An illustration from Edward Lear (1862).

Ice fairies from Punch, 1902.

An illustration from Ellis Parker Butler, Pigs is Pigs (1905).  The caption reads: "Flannery is right, pigs is pigs."

An illustration by Gordon Browne from Monitor at Megson's by Robert Leighton (1906).  The caption reads: "Pointing at them accusingly, he broke out into a delirious torrent of strange unintelligible language."

An illustration from John Dough and the Cherub by L. Frank Baum (1906).  The caption reads: "Come inside while I get a knife."

This lively portmanteau appears in Elm Grange; or, A Summer in the Country, by E. A. M. (1861).

Illustration by H. J. Ford from The Animal Story Book by Andrew Lang (1914).  The caption reads: "And what do you think she saw?"

An illustration from Samantha at Saratoga by Marietta Holley (1887).  The caption reads: "With my mind's eye I see 'em, and I follered 'em down the narrow, steep stair-case."

An illustration from Other Stories by E. H. Knatchbull Hugessen (1880).

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "We leaped over great inequalities."

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "I stood alone in my room holding the mysterious manuscript."

An illustration from Parents and Children (1873).  The caption reads: "In a moment Maurice was on fire!"

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "Facing the open window he turned the pupils of his eyes upward."

An illustration from Other Stories by E. H. Knatchbull Hugessen (1880).

A halo of hair from a 1900 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

An illustration from An Amiable Charlatan by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1916).  The caption reads: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you please!  Nothing has happened."

"Honking Headgear": an illustration from a 1909 issue of Puck magazine.