English Jests and Anecdotes, Collected from Various Sources

English Jests and Anecdotes, Collected from Various Sources

English Jests and Anecdotes, Collected from Various SourcesA lady who kept a boarding-school some years ago, near...
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English Jests and Anecdotes, Collected from Various Sources

English Jests and Anecdotes, Collected from Various Sources

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English Jests and Anecdotes, Collected from Various Sources

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Author: Various
Format: eBook
Language: English

English Jests and Anecdotes, Collected from Various Sources

A lady who kept a boarding-school some years ago, near London, wrote a novel, in which, among other extravagant expressions, occurred the following:His Lordship could not weep; the tale of sorrow had frozen his lachrymal canals. A person to whom the fair author lent a copy of her work, returned it, after a perusal, with this note appended in pencil to the word canals: Madam, I am a keen skater; would they bear? This famous lady, who wrote many plays and romances, in the most extravagant taste of the reign of Charles II., asked Bishop Wilkins, how she could get up to the world he had discovered in the moon; for, as the way must needs be long, a person travelling thither would require to have some resting places by the way? Oh, madam, said the bishop, your grace, who has built so many castles in the air, can be at no loss. Mr. Pennant had an unaccountable antipathy to wigs. Dining at Chester with an officer who wore a wig, when they had drunk pretty freely, he, after much impatience, and many wistful looks, started up, seized[2] the wig, and threw it into the fire. It was in flames in a moment, and so was the officer, who ran to his sword. Down stairs flew Pennant, and the officer after him, through all the streets of Chester. But Pennant escaped from superior local knowledge. This a wag called Pennants Tour in Chester. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 49370
Author: Various
Release Date: Jul 5, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

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