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The art of amusing : being a collection of graceful arts, merry games, odd tricks, curious puzzles, and new charades : together with suggestions for private theatricals, tableaux, and all sorts of parlor and family amusements (1866)

Bellew, Frank, 1828-1888 · New York : Carleton ; London : S. Low · leaf 261

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the tipof his finger, on which, with a few dots of the pen,he had indicated a comic face, and threw himselfinto the dispirited crew, exclaiming : This is Rantepolefungus, the mysterious magician of Morocco. Then, in a feigned voice : How do, pretty ladee and gentlemen ? Me tellfortune, work spell,… … cut off head of all other wife, makee you muchhappy; he givee you large gold ring bigs flour- THE ART OF AMUSING. 231 barrel to wear in your nosee, and six whiskeycocktails every morning. Pretty ladee, give greatmagician buckshees, and a whole string of othernonsense, the little Moor moving his…

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