Punchinello
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:--We are proud to have the honor of appearing before you with our series of unrivalled paintings. Inferior exhibitions boast of the extent of their canvas: ours is literally endless. Like Mr. BROOKS' TENNYSON (I beg pardon,--Mr. TENNYSON'S BROOK), it "runs...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:--We are proud to have the honor of appearing before you with our series of unrivalled paintings. Inferior exhibitions boast of the extent of their canvas:...
2. Chapter 2Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, To see an old woman ride on a white horse. Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes.
3. Chapter 3_Once._--In serious literature you cannot be too exact. You will notice that I say once, not twice or thrice, and you will find that that is a very important point at once. Thus...
4. Chapter 4_Upon a time._--This is not a fairy tale, though it opens in a very suspicious manner. It is a sad recital of facts. Upon a time does not mean that any one sat down on a watch,...
5. Chapter 5_There was._--Here's explicitness! Here's directness! Here's explanatoryness! In my pap days I learned that without a verb there could not be a sentence, not even a judge's sent...
6. Chapter 6_A man._--Here we arrive at something specific. "A two-legged animal, who laughs." That definition excludes women, because they giggle, or chuckle, or cachinnate. This expressio...