...(cod fish.) The origin of these burlesqte denominations was a dispute between two parties at a feast, as to whether the cod-fish took the hook, or the hook took the cod-fish ? This apparently frivolous dispute was made the pretext for a serious quarrel ; and the partisans...

...the nieces took the parson or the parson took the nieces, would be a question as idle as that of old, whether the codfish took the hook or the hook took the codfish. Anyways, there was kissing under the mistletoe. By this time a great number of guests had arrived —...

...denominations — as ridiculous as other party distinctions — was a dispute between two parties at a feast, as to whether the codfish took the hook, or the hook took the cod-fish. This apparently frivolous dispute led to serious quarrels, and the partisans in all the towns assumed...

...colors, though the world was ready to die laughing at their dullness : and the vexed question was, whether the cod-fish took the hook, or the hook took the cod-fish. As to the Scotch, notwithstanding the humor of Burns, Smollett, and Scott, yet I think that Sydney...

...the nieces took the parson or the parson took the nieces, would be a question as idle as that of old, whether the codfish took the hook or the hook took the codfish. Anyway, there was kissing under the mistletoe. By this time a great number of guests had arrived —...