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Man Reading from a Paper
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Man Reading from a Paper

Daten.d.
MediumEtching
Dimensions128 × 110 mm. (5 1/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGarrett Collection
Object number1946.112.8153
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Man Sitting on Stoop Reading the Paper
Man Sitting on Stoop Reading the Paper
1934
Image Not Available for Conscript replacement agency. -There's merchandise an' merchandise! You wan' a common replacement, that'll cost yer only 800 F., but I warn yer, they're all swindlers, crooks who don't stay with their regiment, who skedaddle at the first opportunity and who 'ave ter be retrieved.... Would yer like ter make it 1'500 F., take that speciment, it ain't handsome but it's of good composition and it's got papers... As many as yer like an' it don't flinch from six years' service. - Bertrand (aside): You c'n count on it, civilian!"
Conscript replacement agency. -There's merchandise an' merchandise! You wan' a common replacement, that'll cost yer only 800 F., but I warn yer, they're all swindlers, crooks who don't stay with their regiment, who skedaddle at the first opportunity and who 'ave ter be retrieved.... Would yer like ter make it 1'500 F., take that speciment, it ain't handsome but it's of good composition and it's got papers... As many as yer like an' it don't flinch from six years' service. - Bertrand (aside): You c'n count on it, civilian!"
1837
Image Not Available for The disadvantage of buying a newspaper that is publishing the news twelve hours before the others. - How come I buy your paper and cannot find the news of today? - Sir, today's news was in yesterday's paper.
The disadvantage of buying a newspaper that is publishing the news twelve hours before the others. - How come I buy your paper and cannot find the news of today? - Sir, today's news was in yesterday's paper.
1848
Image Not Available for Robert Macaire, Professor of Industry. Here's an example. Buy a new process, it doesn't matter which, or whether it's good or bad, buy it for 600F, 500F, 25F, for as little as possible. Create 500'000F worth of shares, as many as possible. Make out monster advertisements, monster posters, monster promises. Make the capital, pocket it, put the key under the door, file your bankruptcy papers, that's to say the company's papers... that's the end of that little game. You then go on to another.
Robert Macaire, Professor of Industry. Here's an example. Buy a new process, it doesn't matter which, or whether it's good or bad, buy it for 600F, 500F, 25F, for as little as possible. Create 500'000F worth of shares, as many as possible. Make out monster advertisements, monster posters, monster promises. Make the capital, pocket it, put the key under the door, file your bankruptcy papers, that's to say the company's papers... that's the end of that little game. You then go on to another.
1837
Image Not Available for The Hand that Signed the Paper Felled a City
The Hand that Signed the Paper Felled a City
1960
Image Not Available for They get bigger and bigger. - Our newspaper announces that in order to please the subscribers, they will soon increase the format of the paper. - My God, is that still possible?
They get bigger and bigger. - Our newspaper announces that in order to please the subscribers, they will soon increase the format of the paper. - My God, is that still possible?
1845
Image Not Available for Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions? Step right up, let us help you... Boom! Boom! Boom-bond-bond!! Here's bitumen, here's steel, here's lead, here’s gold, here's paper, here's galvanizzzeddd iron... Step up, step up quickly, the law will change, you'll lose everything, hurry up, buy, buy your shares! Buy your shares now!! Boom! Boom!! Boom-boom-boom!! Bond! Bond!!
Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions? Step right up, let us help you... Boom! Boom! Boom-bond-bond!! Here's bitumen, here's steel, here's lead, here’s gold, here's paper, here's galvanizzzeddd iron... Step up, step up quickly, the law will change, you'll lose everything, hurry up, buy, buy your shares! Buy your shares now!! Boom! Boom!! Boom-boom-boom!! Bond! Bond!!
1838
Image Not Available for The Passport. The foreigner who visits China is subject to an indispensable formality. He receives a scrap of paper on which he writes the age he wishes to reveal, the profession that he is said to perform and the place that he wishes to give as his birthplace. All this is followed by a description which is so indistinct that it applies to everybody. After which, by means of two Francs, the Chinese Government is deemed to guarantee him aid and assistance for one year
The Passport. The foreigner who visits China is subject to an indispensable formality. He receives a scrap of paper on which he writes the age he wishes to reveal, the profession that he is said to perform and the place that he wishes to give as his birthplace. All this is followed by a description which is so indistinct that it applies to everybody. After which, by means of two Francs, the Chinese Government is deemed to guarantee him aid and assistance for one year
1844
Image Not Available for The Old Method. - Ah, how very funny.... so you are planning to spend the rest of your life tying paper tails to the back of some flies!... Let me see your hands... and you'll only pull them back, when I tell you so!
The Old Method. - Ah, how very funny.... so you are planning to spend the rest of your life tying paper tails to the back of some flies!... Let me see your hands... and you'll only pull them back, when I tell you so!
1845
Image Not Available for Oh dear.... they didn't even review my novel in today's paper! These journalists are spending their time writing about rabbits.... partridges.... geese!.... and they don't write about me... that's inconceivable!
Oh dear.... they didn't even review my novel in today's paper! These journalists are spending their time writing about rabbits.... partridges.... geese!.... and they don't write about me... that's inconceivable!
1845
Image Not Available for Robert Macaire, Hypnotist. This is a perfect subject for hypnosis... There is absolutely no connection between us... I do not know Mademoiselle de St. Bertrand, and you gentlemen, are going to be able to experience the effect of somnambulism.... (In her sleep, Mlle de St. Bertrand gives diagnoses on everybody’s ailments, omdocates hidden underground treasures, gives investment advice conc. the Mozart Paper Co. stocks, in gold mines and in other fine investments.)
Robert Macaire, Hypnotist. This is a perfect subject for hypnosis... There is absolutely no connection between us... I do not know Mademoiselle de St. Bertrand, and you gentlemen, are going to be able to experience the effect of somnambulism.... (In her sleep, Mlle de St. Bertrand gives diagnoses on everybody’s ailments, omdocates hidden underground treasures, gives investment advice conc. the Mozart Paper Co. stocks, in gold mines and in other fine investments.)
1838
Image Not Available for Walls Paper
Walls Paper
1973