The Humour of AmericaAngus Evan Abbott W. Scott, 1893 - 462 Seiten |
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Angus Evan Abbott. CEBROCK " SARY SAT DOWN BY THE BED , AN ' FED THEM BEANS INTO BILL thinkin ' , up comes the girl to git a. ΙΟ AMERICAN HUMOUR .
Angus Evan Abbott. CEBROCK " SARY SAT DOWN BY THE BED , AN ' FED THEM BEANS INTO BILL thinkin ' , up comes the girl to git a. ΙΟ AMERICAN HUMOUR .
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Angus Evan Abbott. thinkin ' , up comes the girl to git a clean tablecloth out of the clothes - press , an ' she left the door ajar as she come in . Bill he gave a sniff , an ' his eyes grew more natural like : he gathered together all ...
Angus Evan Abbott. thinkin ' , up comes the girl to git a clean tablecloth out of the clothes - press , an ' she left the door ajar as she come in . Bill he gave a sniff , an ' his eyes grew more natural like : he gathered together all ...
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... girl . " I'm sure she told me " Well , I didn't enter into particulars . " " No dear , and you couldn't have understood him . children . " " All right , " I said ; but I did not think it was all As a near - sighted man learns by ...
... girl . " I'm sure she told me " Well , I didn't enter into particulars . " " No dear , and you couldn't have understood him . children . " " All right , " I said ; but I did not think it was all As a near - sighted man learns by ...
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... girl with teeth of pearl , And shoulders white as snow ; She lives , -ah ! well , I must not tell , - Wouldn't you like to know ? Her sunny hair is wondrous fair , And wavy in its flow ; Who made it less One little tress , — Wouldn't ...
... girl with teeth of pearl , And shoulders white as snow ; She lives , -ah ! well , I must not tell , - Wouldn't you like to know ? Her sunny hair is wondrous fair , And wavy in its flow ; Who made it less One little tress , — Wouldn't ...
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... girl ; but I oughtn't to be a leavin ' everything to her - it's too hard on her . I ought to be instructin ' and guidin ' and helpin ' of her ; ' cause ' tain't everybody could be expected to know and do what Mis ' Carryl did ; ' and so ...
... girl ; but I oughtn't to be a leavin ' everything to her - it's too hard on her . I ought to be instructin ' and guidin ' and helpin ' of her ; ' cause ' tain't everybody could be expected to know and do what Mis ' Carryl did ; ' and so ...
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Seite 107 - To see my Ma? She's sprinklin' clo'es Agin to-morrer's i'nin'." To say why gals acts so or so, Or don't, 'ould be presumin'; Mebby to mean yes an' say no Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha
Seite 104 - em, danced 'em, druv 'em, Fust this one, an' then thet, by spells — All is, he could n't love 'em. But long o' her his veins 'ould run All crinkly like curled maple, The side she breshed felt full o' sun Ez a south slope in Ap'il.
Seite 135 - I was dreadfully hipped. The hours seemed as if they would never creep by. The very ticking of the clock became irksome. At length the stillness of the house was interrupted by the ringing of a bell. Shortly after I heard the voice of a waiter at the bar: "The stout gentleman in No. 1 3 wants his breakfast. Tea and bread and butter, with ham and eggs; the eggs not to be too much done.
Seite 106 - An' yit she gin her cheer a jerk Ez though she wished him furder, An' on her apples kep' to work, Parin
Seite 135 - Boots, and all the other vagabond race that infest the purlieus of an inn ; but the bustle was transient ; the coach again whirled on its way ; and boy and dog, and hostler and Boots, all slunk back again to their holes ; the street again became silent, and the rain continued to rain on. In fact, there was no hope of its clearing up ; the barometer pointed to rainy weather ; mine...
Seite 104 - ... Ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles out Towards the pootiest, bless her, An...
Seite 319 - He is so spiritless and cowardly that even while his exposed teeth are pretending a threat, the rest of his face is apologizing for it. And he is so homely! — so scrawny, and ribby, and coarse-haired, and pitiful. When he sees you he lifts his lip and lets a flash of his teeth out, and then turns a little out of the...