American Wit and Humor, 第 3 卷

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Joel Chandler Harris
Review of Reviews Company, 1907
 

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第 181 頁 - Nebber min' de wedder," — She soun' like forty-lebben bands a-playin' all togedder; Some went to pattin'; some to dancin': Noah called de figgers; An
第 196 頁 - ... requisite tin For ransom of their salesman, that he may Go forth as other boarders go alway — As those I hear now flocking from their tea, Led by the daughter of my landlady Pianoward. This day, for all my moans, Dry bread and water have been served me.
第 180 頁 - Noah kep' a-nailin' an' a-chippin' an' a-sawin'; An' all de wicked neighbors kep' a-laughin' an' a-pshawin'; But Noah didn't min' 'em, knowin' whut wuz gwine to happen: An' forty days an' forty nights de rain it kep' a-drappin'. Now, Noah had done cotched a lot ob ebry sort o' beas'es — Ob all de shows a-trabbelin', it beat 'em all to pieces! He had a Morgan colt an' sebral head o' Jarsey cattle — An' druv 'em 'board de Ark as soon's he heered de thunder rattle.
第 279 頁 - Then they laughed enormous laughter, And they groaned enormous groans, And they bade young Eohippus Go view his father's bones. Said they, "You; always were as small And mean as now we see, "And that's conclusive evidence That you're always going to be. What! Be a great, tall, handsome beast, With hoofs to gallop on? Why! You'd have to change your nature!" Said the Loxolophodon. They considered him disposed of, And retired with gait serene: That was the way they argued In "the early Eocene.
第 181 頁 - Noah an' de critters, An' men he'd hired to work de boat — an' one to mix de bitters. De Ark she kep' a-sailin' an' a-sailin' an' a-sailin' ; De lion got his dander up, an...
第 38 頁 - No, no, no; said he cut down his apple-tree." " George's apple-tree ? " "No, no; his father's." "Oh!" "Ke said " "His father said?" "No, no, no; George said, 'Father, I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet.
第 112 頁 - Over three faces a sad smile flew, And they edged away from Kalamazoo. But Gotham's haughty soul was stirred To crush the stranger with one small word; Deftly hiding reproof in praise, She cries, '"Tis, indeed, a lovely vaze!
第 195 頁 - Landlady for a failure to connect on Saturday night.] I. " I would that all men my hard case might know ; How grievously I suffer for no sin : I, Adolphe Culpepper Ferguson, for lo ! I of my landlady am locked in, For being short on this sad Saturday, Nor having shekels of silver wherewith to pay : She...
第 282 頁 - We are going to have diseases! And Accomplishments!! And Sins!!!" Then they all rose up in fury Against their boastful friend, For prehistoric patience Cometh quickly to an end. Said one, "This is chimerical! Utopian! Absurd!" Said another, "What a stupid life! Too dull, upon my word! " Cried all, " Before such things can come, You idiotic child, You must alter Human Nature!
第 279 頁 - There was once an Anthropoidal Ape, Far smarter than the rest, And everything that they could do He always did the best...

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