The Biglow papers, ed. with a preface by the author of 'Tom Brown's schooldays'. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 12
Seite 21
... ould count the silver spoons the minnit they cleared out on ' t . This goin ' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur , An ' ef it worn't fer wakin ' snakes , I'd home agin short meter ; O , would n't I be off , quick time , ef ...
... ould count the silver spoons the minnit they cleared out on ' t . This goin ' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur , An ' ef it worn't fer wakin ' snakes , I'd home agin short meter ; O , would n't I be off , quick time , ef ...
Seite 45
... ould actilly do ' em a kindness , — The American eagle , the Pilgrims thet landed , Till on ole Plymouth Rock they git finally stranded . Wal , the people they listen and say , " Thet's the ticket ! Ez for Mexico , t'aint no glory to ...
... ould actilly do ' em a kindness , — The American eagle , the Pilgrims thet landed , Till on ole Plymouth Rock they git finally stranded . Wal , the people they listen and say , " Thet's the ticket ! Ez for Mexico , t'aint no glory to ...
Seite 47
... ould substract too much off his ease ; The file - leaders , I mean , du , fer they , by their wiles , Unlike the old viper , grow fat on their files . Wal , the Wigs hev been tryin ' to grab all this prey frum ' em An ' to hook this ...
... ould substract too much off his ease ; The file - leaders , I mean , du , fer they , by their wiles , Unlike the old viper , grow fat on their files . Wal , the Wigs hev been tryin ' to grab all this prey frum ' em An ' to hook this ...
Seite 49
... Ould be wuth more ' an Gennle Tom Thumb is to Barnum ; Ther's enough thet to office on this very plan grow , By exhibitin ' how very small a man can grow ; But an M. C. frum here ollers hastens to state he Belongs to the order called ...
... Ould be wuth more ' an Gennle Tom Thumb is to Barnum ; Ther's enough thet to office on this very plan grow , By exhibitin ' how very small a man can grow ; But an M. C. frum here ollers hastens to state he Belongs to the order called ...
Seite 67
... ould jest about fit . I du believe in special ways O ' prayin ' an ' convartin ' ; The bread comes back in many days , An ' buttered , tu , fer sartin ; - I mean in preyin ' till one busts On wut the party chooses , An ' in convartin ...
... ould jest about fit . I du believe in special ways O ' prayin ' an ' convartin ' ; The bread comes back in many days , An ' buttered , tu , fer sartin ; - I mean in preyin ' till one busts On wut the party chooses , An ' in convartin ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Biglow Papers, Ed. with a Preface by the Author of 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' James Russell Lowell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
The Biglow Papers, Ed. With a Preface by the Author of 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' Tbd Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2020 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Æneid afore airth arter bein believe Biglow Papers BIRDO BOSTON COURIER Calhoun candidate cocktale Cunnle darned Demmercrats discourse doughface dreffle dror druv edition editor England English Faneuil Hall feller folks thet frum furder fust geoponic glory goin gret guess haint heerd holl Hosea HOSEA BIGLOW humour idee Jaalam James Russell Lowell jine ketch kind language letters long ez look Lowell mean Mexican mind Mister nater never niggers nothin ollers on'y ough ould Parson Wilbur persons pint pooty Presidunt printed reader Robinson he Sez round sartin satire Sawin sech Sez John slavery spiled spose star-spangled banner sutthin tell ye wut there's thet air thet's thing thought thru Tyll volume vote fer ware wich wile worn't wunt wut's Yankee دو دو وو
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xxxvii - Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, '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' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser.
Seite 66 - s wal enough agin a king To dror resolves an' triggers, — But libbaty 'sa kind o' thing Thet don't agree with niggers. I du believe the people want A tax on teas an...
Seite 69 - This lays all thought o' sin to rest, I don't believe in princerple, But O, I du in interest. I du believe in bein' this Or thet, ez it may happen One way or t'other hendiest is To ketch the people nappin' ; It aint by princerples nor men My preudunt course is steadied, — I scent wich pays the best, an...
Seite 43 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.
Seite 4 - Ez fer war, I call it murder, — There you hev it plain an' flat ; I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment fer that ; God hez sed so plump an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, An' you Ve gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God.
Seite 132 - We may say, that to few mortals has it been granted to earn such a place in Universal History as Tyll : for now after five centuries, when Wallace's birthplace is unknown even to the Scots ; and the Admirable Crichton still more rapidly is grown a shadow ; and Edward Longshanks sleeps unregarded save by a few antiquarian English...
Seite xvi - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Seite 8 - 11 make ye act like freemen? Wut '11 git your dander riz? Come, I '11 tell ye wut I 'm thinkin' Is our dooty in this fix, They 'd ha' done 't ez quick ez winkin' In the days o
Seite xxi - Parson Wilbur sez he never heerd in his life Thet th' Apostles rigged out in their swaller-tail coats, An" marched round in front of a drum an' a fife, To git some on "em office, an' some on 'em votes; But John P.
Seite xvii - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.