Melibœus-Hipponax. The Biglow papers, ed. with an intr. &c. by Homer Wilbur |
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... Tell they're pupple in the facc , - It's a grand gret cemetary Fer the barthrights of our race ; They jest want this Californy So's to lug new slave - states in To abuse ye , an ' to scorn ye , An ' to plunder ye like sin . Aint it cute ...
... Tell they're pupple in the facc , - It's a grand gret cemetary Fer the barthrights of our race ; They jest want this Californy So's to lug new slave - states in To abuse ye , an ' to scorn ye , An ' to plunder ye like sin . Aint it cute ...
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... Tell ye jest the eend I've come to Arter cipherin ' plaguy smart , An ' it makes a handy sum , tu , Any gump could larn by heart ; Laborin ' man an ' laborin ' woman Hev one glory an ' one shame , Ev'y thin ' thet's done inhuman Injers ...
... Tell ye jest the eend I've come to Arter cipherin ' plaguy smart , An ' it makes a handy sum , tu , Any gump could larn by heart ; Laborin ' man an ' laborin ' woman Hev one glory an ' one shame , Ev'y thin ' thet's done inhuman Injers ...
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... 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 ' seventy - six . Clang the bells in every steeple , Call all true men to disown The tradoocers of our people , The enslavers o ...
... 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 ' seventy - six . Clang the bells in every steeple , Call all true men to disown The tradoocers of our people , The enslavers o ...
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... tell ye to le ' go my toe ! My gracious ! it's a scorpion thet's took a shine to play with't , I darsn't skeer the tarnal thing fer fear he'd run away with't . ) Afore I come away from hum I hed a strong persuasion Thet Mexicans worn't ...
... tell ye to le ' go my toe ! My gracious ! it's a scorpion thet's took a shine to play with't , I darsn't skeer the tarnal thing fer fear he'd run away with't . ) Afore I come away from hum I hed a strong persuasion Thet Mexicans worn't ...
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... tell us The rights an ' the wrongs o ' these matters , I vow , — God sends country lawyers , an ' other wise fellers , To start the world's team wen it gits in a slough ; Fer John P. Robinson he Scz the world'll go right , ef he hollers ...
... tell us The rights an ' the wrongs o ' these matters , I vow , — God sends country lawyers , an ' other wise fellers , To start the world's team wen it gits in a slough ; Fer John P. Robinson he Scz the world'll go right , ef he hollers ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
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.