Punch, Volume 257Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1969 - English wit and humor |
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... English and found they thought I was one of them . I tell you , it lacerates the spirit to be laughed at for being a Wrexham supporter and an enemy of English beer , just because you have an English accent , appearance and garb . It ...
... English and found they thought I was one of them . I tell you , it lacerates the spirit to be laughed at for being a Wrexham supporter and an enemy of English beer , just because you have an English accent , appearance and garb . It ...
Page 477
... English on Americans is the fact we speak English . There is an overweening arrogance about the language which makes everything else English seem highly proper - the norm against which one compares everything else ( and finds it wanting ) ...
... English on Americans is the fact we speak English . There is an overweening arrogance about the language which makes everything else English seem highly proper - the norm against which one compares everything else ( and finds it wanting ) ...
Page 478
... English , eats roast beef on Sunday and plays golf . If the family continues to prosper , his kids will join the Washington County Hunt Club and go flying over hedges and fences - taroo , taroo , sing yoicks and view halloo- dressed in ...
... English , eats roast beef on Sunday and plays golf . If the family continues to prosper , his kids will join the Washington County Hunt Club and go flying over hedges and fences - taroo , taroo , sing yoicks and view halloo- dressed in ...
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