Native American Humor (1800-1900)American book Company, 1937 - 573 Seiten |
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... talk , 2 which echoed in American idiom the cadences of boastful medieval heroes , 3 the mighty - muscled Kentuckian could appear in newspapers and ( incongruously ) in sermons , 3 in a popular song , " a popular play . ' A native type ...
... talk , 2 which echoed in American idiom the cadences of boastful medieval heroes , 3 the mighty - muscled Kentuckian could appear in newspapers and ( incongruously ) in sermons , 3 in a popular song , " a popular play . ' A native type ...
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... talk , it should be noted , had the precision , the imagination , of poetic art : almost every critical word was exactly the right one , nearly every phrase reproduced the rhythms of conversation and evoked the most effective im- agery ...
... talk , it should be noted , had the precision , the imagination , of poetic art : almost every critical word was exactly the right one , nearly every phrase reproduced the rhythms of conversation and evoked the most effective im- agery ...
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... talk , but they broke in on me and stopped me . " Now , looky - here , " says Davy ; " you're scared , and so you talk wild . Honest , now , do you live in a scow , or is it a lie ? " " Yes , sir , in a trading - scow . She lays up at ...
... talk , but they broke in on me and stopped me . " Now , looky - here , " says Davy ; " you're scared , and so you talk wild . Honest , now , do you live in a scow , or is it a lie ? " " Yes , sir , in a trading - scow . She lays up at ...
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INTRODUCTION PAGE | 3 |
Literary Comedians 18551900 | 122 |
Local Colorists 18681900 PAGE | 124 |
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