The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and SayingsLemon, Mark
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The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
Lemon, Mark
Anecdotes -- Great Britain; English wit and humor
Neck or Nothing, 24
Neighborly Politeness, 296
New Disguise, A, 141
New Idea, A, 296
New Reading, A, 201, 271
New Relationship, 3, 317
New Scholar, A, 98
New Sign, A, 154
New Sport, A, 104
New view, A, 255
New Way to Pay Old Debts, 29
New Way with Attorneys, A, 352
Nice Distinction, A, 95, 112
Nice Language, 120
Nicknames, 265
Night and Morning, 170
Nil Nisi, &c., 166
No Harm Done, 2
No Intrusion, 323
No Joke, 253
No Judge, 173
No Matter what Color, 242
No Music in his Soul, 329
No Pride, 171
No Redeeming Virtue, 309
No Sacrifice, 261
Noise for Nothing, A, 167
Nominal Rhymes, 83
Non Compos 260
Non Sequitur, 57
"None so Blind," &c., 58
North, Lord, Asleep, 161
North's, Lord, Drollery, 241
Nosce te Ipsum, 243
Not at all Anxious, 324
Not at Home, 207
Not Finding Himself, 347
Not giving Himself "Airs", 305
Not Importunate, 236
Not Improbable, 308
Not Insured Against Fire, 186
Not Necessary, 228
Not Polite, 119
Not Quite Correct, 252
Not Right, 20
Not Room for a Neighbor, 339
Not Sick Enough for That, 273
Not so Bad for a King, 58
Not so "Daft" as Reputed, 321
Not so Easy, 106
Not to be Believed, 342
Not to be Bought, 68
Not to be Done Brown, 276
Not to be Tempted, 218
Not to be Trifled with, 87
Not True, 154
Not _v._ Nott, 35
Nothing but Hebrew, 266
Nothing but the "Bill", 12
Nothing Personal, 190
Nothing Surprising, 339
Nothing to Boast of, 313
Nothing to Laugh at, 199
Notice to Quit, 125
Notions of Happiness, 181
Novel Complaint, A, 8
Novel Idea, A, 112
Novel Offence, 45
Novelty, A, 66
OBJECTIONABLE PROCESS, A, 328
Ocular, 307
Odd Bird, An, 102
Odd Comparison, An, 40
Odd Family, An, 99
Odd Fellow, An, 68
Odd Foresight, 166
Odd Housekeeping, 225
Odd Humor, 324
Odd Notion, An, 277
Odd Occurrence, An, 242
Odd Question, An, 186
Odd Reason, 213
"Off with his Head", 337
Offensive Preference, 325
Old Adage Refuted, An, 314
Old Age, 162
Old Friends, 311
Old Joke, An, 112
Old Stories over Again, 52
Old Times, 128
Ominous, Very!, 213
On the Right Side, 40
On the Spot, 327
One Bite at a Cherry, 150
One Fault, 312
"One for his Nob", 9
One Good Turn Deserves Another, 7
One Head Better than a Dozen, 126
One-Sided Joke, A, 353
One-Spur Horseman, The, 255
One Thing at a Time, 210
One Thing Wanting, The, 7
Only a Ninepin, 317
Only Enough for One, 200
Only for Life, 304
Open Confession, 289
Openly, 326
Opposite Tempers, 281
Orators, The, 185
Oratory, 252
Order for Two, An, 82
Order! Order!, 123
Origin of the term Grog, 268
Original Attraction, An, 79
Orthography, 277
Our English Love of Dinners, 176
"Our Landlady", 246
"Out, Brief Candle", 33
Out of Spirits, 302
Outline, An, 304
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