Author: Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Author: George Cruikshank
Publisher: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 355
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Example in this ebook We have been entreated by a great many juvenile friends to "tell 'em all about our Engraved Preface in No. I.;" and entreaties from tender juveniles we never could resist. So, for their sakes, we enter into a little explanation concerning the great matters crowded into "our Preface." All children of a larger growth are, therefore, warned to skip this page if they please—it is not for them, who are, of course, familiar with the ways of the world—but only for the little dears who require a Guide to the great Globe they are just beginning to inhabit. Showman.—"Now then, my little masters and missis, run home to your mammas, and cry till they give you all a shilling apiece, and then bring it to me, and I'll show you all the pretty pictures." So now, my little masters and misses, have you each got your No. 1 ready? Always take care of that. Now then, please to look at the top of the circular picture which represents the world, and there you behold Her Majesty Queen Victoria on her throne, holding a court, with Prince Albert, in his field-marshal's uniform, by her side, and surrounded by ladies, nobles, and officers of state. A little to the right are the heads of the Universities, about to present an address. Above the throne you behold the noble dome of St. Paul's, on each side of which may be seen the tall masts of the British navy. Cast your eyes, my pretty dears, below the throne, and there you behold Mr. and Mrs. John Bull, and three little Bulls, with their little bull-dog; one little master is riding his papa's walking-stick, while his elder brother is flying his kite—a pastime to which a great many Bulls are much attached. Miss Bull is content to be a little lady with a leetle parasol, like her mamma. To the right of the kite you behold an armed man on horseback, one of those curious figures which, composed of goldbeater's skin, used to be sent up some years ago to astonish the natives; only they frightened 'em into fits, and are not now sent up, in consequence of being put down. And now you see "the world goes round." Turn your eyes a little to the right to the baloon and parachute, and then look down under the smoke of a steamer, and you behold a little sweep flourishing his brush on the chimney-top, and wishing perhaps that he was down below there with Jack-in-the-green. Now then, a little more to the right—where you see a merry dancing-group of our light-heeled and light-hearted neighbours, the leader of the party playing the fiddle and dancing on stilts, while one of his countrymen is flying his favourite national kite—viz., the soldier. In the same vicinity, are groups of German gentlemen, some waltzing, and some smoking meerschaums; near these are foot-soldiers and lancers supporting the kite-flyer. Now, near the horse, my little dears, you will see the mule, together with the Spanish muleteers, who, if not too tired, would like to take part in that fandango performed to the music of the light guitar. Look a little to the left, and you behold a quadrille-party, where a gentleman in black is pastorale-ing all the chalk off the floor; and now turn your eyes just above these, and you behold a joyful party of convivialists, with bottles in the ice-pail and bumpers raised, most likely to the health of our gracious Queen, or in honour of the Great Captain of the Age. And now, my little dears, turn your eyes in a straight line to the right, and you will perceive St. Peter's at Rome, beneath which are two young cardinals playing at leap-frog, not at all frightened at the grand eruption of Mount Vesuvius which is going on in the distance. From this you must take a leap on to the camel's back, from which you will obtain a view of the party sitting just below, which consists of the grand Sultan smoking desperately against Ali Pacha. To be continue in this ebook
Author: Robert L. Patten
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ISBN: 9780813518138
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 495
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Author: George Cruikshank
Publisher: No Pledge Publishing
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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One of the most amusing books. It concerns the story of one gentleman’s toothache. The book is like a long comic strip or graphic novel. His torment is described in about forty colorful scenes as he is woken by the pain of his tooth, makes various attempts to cure himself and then submits to his final recourse: the dentist. The 40 scenes were originally designed to fold-out in a horizontal fashion, but they have been improved to fit into an ebook or standard page-book manner for your convenience and enjoyment.
Author: George Cruikshank
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486234380
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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269 copyright-free reproductions of etchings, woodcuts (eight in full color).
Author: William Hamilton Maxwell
Publisher:
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Author: Gilbert Abbott À Beckett
Author: John Wardroper
Author: Frederic George Kitton
Author: Charles Dickens
Author: Mary Dorothy George