The Humour of AmericaAngus Evan Abbott W. Scott, 1893 - 462 páginas |
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... knew of beans hurtin ' anybody . ' " So Sary went down to the kitchen , an ' brought up a plateful of hot baked beans . Dock Smith raised Bill up in bed , an ' Dock Brainerd put a piller under the small of Bill's back . Then Sary sat ...
... knew of beans hurtin ' anybody . ' " So Sary went down to the kitchen , an ' brought up a plateful of hot baked beans . Dock Smith raised Bill up in bed , an ' Dock Brainerd put a piller under the small of Bill's back . Then Sary sat ...
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... knew , to a social certainty , that they were " nice " people . He was a fine - looking fellow in his neat tennis - flannels , slim , grace- ful , twenty - eight or thirty years old ,. SEATED THEMSELVES OPPOSITE US AT TABLE . " MRS ...
... knew , to a social certainty , that they were " nice " people . He was a fine - looking fellow in his neat tennis - flannels , slim , grace- ful , twenty - eight or thirty years old ,. SEATED THEMSELVES OPPOSITE US AT TABLE . " MRS ...
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... knew was Staten Island . Towns and villages lay before us and under us ; there were ridges and hills , uplands and lowlands , woods and plains , all massed and mingled in that great silent sea of sunlit green . For silent it was to us ...
... knew was Staten Island . Towns and villages lay before us and under us ; there were ridges and hills , uplands and lowlands , woods and plains , all massed and mingled in that great silent sea of sunlit green . For silent it was to us ...
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... knew where his marriage - licence was . Each of us had had one- -the Major had had three . But where were they ? Where is yours ? Tucked in your best - man's pocket ; deposited in his desk , or washed to a pulp in his white waistcoat ...
... knew where his marriage - licence was . Each of us had had one- -the Major had had three . But where were they ? Where is yours ? Tucked in your best - man's pocket ; deposited in his desk , or washed to a pulp in his white waistcoat ...
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... we did not . We knew that , however careless he might appear at first , we could soon interest him in the story , and he would be all eyes and ears . So we smiled sweetly — that same sweet THE ARTLESS PRATTLE OF CHILDHOOD . 39.
... we did not . We knew that , however careless he might appear at first , we could soon interest him in the story , and he would be all eyes and ears . So we smiled sweetly — that same sweet THE ARTLESS PRATTLE OF CHILDHOOD . 39.
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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...