Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature, Volumen1Edward Tuckerman Mason G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 294 páginas |
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... tion , and was now little better than a mendicant . Colonel Killigrew had wasted his best years , and his health and substance , in the pursuit of sinful pleasures , which had given birth to a brood of pains , such as the gout , and ...
... tion , and was now little better than a mendicant . Colonel Killigrew had wasted his best years , and his health and substance , in the pursuit of sinful pleasures , which had given birth to a brood of pains , such as the gout , and ...
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... tion , and you will hear from him without delay . " The clerk was right in his augury as to the effect his intelligence would have upon the creditor . It was not a clerical error on his part when he supposed that Mr. Schulemberg would ...
... tion , and you will hear from him without delay . " The clerk was right in his augury as to the effect his intelligence would have upon the creditor . It was not a clerical error on his part when he supposed that Mr. Schulemberg would ...
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... tion of my readers to settle , each for himself or herself , according to their own notions of the proprieties of the case . But at the proper time , after patience had thrown up in disgust the office of a virtue , he took his hat and ...
... tion of my readers to settle , each for himself or herself , according to their own notions of the proprieties of the case . But at the proper time , after patience had thrown up in disgust the office of a virtue , he took his hat and ...
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... joys . When his train wound into the rough open space , it found itself surrounded by a troop of men whose looks and gestures bespoke their func- tion without the intermediation of an inter- preter . But WHO PAID for the pRIMA DONNA ? 75.
... joys . When his train wound into the rough open space , it found itself surrounded by a troop of men whose looks and gestures bespoke their func- tion without the intermediation of an inter- preter . But WHO PAID for the pRIMA DONNA ? 75.
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Edward Tuckerman Mason. tion without the intermediation of an inter- preter . But no interpreter was needed in this case , as Signor Garcia was a Spaniard by birth , and their expressive pantomime was a suffi- ciently eloquent substitute ...
Edward Tuckerman Mason. tion without the intermediation of an inter- preter . But no interpreter was needed in this case , as Signor Garcia was a Spaniard by birth , and their expressive pantomime was a suffi- ciently eloquent substitute ...
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Agamemnon agin ain't answered apple apple-pie asked Aunt Billy Bolus Bolus's BORN Breitmann called chimera Consul Coquette Croesus Deacon Marble dear Dennis doctor dollars dress Elizabeth Eliza eyes fleeting dream Fountain of Youth Frederic Ingham G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS gentlemen give glasses Governor half hand head hear heard Heidegger Hepsy horse Inchkenneth Indian pudding Jack Josh Green kind knob Kurz Pacha laff laugh linens Lisette little boys looked Malibran Medbourne ment mind never Newport Oglethorpe Josh once Ovid person Peter Stuyvesant Peterkin Polly poor Potiphar pretty replied round Sam Lawson Sandemanianism Schulemberg seemed side Signor Garcia smiling Solomon John soul Sparrowgrass Squire stood story sure talk thing thought tion told took turn whistling Widow Wycherly word Wouter Wouter Van Twiller young Youth
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Página 194 - 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. Agin the chimbley crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther Young Fetched back f'om Concord — busted.
Página 197 - I'd better call agin"; Says she, "Think likely, Mister"; Thet last word pricked him like a pin, An' . . . Wai, he up an' kist her. When Ma bimeby upon 'em slips, Huldy sot pale ez ashes, All kin' o' smily roun' the lips An' teary roun
Página 2 - By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts ; by the other many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom.
Página 2 - The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had successively dozed away their lives, and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam; and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom and propriety, that they were never either heard or talked of — which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and — [^Tilers.
Página 5 - ... a beer barrel on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed by those lines and angles which disfigure the human countenance with what is termed expression. Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusty red, like a spitzenberg apple.
Página 9 - The sage Wouter took them one after the other, and having poised them in his hands, and attentively counted over the number of leaves, fell straightway into a very great doubt, and smoked for half an hour without saying a word...
Página 172 - Round-hoofd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back.
Página 224 - Applause followed, which turned Dennis's head. He rose, fluttered, and tried No. 3 : "There has been so much said, and, on the whole, so well said, that I will not longer occupy the time!
Página 196 - The side she breshed felt full o' sun Ez a south slope in Ap'il. She thought no v'ice hed sech a swing Ez his'n in the choir; My! when he made Ole Hunderd ring, She knowed the Lord was nigher. An...
Página 230 - Very well, thank you. And you?" This for an answer to casual salutations. 2. "I am very glad you liked it." 3. "There has been so much said, and, on the whole, so well said, that I will not occupy the time.