Native American HumorChandler Publishing Company, 1960 - 565 Seiten Selected American humor, some excerpted. |
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... half a dozen pages with the curious slang made use of . . . , yet I prefer selecting a few of the most billiant ... half man , half horse ; can whip any man on the Mississippi , by G - d . " The first one again , " I am a man ; have the ...
... half a dozen pages with the curious slang made use of . . . , yet I prefer selecting a few of the most billiant ... half man , half horse ; can whip any man on the Mississippi , by G - d . " The first one again , " I am a man ; have the ...
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... half horse , half alligator , ' & c . But it would be quite as just to characterize the inhabitants of New York from the conduct of the boatmen or porters who ply at the ferries on the Hudson ... as the people of Kentucky from the ...
... half horse , half alligator , ' & c . But it would be quite as just to characterize the inhabitants of New York from the conduct of the boatmen or porters who ply at the ferries on the Hudson ... as the people of Kentucky from the ...
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... half dragged , half led him to the mourner's bench ; by which he threw himself down , altogether unmanned , and bathed in tears . Great was the rejoicing of the brethren , as they sang , shouted , and prayed around him for by this time ...
... half dragged , half led him to the mourner's bench ; by which he threw himself down , altogether unmanned , and bathed in tears . Great was the rejoicing of the brethren , as they sang , shouted , and prayed around him for by this time ...
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The Requisites for American Humor | 3 |
Beginnings 17751830 | 19 |
Down East Humor 18301867 | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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