Why does Whilde use the phrase “what on earth” in line 23 of this play excerpt?

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from a) britain b) portugal c) spain d) italy

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?

In large cities such as new york city, a majority of citizens often take public transportation and leave their cars at home what is wrong with this text and visual aid