English As She Is Spoke

by Pedro Carolino

English
As She is Spoke:

or

A Jest in Sober Earnest.

With an Introduction by

JAMES MILLINGTON.

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NEW YORK:
D. Appleton & Co., 1, 3, & 5 Bond Street.
1884.

No. 1.


The Parchment Paper Series.

“EXCRUCIATINGLY FUNNY,” says The World, is “English as she is Spoke, or a Jest in Sober thought.”

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“EVERY one who loves a laugh,” says Fun, “should either buy, beg, borrow, or—we had almost said steal—this book; for in sober earnest we aver that it is not given to every one to ‘jest so.’”

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Introduction
• Preface
• Of the Man, etc
• Familiar Phrases
• Familiar Dialogues
• Familiar Letters
• Anecdotes
• Idiotisms and Proverbs