We presume that gun is a "repeater."  From Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse by Thomas Hood, 1829.  The caption reads, "Very deaf, indeed."

From Deux Années au Brésil by Françcois Biard, 1862.

Pushed out of bed by an ill-tempered lily, from "A Flower of Prey" by Mildred Howells, in St. Nicholas magazine, 1904.

Even before the controversy of Google Maps' satellite imagery, some very famous addresses have been leaked to the general public.  For example, here's "The residence of Mr. Heaven," from Picnic, an Illustrated Guide to Ilfracombe and North Devon, 1890.

Here's a different drummer from St. Nicholas magazine, 1904.

Here's a macabre invitation to a burial from An Historical Account of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters of the City of London by Edward Basil Jupp, 1848.

Yes, the opposite of a promised striptease is a threat to put on one's coat.  From The Perils of Certain English Prisoners by Charles Dickens, 1857.

"A hand he saw stretch'd like a claw," from The Vision of Misery Hill by Miles I'anson, 1891.

Science and Religion (holding a record book and a Bible) seek reconciliation through the goddess of Reason.  Above Reason's throne are the words analogy, perception, facts, logic, investigation, inference, and intelligence.  At Reason's feet is a sacrificed ball-and-chain of bigotry and dogma.  From Blasts from The Ram's Horn, 1902.

We're guessing that this guy was a real tool.  From from Prose and Verse by William James Linton, 1836.

The parts of the nose as indicators of character, from How to Know Human Nature: Its Inner States and Outer Forms by William Walker Atkinson, 1919.

"As for nerves, I haven't got any; I must have shed them with my first teeth."  From Jewel Mysteries I Have Known by Max Pemberton, 1894.

From Misadventure by William Edward Norris, 1891.

"Truth prevails and virtue is triumphant," all eye-rolling aside!  From The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens.

From Blasts from The Ram's Horn, 1902.

From The Post-Humorous Notes of the Pickwickian Club, 1837.

From International Studio, 1897, illustrated by Percy Smith.

From New Detective Stories by Gilbert Edward Campbell, 1891.

"The times have been that when the brains were out, the man would die, and there an end." —Macbeth.