The Humour of AmericaAngus Evan Abbott W. Scott, 1893 - 462 páginas |
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Angus Evan Abbott. ALREADY ISSUED FRENCH HUMOUR GERMAN HUMOURY ITALIAN HUMOUR AMERICAN HUMOUR CEBrock " SHE SHRILLY OBSERVES , THOMAS JEFFRESON , COME.
Angus Evan Abbott. ALREADY ISSUED FRENCH HUMOUR GERMAN HUMOURY ITALIAN HUMOUR AMERICAN HUMOUR CEBrock " SHE SHRILLY OBSERVES , THOMAS JEFFRESON , COME.
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Angus Evan Abbott. CEBrock " SHE SHRILLY OBSERVES , THOMAS JEFFRESON , COME RIGHT INTO THE HOUSE THIS MINIT . ' [ Se THE HUMOUR OF AMERICA SELECTED , WITH AN INTRO- DUCTION.
Angus Evan Abbott. CEBrock " SHE SHRILLY OBSERVES , THOMAS JEFFRESON , COME RIGHT INTO THE HOUSE THIS MINIT . ' [ Se THE HUMOUR OF AMERICA SELECTED , WITH AN INTRO- DUCTION.
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... comes , it is hoped , within reasonable distance of completeness , and although in the majority of cases the data given is of a broad and general kind , still it is sufficiently explicit to set the student in the way of finding for ...
... comes , it is hoped , within reasonable distance of completeness , and although in the majority of cases the data given is of a broad and general kind , still it is sufficiently explicit to set the student in the way of finding for ...
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... come and gorge himself with a part of my leg , which he did . Acting on this hint I went to the barn . I do not know why I went to the barn , but somehow there was nothing in the house that I wanted . When a man wants to be by himself ...
... come and gorge himself with a part of my leg , which he did . Acting on this hint I went to the barn . I do not know why I went to the barn , but somehow there was nothing in the house that I wanted . When a man wants to be by himself ...
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... two- Drap asleep , and it turns in ' Fore daylight and snows agin ! — But when June comes - Clear my throat With wild honey ! Rench my hair . In the dew ! and hold my coat ! Whoop out loud ! and throw my hat ! -. KNEE - DEEP IN JUNE . 7 ང་
... two- Drap asleep , and it turns in ' Fore daylight and snows agin ! — But when June comes - Clear my throat With wild honey ! Rench my hair . In the dew ! and hold my coat ! Whoop out loud ! and throw my hat ! -. KNEE - DEEP IN JUNE . 7 ང་
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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...