John Donkey," etc. — which as a matter of course proved miserable failures, so did the success of this Illustrated affair inspire our moneyloving publishers with hopes of dollars; and soon appeared from Boston, New York, and other places Pictorial... Phœnixiana: Or, Sketches and Burlesques - Página 149por George Horatio Derby - 1903 - 332 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Horatio Derby - 1856 - 294 páginas
...attempted absurd imitations — the " Yankee Doodle " — the " John Donkey," &c., which as a matter-of course proved miserable failures ; so did the success...silly effusions, and filled with the most fearful wood engravings, "got up regardless of expense " or any thing else; the contemplation of which was... | |
| William Evans Burton - 1857 - 328 páginas
...the Atlantic attempted absurd imitations — the "Yankee Doodle" — the "John Donkey," etc., which as a matter of course proved miserable failures ;...Illustrated Newspapers, teeming with execrable and Billy effusions, and filled with the most fearful wood engravings, " got up regardless of expense"... | |
| William Evans Burton - 1859 - 690 páginas
...the Atlantic attempted absurd imitations — the "Yankee Doodle" — the "John Donkey," etc., which as a matter of course proved miserable failures :...silly effusions, and filled with the most fearful wood engravings, " got up regardless of expense" or any thing else ; the contemplation of which was... | |
| Wayne E. Burton - 1867 - 674 páginas
...the Atlantic attempted absurd imitations — the "Yankee Doodle" — the "John Donkey," etc., which as a matter of course proved miserable failures ;...silly effusions, and filled with the most fearful wood engravings, " got up regardless of expense" or any thing else; the contemplation of which was... | |
| Mark Twain - 1888 - 748 páginas
...the Atlantic attempted absurd imitations— the "Yankee Doodle," the " John Donkey," etc. — which, as a matter of course, proved miserable failures;...of which was enough to make an artist tear his hair and rend his garments. A Yankee named Gleason, of Boston, published the first, we believe, calling... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 464 páginas
...the Atlantic attempted absurd imitations — the "Yankee Doodle "—the "John Donkey," etc., which as a matter of course proved miserable failures ;...silly effusions, and filled with the most fearful wood engravings, "got up regardless of expense" or anything else ; the contemplation of which was enough... | |
| Thomas L. Masson - 1903 - 202 páginas
...of the Atlantic attempted absurd imitations — the Yankee Doodle, the John Donkey, etc. — which as a matter of course proved miserable failures; so...silly effusions, and filled with the most fearful wood engravings, "got up regardless of expense" or anything else; the contemplation of which was enough... | |
| Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 316 páginas
...of the Atlantic attempted absurd imitations — the Yankee Doodle, the John Donkey, etc. — which as a matter of course proved miserable failures; so...of which was enough to make an artist tear his hair and rend his garments. A Yankee named Gleason, of Boston, published the first, we believe, calling... | |
| Joel Chandler Harris - 1907 - 316 páginas
...of the Atlantic attempted absurd imitations — the Yankee Doodle, the John Donkey, etc. — which as a matter of course proved miserable failures; so...of which was enough to make an artist tear his hair and rend his garments. A Yankee named Gleason, of Boston, published the first, we believe, calling... | |
| John Phoenix - 2008 - 698 páginas
...the Atlantic attempted absurd imitations — the " Yankee Doodle," the " John Donkey," etc. — which as a matter of course proved miserable failures, so...of which was enough to make an artist tear his hair and rend his garments. A Yankee named Gleason, of Boston, published the first, we believe, calling... | |
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