The Poetry of American Wit and HumorL. C. Page, 1899 - 367 страница |
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... Charles G. Halpine , Charles Follen Adams ( " Der Oak und Der Vine ” ) . Funk and Wagnalls . Edgar Fawcett . H. S. Stone & Co. R. K. Munkittrick ( " October " ) . Small , Maynard & Co. Charlotte P. Stetson . Adam and Charles Black ...
... Charles G. Halpine , Charles Follen Adams ( " Der Oak und Der Vine ” ) . Funk and Wagnalls . Edgar Fawcett . H. S. Stone & Co. R. K. Munkittrick ( " October " ) . Small , Maynard & Co. Charlotte P. Stetson . Adam and Charles Black ...
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... Charles Follen Adams ( " Leedle Yawcob Strauss , " " Dot Baby off Mine , " " " A Tale of a Nose " ) . The Century Company . Irwin Russell , J. A. Macon , Carolyn Wells , S. W. Norris , W. W. Fink , Esther B. Tiffany , Mather D. Kimball ...
... Charles Follen Adams ( " Leedle Yawcob Strauss , " " Dot Baby off Mine , " " " A Tale of a Nose " ) . The Century Company . Irwin Russell , J. A. Macon , Carolyn Wells , S. W. Norris , W. W. Fink , Esther B. Tiffany , Mather D. Kimball ...
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... sickness , shoy und pain , In calm or shtormy veddher , ' Twas beddher dot dhose oaks und vines Should alvays gling togeddher . CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS . Theology in the Quarters . Century Magazine . NOW , AMERICAN WIT AND HUMOR .
... sickness , shoy und pain , In calm or shtormy veddher , ' Twas beddher dot dhose oaks und vines Should alvays gling togeddher . CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS . Theology in the Quarters . Century Magazine . NOW , AMERICAN WIT AND HUMOR .
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... Any fowl with change of feathers may a brilliant bird become : Oh , how hard is life for many ! oh , how sweet it is for some ! CHARLES GODFREY LELAND . The Music - grinders . THERE are three ways in 17 THE BALLAD OF CHARITY .
... Any fowl with change of feathers may a brilliant bird become : Oh , how hard is life for many ! oh , how sweet it is for some ! CHARLES GODFREY LELAND . The Music - grinders . THERE are three ways in 17 THE BALLAD OF CHARITY .
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... follows in his track 29 Till Mars grows jealous raally , But , faith , he fears the Irish knack Of handling the shillaly . CHARLES GRAHAM HALPINE . Applied Astronomy . Century Magazine , March , 1887 . 23 IRISH ASTRONOMY .
... follows in his track 29 Till Mars grows jealous raally , But , faith , he fears the Irish knack Of handling the shillaly . CHARLES GRAHAM HALPINE . Applied Astronomy . Century Magazine , March , 1887 . 23 IRISH ASTRONOMY .
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