The Humour of AmericaAngus Evan Abbott W. Scott, 1893 - 462 Seiten |
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... thought it better to arrange a biographical index of American and Canadian humorous writers , giving such pertinent particulars of each author's life and work as may be of value to the student of American literature . This index will be ...
... thought it better to arrange a biographical index of American and Canadian humorous writers , giving such pertinent particulars of each author's life and work as may be of value to the student of American literature . This index will be ...
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... thought the best acknow- ledgment I could make is to credit them in the Biographical Index with the different books they publish , so that the acknowledgment may be of some practical value to both those who wish to buy and those who ...
... thought the best acknow- ledgment I could make is to credit them in the Biographical Index with the different books they publish , so that the acknowledgment may be of some practical value to both those who wish to buy and those who ...
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... thought . So I went into the barn , about three feet prior to Kosciusko . Noticing the stairway , I ascended it in an aimless kind of way , about four steps at a time . What happened when we got into the haymow I do not now recall ...
... thought . So I went into the barn , about three feet prior to Kosciusko . Noticing the stairway , I ascended it in an aimless kind of way , about four steps at a time . What happened when we got into the haymow I do not now recall ...
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... thought , for the sound of bells coming up from the spires that rose above the tree - tops -- the tree- tops that lay as far beneath us as the light clouds were above us that dropped great shadows upon our heads and faint specks of ...
... thought , for the sound of bells coming up from the spires that rose above the tree - tops -- the tree- tops that lay as far beneath us as the light clouds were above us that dropped great shadows upon our heads and faint specks of ...
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... thought he said she was on this side of the water , " I suggested with bitter , biting irony . " You poor dear , did I abuse you ? " said my wife . " But do you know Mrs. Tabb said that she didn't know how many lumps of sugar he took in ...
... thought he said she was on this side of the water , " I suggested with bitter , biting irony . " You poor dear , did I abuse you ? " said my wife . " But do you know Mrs. Tabb said that she didn't know how many lumps of sugar he took in ...
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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...