Short Tales for Travellers: Jests and Anecdotes English (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Short Tales for Travellers: Jests and Anecdotes English 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 Pennant´s Tour in Chester. A Line For The Other World. A felon who was just on the point of being turned off, asked the hangman if he had any message to send to the place where he was going? "I will trouble you with a line" replied the finisher of the law, placing the cord under his left ear. Wit And The Opposite. Dryden and Otway lived opposite to each other in Queen Street. Otway coming one night from the tavern, chalked upon Dryden´s door, "Here lives John Dryden; he is a wit." Dryden knew his handwriting, and, next day, chalked on Otway´s door, "Here lives Tom Otway; he is opposite." Purgatory. "With regard to purgatory," says an old popish writer, "with regard to purgatory, I will not say a great deal; but this much I think, - that the Protestants may go farther, and fare worse." Greed In Letters. It being proved, on a trial at Guildhall, that a man´s name was really Inch, who pretended that it was Linch. "I see," said the judge, "the old proverb is verified in this man, who being allowed an Inch, has taken an L." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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