, Conundrums, Sentiments, and Aphorisms1860 |
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... 1 beg your pardon , Sir , " says John , " but you have made a mis- take . " " Oh no , " said the gentleman , " I never give less ! " A boy once asked one of his father's guests who it was " " that lived next door to him , and 5.
... 1 beg your pardon , Sir , " says John , " but you have made a mis- take . " " Oh no , " said the gentleman , " I never give less ! " A boy once asked one of his father's guests who it was " " that lived next door to him , and 5.
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... Father , " said a little boy the other day , " are not sailors very small men ? " " No , my dear , " replied the father , " pray what leads you to suppose they are so Because , " replied the child , " I read the other day of a sailor ...
... Father , " said a little boy the other day , " are not sailors very small men ? " " No , my dear , " replied the father , " pray what leads you to suppose they are so Because , " replied the child , " I read the other day of a sailor ...
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... fathers , and I think if he had been so very rich he would have had a bed of his own . " - Paddy's Boots . A green sprig from the Emerald Isle entered a boot and shoe shop to purchase himself a pair of " brogans . " After overhauling ...
... fathers , and I think if he had been so very rich he would have had a bed of his own . " - Paddy's Boots . A green sprig from the Emerald Isle entered a boot and shoe shop to purchase himself a pair of " brogans . " After overhauling ...
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... father with such ease was because he had Troy weight upon his back instead of avoirdupois . An old lady said to a lady visitor , that after reading a good book she liked to mediate upon it . " Right to a t , " replied the lady . A dun ...
... father with such ease was because he had Troy weight upon his back instead of avoirdupois . An old lady said to a lady visitor , that after reading a good book she liked to mediate upon it . " Right to a t , " replied the lady . A dun ...
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... Father got to be rather an incumbrance , and last week we took him to the Poorhouse . Your affectionate brother . " - New York Daily Times . One of the Albion editors says that the only reason why his house was not blown away during a ...
... Father got to be rather an incumbrance , and last week we took him to the Poorhouse . Your affectionate brother . " - New York Daily Times . One of the Albion editors says that the only reason why his house was not blown away during a ...
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Strana 42 - In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Strana 259 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.
Strana 257 - A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Strana 5 - you have the honour of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' 'I don't know how great men you may be,' said the Guinea man, ' but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you, all muscles and bones, for ten guineas.
Strana 260 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Strana 266 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Strana 224 - See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down : Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Strana 238 - Come, my good friends, since the old gentleman is gone to bed, I think we may venture to crack another bottle...
Strana 77 - We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The boy replied that it had. But presently the traveller's horse sank in up to the girths, and he observed to the boy, " I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom.
Strana 137 - Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles .in hour, CHAP. XI. THE CROSS-EXAMINATION. 207 and that a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "