This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...them monkey-gods is always at their monkey tricks! Bot.--There it goes again! (Gets up to seize monkey-god as Em'ly, with twins, appears from cupboard.) Mrs. K. (hastily).--Oh, there, them Comfits has come back. Emily.--Oh, ma, the cupboard was so hot, ma, and Pollux Charles is almost snufficated, ma! Bot.--Ma! Ma! Ma! ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...them monkey-gods is always at their monkey tricks! Bot.--There it goes again! (Gets up to seize monkey-god as Em'ly, with twins, appears from cupboard.) Mrs. K. (hastily).--Oh, there, them Comfits has come back. Emily.--Oh, ma, the cupboard was so hot, ma, and Pollux Charles is almost snufficated, ma! Bot.--Ma! Ma! Ma! Are you the mother of these robust infants? Mrs. K.--Oh, please, sir, I'm a widowed relic. Bot.--Meaning yes! Then why did you deceive me, madam, by calling them Comfits? Mrs. K.--I'm sure they are comfits to me, sir. Bot.--Is this another "comfit," madam? (Drags out Wellington Henry.) Mrs. K.--I'm a widowed relic. Bot.--And this, and this, and this? (Drags out Ketchup, Maria Sophia, Minerva Susan.) Three more comfits, making seven in all. Mrs. K. (whimpering.)--I'm sure they are comfits, sir. Bot.--And lo, an eighth appears, a small comfit (drags out Dot), and the leg of a ninth. By heaven, it kicked me! (Bothtrchild, holding Bill's leg, has a violent struggle to drag him from under the table. During this the table falls, and the monkey-god is shivered into a thousand pieces.) The monkeygod! Mrs. K. (aghast).--The monkey-god! The Family (in chorus).--The monkey-god! Bot.--Ching-a-Eing-Chow! Family (in chorus).--Ohing-a-Eing-Chow! (Botherchild falls in an agony on the sofa.) Family (in a general yell).--The Cherub! (After a struggle he is dragged up, and the body of the Cherub is held up in a flattened state.) Prolonged yells, and curtain falls. BANDITTI. Chaeactees. The Baron. The Sentimental Bandit. The Count. Anita. Rosina. Grandinessa (Governess). Seneschal, Servants, The Infant Troupe of Bandits. Costumes.--The Baron and retainers, mediaeval dress. Count, first dress, Ulster and pot hat; second dress, burlesque costume, half me...
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Add this copy of Acting Charades for Old and Young to cart. $56.29, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.