The Humour of AmericaAngus Evan Abbott W. Scott, 1893 - 462 páginas |
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... Bill Nye 49 OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS THE HONOUR TO BE - R . H. Newell ( " Orpheus C. Kerr " ) 51 YAWCOB STRAUSS - Charles Follen Adams 61 THE MINISTER'S WOOING - Harriet Beecher Stowe 63 ALBINA MCLUSH - Nathaniel Parker Willis 73 A LONG ...
... Bill Nye 49 OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS THE HONOUR TO BE - R . H. Newell ( " Orpheus C. Kerr " ) 51 YAWCOB STRAUSS - Charles Follen Adams 61 THE MINISTER'S WOOING - Harriet Beecher Stowe 63 ALBINA MCLUSH - Nathaniel Parker Willis 73 A LONG ...
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... enough to do me any good . I have owned , in all , eleven dogs , and they all died violent deaths , and went out of the world totally unprepared to die . Bill Nye . KNEE - DEEP IN JUNE . CEB.92 KREE - Deep MY DOG . 3.
... enough to do me any good . I have owned , in all , eleven dogs , and they all died violent deaths , and went out of the world totally unprepared to die . Bill Nye . KNEE - DEEP IN JUNE . CEB.92 KREE - Deep MY DOG . 3.
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... Bill Holbrook : you remember Bill , don't ye ? " " Bill Holbrook ? " said Mr. Ezra Eastman ; " C why , of course I do ! Used to live down to Brimfield , next to the Moses Howard farm . " " That's the man , " resumed Mr. Taft . " Waal , Bill ...
... Bill Holbrook : you remember Bill , don't ye ? " " Bill Holbrook ? " said Mr. Ezra Eastman ; " C why , of course I do ! Used to live down to Brimfield , next to the Moses Howard farm . " " That's the man , " resumed Mr. Taft . " Waal , Bill ...
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Angus Evan Abbott. CEBROCK " SARY SAT DOWN BY THE BED , AN ' FED THEM BEANS INTO BILL thinkin ' , up comes the girl to git a. ΙΟ AMERICAN HUMOUR .
Angus Evan Abbott. CEBROCK " SARY SAT DOWN BY THE BED , AN ' FED THEM BEANS INTO BILL thinkin ' , up comes the girl to git a. ΙΟ AMERICAN HUMOUR .
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agin ain't Amos Andy Artemus Ward asked Beanson Betsey Bobbet Biggle Bill breach of promise Brede brer fox brer rabbit called Causeway cayote CEBrock dear Dick Dominicus door Doubletrouble Edited Ellison Ernest Rhys Euphemia exclaimed eyes face father friends garden girl goat goin Gyascutus hair hand head hear heard Higginbotham Huldy Jaffrey Jaffrey's Johnny Joseph Skipsey Kimballton Kitty lady looked madam married Mehetabel mind Miss Garr morning never night nothin Oberlin once Parker's Falls patent pedler Peleg person Phrenology pig-pen Pitman Pomona pretty replied round seemed Shaker Shuttle Simpson's Bar sleep smile Stout Gentleman stranger T. W. Rolleston talk tar-baby tell thawt thing Thomas Bailey Aldrich thought told took turned wife word wuzzled young
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Página 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
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 106 - An' yit she gin her cheer a jerk Ez though she wished him furder, An' on her apples kep' to work, Parin
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...