The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829Various
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829
Various
Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals
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In Paris, when they break a window, the common people cry out,
"_quarante-cinq_," so as to produce a sound, in a measure harmonizing with
the accident. It is to them a capital joke, because _quarante-cinq_, (45)
is written with the two figures that make "_neuf_" (that is, in French,
either _nine_ or _new_.) The pun is ingenious.
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The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former
honesty.--_Lavater_.
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