Melibœus-Hipponax. The Biglow papers, ed. with an intr. &c. by Homer Wilbur |
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... Sawin , Private in the Massachusetts Regiment ... No. III . - What Mr. Robinson thinks .... No. IV . Remarks of ... Sawin , Esq ..... No. IX . - A Third Letter from B. Sawin , Esq . ' GLOSSARY INDEX ... 37 43 50 57 65 70 70 82 91 138 ...
... Sawin , Private in the Massachusetts Regiment ... No. III . - What Mr. Robinson thinks .... No. IV . Remarks of ... Sawin , Esq ..... No. IX . - A Third Letter from B. Sawin , Esq . ' GLOSSARY INDEX ... 37 43 50 57 65 70 70 82 91 138 ...
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... SAWIN , PRIVATE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT . [ This letter of Mr. Sawin's was not originally written in verse . Mr. Biglow , thinking it peculiarly susceptible of metrical adornment , translated it , so to speak , into his own ...
... SAWIN , PRIVATE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT . [ This letter of Mr. Sawin's was not originally written in verse . Mr. Biglow , thinking it peculiarly susceptible of metrical adornment , translated it , so to speak , into his own ...
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... Sawin , sir , you're middlin ' well now , be ye ? Step up an ' take a nipper , sir ; I'm dreffle glad to see ye " ; But now it's " Ware's my eppylet ? here , Sawin , step an ' fetch it ! An ' mind your eye , be thund'rin ' spry , or ...
... Sawin , sir , you're middlin ' well now , be ye ? Step up an ' take a nipper , sir ; I'm dreffle glad to see ye " ; But now it's " Ware's my eppylet ? here , Sawin , step an ' fetch it ! An ' mind your eye , be thund'rin ' spry , or ...
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... SAWIN . [ Those have not been wanting ( as , indeed , when hath Satan been to seek for attorneys ? ) who have maintained that our late inroad upon Mexico was undertaken , not so much for the avenging of any national quarrel , as for the ...
... SAWIN . [ Those have not been wanting ( as , indeed , when hath Satan been to seek for attorneys ? ) who have maintained that our late inroad upon Mexico was undertaken , not so much for the avenging of any national quarrel , as for the ...
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... SAWIN , ESQ . [ IN the following epistle , we behold Mr. Sawin returning , a miles emeritus , to the bosom of his family . Quantum mutatus ! The good Father of us all had doubtless intrusted to the keeping of this child of his certain ...
... SAWIN , ESQ . [ IN the following epistle , we behold Mr. Sawin returning , a miles emeritus , to the bosom of his family . Quantum mutatus ! The good Father of us all had doubtless intrusted to the keeping of this child of his certain ...
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Seite 43 - GUVENER B. is a sensible man; He stays to his home an' looks arter his folks; He draws his furrer ez straight ez he can, An' into nobody's tater-patch pokes; — But John P. Robinson he Sez he wunt vote fer Guvener B. My! aint it terrible? Wut shall we du? We can't never choose him, o...
Seite x - An' yit she gin her cheer a jerk Ez though she wished him furder, An' on her apples kep' to work, Parin
Seite 45 - In virtue of our clay, this little ball of earth exacts a certain loyalty of us, while, in our capacity as spirits, we are admitted citizens of an invisible and holier fatherland. There is a patriotism of the soul whose claim absolves us from our other and terrene fealty. Our true country is that ideal realm which we represent to ourselves under the names of religion, duty, and the like.
Seite 163 - May-day seldom looks Up in the country ez it doos in books ; They 're no more like than hornets'- nests an" hives, Or printed sarmons be to holy lives. I, with my trouses perched on cow-hide boots, Tuggin' my foundered feet out by the roots, Hev seen ye come to fling on April's hearse Your muslin nosegays from the milliner's, Puzzlin...
Seite 44 - 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 31 - So's to lug new slave-states in To abuse ye, an' to scorn ye, An' to plunder ye like sin. Aint it cute to see a Yankee Take sech everlastin...
Seite 127 - Whose youth from thee by gripin' need was wrung, Brown foundlin' o' the woods, whose baby-bed Was prowled roun' by the Injun's cracklin' tread, An' who grew'st strong thru shifts an...
Seite 43 - He's ben true to one party — an' thet is himself; So John P. Robinson he Sez he shall vote fer Gineral C. Gineral C. he goes in fer the war; He don't...
Seite 66 - Uncle Sam I reverence, Partic'larly his pockets. I du believe in any plan O' levyin' the taxes, Ez long ez, like a lumberman, I git jest wut I axes ; I go free-trade thru thick an' thin, Because it kind o' rouses The folks to vote, — an' keeps us in Our quiet custom-houses.
Seite 128 - By fits an' starts, in Yankee hearts, Though 't may surprise JB More 'n it would you an' me." Ef l turned mad dogs loose, John, On your front-parlor stairs, Would it jest meet your views, John, To wait an' sue their heirs ? Ole Uncle S.