An Oxford undergraduate was asked to point out" which, were the greater and which were the lesser prophets. " For a moment this was a "poser" to young hopeful. He soon rallied, however, recovered his self-possession, and answered with the utmost nonchalance, "I never like to make invidious distinctions. " In speaking to his father's coachman of a neighbouring family, a yonng man remarked that " they were happy untill sorrow suddenly came and loft her traces there." The coachman looked puzzled, but finally responded, " Indeed, sir; an' what did she do with the rest of the harness?"
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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1756, 19 August 1874, Page 3
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95Untitled Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1756, 19 August 1874, Page 3
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