Author: Gelett BurgessPublisher:
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Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Humorous rendition, in scritpural verse, of the great patriarch's views on the wiles of women.
The Maxims of Methuselah
Author: Gelett BurgessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Humorous rendition, in scritpural verse, of the great patriarch's views on the wiles of women.
The Maxims of Methuselah
Author: Gelett BurgessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Humorous rendition, in scriptural verse, of the great patriarch's views on the wiles of women.
The Maxims of Methuselah
Author: Gelett BurgessTHE MAXIMS OF METHUSELAH
Author: Gelett BurgessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Maxims of Methuselah
Author: Gelett BurgessPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781341985744
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
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MAXIMS OF METHUSELAH
Author: Gelett 1866-1951 BurgessPublisher:
ISBN: 9781371113049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Bible Illustrations: Consisting of Apophthegms, Maxims, Proverbs ... Anecdotes, Etc., Selected ... Arranged and Grouped Under Appropriate Scripture Passages. By Rev. James Lee. Subscribers'edition. [With the Text.]
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Author: Burgess Unabridged
Author: Gelett BurgessPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802718930
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The classic dictionary of invented words, coined by one of America's comic geniuses-the perfect book for language lovers everywhere. Gelett Burgess has been a revered figure over generations for anyone who loves wordplay. Probably best known today as the creator of the Goops and the famous Purple Cow verse, he was also the author of many books and a brilliant, iconoclastic American humorist who, when at a loss for words, made them up. Burgess Unabridged is the splendidly entertaining dictionary of linguistic inventions that Burgess originally published in 1914. Some of his coinages have since become playful parts of our language ("blurb," for one) while others were never picked up (such as "huzzlecoo"); but every one of them is as fresh, entertaining, and-yes-useful as when it first appeared. Reading Burgess is sheer delight: in addition to detailed definitions, he provides scintillating brief essays outlining the various usages of each word, and a clever eight-line poem displaying that word in action. Thus, every page brings entertainment and education in equal measure. This new edition offers the pleasures of the original typography and design along with the delightful artwork of Herb Roth, illuminating many of Burgess's creations. Like Ambrose Bierce's and Mark Twain's, Gelett Burgess's humor and mastery of the English language are timeless.
Encyclopedia of American Humorists
Author: Steven H. GalePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317362276
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
First published in 1988, this book contains entries on famous American Humorists. Humor has been present in American literature, from the beginning, and has developed characteristics that reflect the American character, both regional and national. Although American literature was, in the past, treated as inferior to British literature, there has always been a large popular audience for the genre, which this book shows. The figures with entries in this encyclopedia not only amuse in their writing, but also aim to enlighten- setting out to expose the foibles and foolishness of society and the individuals who compose it. It is the manner in which these authors try to accomplish this end that determines whether they appear in the volume. Indeed, the book will demonstrate that the best humor has at its base, a ready understanding of human nature.
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