This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: …T T being told to Jerrold of a certain man that he had made a fortune in no time,
Depend upon it, said he, that fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time–its ten to one if they hang long together.
A TRUE woman, said Douglas Jerrold, when a man has only half a meaning, supplies the other half–‘tis that that makes the full circle of the wedding ring. T)EPEND upon it, every ton of iron expended on a railroad is worth a hundred times the value of the same metal used up in fortypounders. CHILDREN are earthly idols that hold us from the stars.
THE weakest part of the crocodile is his stomach–man is a crocodile. TJABITUAL intoxication is the epitome of every crime. ()NE evening at the Museum Club, a journalist of the ponderous kind (an editorial
heavy weight ), whose spirits were at the moment elevated with wine, bragged of the number of years that he had been a member of a literary coterie, and stated, with great self-satisfaction, that he had at last been elected its president.,, That reminds / me, saidjerrold; JPV_-’ of a story I once f ‘- heard of an old f a soldier who in 8 a_ battle got shot in the calf of the leg, and the bullet got so embedded that the doctors could not extract it. Well, at first the fellow did not feel comfortable with his heavy companion, and had to grin and bear it; but in illustration of the principle that use is second nature, in course of time he began to like the lead. CJOMEONE was describing a state funeral with all its pageantry–its ostrich feathers, genoa velvet, and magnificent coffin. Humph! exclaimed Jerrold, how truly is it called lying in state. QF a certain class…
