More Puniana, Or, Thoughts Wise and Other-why's: A New Collection of the Best Riddles, Conundrums, Jokes, Sells, &cHugh Rowley (Hon.) Chatto & Windus, 1875 - 343 pages |
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... its age , and adding , " That's a wine you seldom get ; " replied the other , " I quite recognize the old clos . " ] [ P.P.S. - No ; the Roman Emperors did not wear the imperial Tokay ; you are in error , they wore the imperial toga ...
... its age , and adding , " That's a wine you seldom get ; " replied the other , " I quite recognize the old clos . " ] [ P.P.S. - No ; the Roman Emperors did not wear the imperial Tokay ; you are in error , they wore the imperial toga ...
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... its paws , the other has pauses at the ends of its clauses . [ P.S. - Wasn't this a good answer ? A County Court Judge threatened the other day to fine a lawyer for contempt of Court . " I have expressed no contempt for the Court ...
... its paws , the other has pauses at the ends of its clauses . [ P.S. - Wasn't this a good answer ? A County Court Judge threatened the other day to fine a lawyer for contempt of Court . " I have expressed no contempt for the Court ...
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... [ It's a tinder subject . ] In what two days in a life - time can a man travel the farthest , and where does he travel on these two days ? The day before his marriage and the day after it . The day before his marriage he is at the Cape of ...
... [ It's a tinder subject . ] In what two days in a life - time can a man travel the farthest , and where does he travel on these two days ? The day before his marriage and the day after it . The day before his marriage he is at the Cape of ...
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... it's got no farther . [ We suppose you've heard this very orphan before - we never did . ] If you were obliged to swallow a man , who would you select ? A little Dublin porter . [ Do ; it will assuredly re - Cooper - rate your decaying ...
... it's got no farther . [ We suppose you've heard this very orphan before - we never did . ] If you were obliged to swallow a man , who would you select ? A little Dublin porter . [ Do ; it will assuredly re - Cooper - rate your decaying ...
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... It's no use till it's drawn . [ The connection between sword and sward is obvious : we have a blade of steel in one , a blade of grass from the other . ] Weak to a proverb , my First has been reckoned , And men have agreed to make game ...
... It's no use till it's drawn . [ The connection between sword and sward is obvious : we have a blade of steel in one , a blade of grass from the other . ] Weak to a proverb , my First has been reckoned , And men have agreed to make game ...
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