The Humour of AmericaAngus Evan Abbott W. Scott, 1893 - 462 Seiten |
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... wife . Kosciusko sat on the front porch when I returne looked at me as a cashier of a bank does when paper man goes in to get a suspiciously large cheque He did not know me . I said , " Kosciusko , have y gotten your master's voice ...
... wife . Kosciusko sat on the front porch when I returne looked at me as a cashier of a bank does when paper man goes in to get a suspiciously large cheque He did not know me . I said , " Kosciusko , have y gotten your master's voice ...
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... wife's observation , using the colloquial phrase a consciousness that it was anything but " nice " En " and I'll bet that their three children are better br up than most of " " Two children , ” corrected my wife . 66 Three , he told me ...
... wife's observation , using the colloquial phrase a consciousness that it was anything but " nice " En " and I'll bet that their three children are better br up than most of " " Two children , ” corrected my wife . 66 Three , he told me ...
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... wife looked at me with a serious expression . Men may not remember much of what they are told about children ; but ... wife . " Oh , certainly , " I replied ; " only they seem to be a little mixed up about their children . " " 6 CEB ...
... wife looked at me with a serious expression . Men may not remember much of what they are told about children ; but ... wife . " Oh , certainly , " I replied ; " only they seem to be a little mixed up about their children . " " 6 CEB ...
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... wife , -out of old Major Halkit , a retired business man , who , having once sold a few shares on commission , wrote for circulars of every stock company that was started , and tried to induce every one to invest who would listen to him ...
... wife , -out of old Major Halkit , a retired business man , who , having once sold a few shares on commission , wrote for circulars of every stock company that was started , and tried to induce every one to invest who would listen to him ...
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... wife and I exchanged glances . " Now , when I went up the Matterhorn , " Mr. Brede began . " Why , dear , " interrupted his wife ; " I didn't know you ever went up the Matterhorn . " " It — it was five years ago , ” said Mr. Brede ...
... wife and I exchanged glances . " Now , when I went up the Matterhorn , " Mr. Brede began . " Why , dear , " interrupted his wife ; " I didn't know you ever went up the Matterhorn . " " It — it was five years ago , ” said Mr. Brede ...
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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...