Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Том 2Doubleday, Page, 1921 - 140 страница In the meantime strange things had been going on. When he caught hold of the first bee, Mr. Middlerib, for reasons, drew it out in such haste that for a time he forgot all about the bottle and its remedial contents, and left it lying uncorked in the bed, between himself and his innocent wife. In the darkness there had been a quiet but general emigration from that bottle. The bees, their wings clogged with the water Mr. Middlerib had poured upon them to cool and tranquillize them, were crawling aimlessly over the sheet. While Mr. Middlerib was feeling around for it, his ears were suddenly thrilled and his heart frozen by a wild, piercing scream from his wife. |
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... called for his machete and was going to Weylerize the poor innocent little baby , and give each woman a piece of it , when the real mother of the baby said : " Stop , Solomon ; stay thy hand . Let the old hag have it . If I can't have a ...
... called for his machete and was going to Weylerize the poor innocent little baby , and give each woman a piece of it , when the real mother of the baby said : " Stop , Solomon ; stay thy hand . Let the old hag have it . If I can't have a ...
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... called the Illustrated News . It was filled with tolerably executed wood - cuts , representing scenes of popular interest ; and though perhaps better calculated for the nursery than the reading - room , it took very well in England ...
... called the Illustrated News . It was filled with tolerably executed wood - cuts , representing scenes of popular interest ; and though perhaps better calculated for the nursery than the reading - room , it took very well in England ...
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... reading one when Doctor Parkman called on him on the morning of the murder . ) Gleason's speculation was crowned with success , and he bought himself a new cook- ing stove , and erected an outbuilding on his estate 16 Masterpieces of Humor.
... reading one when Doctor Parkman called on him on the morning of the murder . ) Gleason's speculation was crowned with success , and he bought himself a new cook- ing stove , and erected an outbuilding on his estate 16 Masterpieces of Humor.
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... called candid 8s but I don't see nothin candid about ' em . this here I wich I send wus thought satty's factory . I dunno as it's ushle to print Poscrips , but as all the ansers I got hed the saim , I sposed it wus best . times has ...
... called candid 8s but I don't see nothin candid about ' em . this here I wich I send wus thought satty's factory . I dunno as it's ushle to print Poscrips , but as all the ansers I got hed the saim , I sposed it wus best . times has ...
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... called it by one of these names , sometimes by another , according to occasion and circumstance . He was con- structing what seemed to be some kind of a frail mechanical toy , and was apparently very much interested in his work . He was ...
... called it by one of these names , sometimes by another , according to occasion and circumstance . He was con- structing what seemed to be some kind of a frail mechanical toy , and was apparently very much interested in his work . He was ...
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