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39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "PUNCH"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "King Henry the Fourth,"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "ARTICLE."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In what vein?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The juggler vein, of course, stupid!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've been tellin' yer all the week to taike it 'ome, an' now yer wants to, yer cawn't!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, guv'nor, 'ang on to this 'ere strap a minute, will yer, while I get a light?"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dinner forget."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dessay you'd rather 'ave a gentleman settin' a-side of you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I would."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Same'ere!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By the way, have you any children? _Applicant for Relief._"
},... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That dog I bought last week has turned out very savage. He's already bitten a little girl and a policeman, and----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lor'! how 'e's changed, mum! He wasn't at all particular what he ate 'ere!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How happy could I be with _heather_!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bye, bye! Can't stop! Must rush off, or I shall be _scratched for the billiard handicap_!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, old man, walk on the pavement."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miffins, the book-keeper, tells me that you have lost the key of the safe, and he cannot get at the books."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, one of them. You gave me two, you remember."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; I had duplicates made in ... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Revival seems to be in the hair, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not in _mine_!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wot's the matter with 'im, Willum? 'E don't seem 'isself this mornin'. I believe you've bin an' changed 'is milk!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're a rare old--fair old--rickety, rackety crew!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "D----d hot, isn't---- I--I... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Smith, said Brown,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have to ask you a trifling favour."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brown, it is granted before I know its purport."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, the truth is, I am penniless--lend me ... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ain't gettin' on at all. I'm beginnin' to think as the publick doesn't know what they wants!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you stop at the Cecil?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hullo, gov'nour; got any room? _Policeman, Driving Van_ (_with great want of self-respect_)."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just room for one; saved a place a purpose for you, sir. _Bus-Driver._"
... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "BITTER"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ye----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Much off, sir?"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Labours"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Could you direct me to the river, please? _Hatless and Dripping Stranger._"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Straight ahead. I've just come from it!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE ROUND OF THE RESTAURANTS."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tut... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, John, I think that would suit me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah, John dear, you're always so complimentary! I'll go and ask the price."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "WALKER!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The City Man's Vade Mecum"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "(_who has just been ejected_)."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, _next_ time I goes into a publickouse, I'll go somewhere where I'll be _respected_!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We _always_ use a big, big D!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall want another ha'penny. Bread's gone up to-day."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then give us one of yesterday's."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is this right for Paddington? _Linkman._"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Look 'ere, Joe! I 'ear you've been gamblin' on the Stock Exchange! Now, a man _must_ draw the line _somewhere_; and if that kind of thing goes on, you and me will 'ave to part company!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "'tis curious to hear It's called"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Inquiring City Clerk, fresh from his Roman history, writes to ask if"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "S.P.Q.R. stands for"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Small profits, quick returns."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How does this weather suit you, old chap?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, down to the ground! You see, I'm in liquidation!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah! I--want to--ah!--see ... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Universal Disinfector Company."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right, ladies! You're quite safe. They're werry partikler wot they eats!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Waiting for a rise."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "FINANCIAL RELATIONS. --Our"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE HAPPY MEAN."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lor! ain't 'e 'andy with 'is feet!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now then, four-wheeler, why couldn't you pull up sooner? Didn't you see me 'old up my 'and? _Cabby_ (_suavely_)."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, constable, I _did_ see a kind of shadder pass acrorst the sky; but my 'orse 'e shied at your feet!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "and"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, anyway, it wasn't the guv'nor's fault."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No--it was _your_ fault, for letting 'im drive!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "THE WAY WE BUILD NOW. --_Indignant Houseowner_ (_he... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pleashm'n, where'sh M'sht'r Brown live?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, dear me, sir, you are Mr. Brown!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aw right! Bu'--where do I live?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will make a present of this genooine... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your 'air is very thin be'ind, sir. Try singeing!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I think I will."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shampoo, sir? Good for the 'air, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you. Yes."
},
{
"from": "... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Suits from 35s. to order. Beware of firms that copy us."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dead Men whom I have known."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "D' you have any 'bjecks'n t' my 'shcaping up into my rooms shec'nd floor? F'got my la'ch-key!!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Blue Lights."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "CASTING ACCOUNTS"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tiens, Alphonse! Qui est cet homme-là? _Second Frenchman (who, having been here once before is supposed to know all about it)._"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Chut! Plus bas, mon ami. (_Whispers in reveren... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "COIGNS OF 'VANTAGE."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "BREAD OF IDLENESS."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE CONTROLLER OF THE _MINT_."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I'm always a-sayin' to father as 'e oughter retire from the crossin', but keep at it 'e will, though it ain't just no more 'n the broom as 'olds 'im up!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "LETTERS OF CREDIT."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The clearing-house."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hum --(_sniffs_)--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "_Hairdresser (with cheery gusto)._"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Direct, si... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I 'ope as 'ow some day, sir, _you_ may want a shillin', an' that I'll be able to give it to yer!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And do they have a new Lord Mayor every year, mummie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, dear."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then what do they do with the old Lord Mayors when they've done with 'em?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lady been... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "CASH ADVANCES."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cut and comb again."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Suitable opening for a pupil"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pushing man to take orders"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No reasonable offer refused"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mother's help wanted"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value":... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hi! Hi! Carn't yer look out wher' yer a-comin'? _Omnibus._"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Garn! Shut up, jack-in-the-box!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder when that A. B. C. girl is going to serve us? I've called her half-a-dozen times."
},
{... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Excuse me, mum, but do you believe in woman's rights?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Most certainly I do."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh well, then stand up for 'em!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good-bye"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE DESERTED VILLAGE."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I say, cabby, drive as fast as you can to Waterloo--Leatherhead!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Town very empty!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, since they're begun poisoning the beer, we _must_ drink _something_, mustn't we?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you still there, Billy? I thought you wos lost."
},
{
"from": "... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Elephant and Castle route_)."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fares, please!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Two elephants!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hullo, Gus! What are y... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hullo, Jim! Wot are yer doin' 'ere? Caretakin'?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No. I'm the howner, 'ere."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, I did a bit o' plumbing in the 'ouse, an' I took the place in part payment for the job."
},
{
"from": "g... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "ON 'CHANGE"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mornin'. Fresh mornin', ain't it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But if he's badly hurt, why doesn't he go to the hospital? _British Workman._"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wot! In 'is dinner-time!!... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The thousand masts of Thames."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm not going to the Zoo."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah, well, sir, have some to take home to the children!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the meaning of this, policeman?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Labour day, miss."
},
{... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A loan I did it!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now then, old 'un----Fore!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You wouldn't do that for me, would yer?"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sorry to say, sir, there's a saddle we can't account for. Can't find out who it was sent to."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Charge it on all the bills."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "LAP"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A City Clerk and a Naturalist"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sweet spirit, 'ear my prayer!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pierre Loti."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From Pillar to Post."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Company"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Company"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shave, or hair cut, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do they sell good 'sperrits' at this 'ouse, mister?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mos' d'sch... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's a porkypine, Sarah."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, it ain't, Bill. It's a orstridge!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE BEST POLICY."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did you take old Major Dumbledore's ribs to No. 12? _Boy._"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir. _Master Butcher._"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then, cut Miss Wiggles's shoulder and neck, and hang Mr. Foodle's legs until they're quite tender!"
},... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us prey."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What, back in town already, old chappie?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, old chappie. Couldn't stand the country any longer. Cuckoo gave me the headache!"
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "DUPLICATES."
}
] |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yesh. Thash allri, but wersh my _feet?_"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are very late, Mr. Jones. Go back at once, and come at the proper time!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hair begins to get very thin, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value"... |
39707 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wot's it say, Bill, on that old sun-dial? _Second Workman_ (_reading deliberately_)."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It says, 'Do--to--day's-work--to--day.' _First W._"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, you see, mum, it were like this. I were a 'addick... |
527090 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will I! I said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where shall I meet you?"
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miranda of the Balcony,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Courtship of Morrice Buckler,"
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How's the leg?"
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It gave me trouble during the winter, replied Sutch."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But that was to be expected."
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I thought that I should find you here,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was my wife's favourite corner, answered Feversham in a quite emotionless voice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She would sit here by the hour. She had a queer liking for wide and ... |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There will be a leaf out of our table to-night."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes. Collins, Barberton, and Vaughan went this winter. Well, we are all permanently shelved upon the world's half-pay list as it is. The obituary column is just the last formality which ga... |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's curious,"
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You renew those days for me, said he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Though the heat is dripping down the windows, I feel the chill of the Crimea."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The stories renew them,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No. It i... |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Must I go, father?"
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Besides, it's the boy's birthday, added the major of artillery."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He wants to stay; that's plain. You wouldn't find a youngster of fourteen sit all these hours without a kick of the foot against the table-leg unless the conversation enter... |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you blind?"
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lord Wilmington. One of the best names in England, if you please. Did you ever see his house in Warwickshire? Every inch of the ground you would think would have a voice to bid him play the man, if only in remembrance of his fathers.... It seemed incredible and mere camp rumour,... |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can tell you an incident still more curious, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The man in this case had never been under fire before, but he was of my own profession. Life and death were part of his business. Nor was he really in any particular danger. The af... |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Queer incomprehensible things happen. Here are two of them. You can only say they are the truth and pray God you may forget 'em. But you can't explain, for you can't understand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can you?"
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Harry understand! exclaimed the general, with a snort of indignation."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How should he? He's a Feversham."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you blind?"
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at the clock, Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good night, sir,"
}
] |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Harry, he said, and in spite of his embarrassment he had the tact to use the tone and the language of one addressing not a boy, but a comrade equal in years,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The mere telling sometim... |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will find my address upon this card. Perhaps some day you will give me a few days of your company. I can offer you on my side a day or two's hunting."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you, sir, Harry monotonously repeated."
},
{
"from": "human",
"v... |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Gentlemen, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "and there was great applause and much rapping on the table."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is the anniversary of our attack upon the Redan. It is also Harry Feversham's birthday. For us, our work is ... |
18883 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There will be trouble,"
}
] |
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