This is what we look like any time the doorbell rings.  From Poets' Wit and Humor by W. H. Wills and illustrated by Charles Bennett and George H. Thomas, 1860.

From Petersons Magazine, 1865.  See Strange Talismans for Strange Times.

It's like every time I close my eyes.  From The Tour of Doctor Syntax In Search of the Picturesque, illustrated by Alfred Crowquill, 1866.

From Petersons Magazine, 1865.

"Built in the eclipse and rigged with curses dark."  From Quips and Cranks by Thomas Hood, 1861.

The author reveals that his aim in the book is to kill a passing moment.  From Quips and Cranks by Thomas Hood, 1861.

From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, 1868.

The phrase "Cupid's mustache" delivers zero Google results.  The best we could find is a mustache taming wax called "Cupid's Blend," though "Cupid's mustache" is not explicitly mentioned.  From Welcome Guest, 1860.

Here's a banquet arrangement called "Third form of enchantment," including "candied matters" and the Platonic ideal of a sponge cake among other sweets, arranged around an ornamental centerpiece.  From Once a Week, 1860.

Here's a bogey from an 1865 issue of Fun magazine.

Fortune tips the balance, from an 1863 issue of Fun magazine.

The appearance of six moons, two within the clock tower and the rest courtesy of double-vision, from an 1863 issue of Fun magazine.

Here's the mystery of the linking skeleton keys, from an 1863 issue of Fun magazine.