Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... play at bowls , Must expect rubbers ! " The Parson at Fault . A COUNTRY parson took a notion Into his head , one Whitsuntide , That it was more like true dévotion To preach extempore ; -he tried : - Succeeded once - twice - thrice - but ...
... play at bowls , Must expect rubbers ! " The Parson at Fault . A COUNTRY parson took a notion Into his head , one Whitsuntide , That it was more like true dévotion To preach extempore ; -he tried : - Succeeded once - twice - thrice - but ...
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... play --- " Who would not be a father ? " Is it nothing that but I have de- scribed this happy moment till I can wait for its ar- rival no longer . God bless ye , my darlings ; come to my arms at once ! While I have been wiping my ...
... play --- " Who would not be a father ? " Is it nothing that but I have de- scribed this happy moment till I can wait for its ar- rival no longer . God bless ye , my darlings ; come to my arms at once ! While I have been wiping my ...
Page 81
... play upon words . Will nothing but pure wit serve thy turn , most sapient Sir ? Well , then , set us the example- " Lay on , Macduff , And damn'd be he that first cries , Hold ! enough ! " How , -dumb - founded ? Not quite ; -methinks I ...
... play upon words . Will nothing but pure wit serve thy turn , most sapient Sir ? Well , then , set us the example- " Lay on , Macduff , And damn'd be he that first cries , Hold ! enough ! " How , -dumb - founded ? Not quite ; -methinks I ...
Page 82
... play upon words equivalent to a pun . When Simon Bar- Jona , for his superior faith , received the name of Peter , ( which in Greek signifies a stone or rock , ) the divine bestower of that appellation exclaimed , " I say unto thee ...
... play upon words equivalent to a pun . When Simon Bar- Jona , for his superior faith , received the name of Peter , ( which in Greek signifies a stone or rock , ) the divine bestower of that appellation exclaimed , " I say unto thee ...
Page 84
... playing upon the names of both parties . Martial was an accomplished punster ; and Ovid not only quibbled upon words , but meta- morphosed them into a thousand phantasies and vaga- ries . The same valuable privilege formed the staple ...
... playing upon the names of both parties . Martial was an accomplished punster ; and Ovid not only quibbled upon words , but meta- morphosed them into a thousand phantasies and vaga- ries . The same valuable privilege formed the staple ...
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