Mark Twain's Library of HumorCharles L. Webster & Company, 1888 - 707 Seiten "Now if there is any one class of their authors whom the American people do know rather better than any other, it is the American humorists, from Washington Irving to Bill Nye... We have tried to arrange our Library so as to include passages representative of every period and section." -The Associate Editors in the modern Introduction to Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1888) Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1875) is a collection of short humorous stories compiled by Mark Twain, including his own essays and those of other popular contemporary writers, such as Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. This jacketed hardcover replica of the 1888 edition of Mark Twain's Library of Humor, with the authentic illustrations by E. W. Kemble, is an entertaining and humorous book for book lovers and Mark Twain aficionados. |
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... stop thumping , I lighted the match and shielded it with both hands until it was well under way , and then dropped the blazing splinter on the slender thread of gunpowder . A noiseless flash instantly followed , and all was dark again ...
... stop half - way . My duty was very clear . When Mr. Cheese came in , I said I felt awkward in asking a servant about his calves , it sounded so queerly . But I confessed that it was necessary . " Yes , the path of duty is not always ...
... stop foolin ' roun ' wid anybody . She say she spec ' Mars Tom gwine to ax me to whitewash , an ' so she tole me go ' long an ' ' tend to my own business - she ' lowed she'd ' tend to de whitewashin ' . " " Oh , never you mind what she ...
... Stop the stabbord ! Ting - a - ling - ling ! Stop the labbord ! Come ahead on the stabbord ! Stop her ! Let your outside turn over slow ! Ting - a - ling - ling ! Chow - ow - ow ! Get out that head- line ! Lively now ! Come - out with ...
... stop , don't you speak- And you must not come here more than twice in the week , Or talk to me either at party or ball , But always be ready to come when I call ; So don't prose to me about duty and stuff , If we don't break this off ...
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