Douglas Jerrold. 1803-1857.
He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
Douglas Jerrold's Wit.
The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
Douglas Jerrold's Wit.
The nobleman of the garden.
The Pineapple.
That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment.
A Comic Author.
The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
The Anglo-French Alliance.
The life of the husbandman,—a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.
The Husbandman's Life.
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
Meeting Troubles Half-way.
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
A Land of Plenty [Australia].
The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
Ugly Trades.
A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.
Books.
There is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
A Wedding-gown.
He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.
A Charitable Man.
As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate;" and the water, put nought in in malice.
Shakespeare Grog.
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.
A Matter-of-fact Man.
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