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Fables in Slang (Classic Reprint) - George Ade
Fables in Slang (Classic Reprint)
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THE FABLE OF THE VISITORWHO GOT A LOT FOR THREEDOLLARS.HE Learned Phrenologist satin his Office surrounded byhis Whiskers.Now and then he put a Forefinger tohis Brow and glanced at the Mirror tomake sure that he still resembled WilliamCullen Bryant.N ear him, on a Table, was a PallidHead made of... show more
THE FABLE OF THE VISITORWHO GOT A LOT FOR THREEDOLLARS.HE Learned Phrenologist satin his Office surrounded byhis Whiskers.Now and then he put a Forefinger tohis Brow and glanced at the Mirror tomake sure that he still resembled WilliamCullen Bryant.N ear him, on a Table, was a PallidHead made of Plaster-of-Paris and stickilyornamented with small Labels. Onthe wall was a Chart ShOI.'ing that theOrangoutang does not have DanielWebster's facial angle.ITable of Contents Table of Contents; PAG8; The Fable of 'hi Visitor Who Got a Lot fir; Three Donars " • • I; 'Tbe Fable if thl Slim Girl Wh~ Tried to; Keep a Date that was Never Made • 9; Tbl Fable of Ib~ New York Person Wh~; Gave thf Stage Fright 10 Fostoria, Ohio 15; The Fable if tbl Kid Who Shifted HiJ Ideal 23; 7bt Fable of 'he Base Ball Fan Who Took; tbl Only Known Cure • :z 7; The Fable of tht Good Fairy wilb 'he; Lorgnette, tlnd ftlhJ She GOt It Good 33; The Fable of Ihe Unintentional Heroes if; Centreville • • •• 47; 'Tht Fable of the Parents Wh~ Tinkered with; thl Offspring • • • • ) 3; The Fable of How He Never Touched; George • • • " " S9; 'The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew Hil; Kite J,fJl not Because He Wished t~ Do; S, • " • • ,,63 V;t Fable if Handsome Jethro Wb# Will; Simply Cut Out If) be a Merchant • 75; 'The Fable if Paducah·! Favorite Comedians; lind Jbe Mildewed Stunt • • 83; 'Tbe Fable of Flora and Adolph ~lId " Home; Gone Wrong • • • • 93; 'The Fable if tbe Copper 11'IIJ the Jovial; U ndergrads • • • • • lOS; ne Fable if tbe Professor WhD
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781440075537 (1440075530)
ASIN: 1440075530
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Pages no: 214
Edition language: English
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3.0 Fables in Slang (Classic Reprint)
Silly, and it requires too much knowledge of the context. But these are pretty decent on the whole and it is very easy to see their importance in the popular mind. The New Fable of the Private Agitator and What He Cooked Up: 8 The New Fable of the Speedy Sprite: 6 The New Fable of the Intermittent ...
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