Traits of American Humour, 第 2 卷Thomas Chandler Haliburton Colburn and Company, 1852 |
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... lady into a fence - corner , the first - and only- time she had ever mounted him . As he weighed the pouch of silver in his hand , Mr. Suggs also endeavoured to analyze the character of the transaction proposed by Simon . " It sartinly ...
... lady into a fence - corner , the first - and only- time she had ever mounted him . As he weighed the pouch of silver in his hand , Mr. Suggs also endeavoured to analyze the character of the transaction proposed by Simon . " It sartinly ...
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... ladies that's jist as smart , and can sing as many songs , and dance as well , and as for her bein ' the prettiest , Laws a mersy ! sher - you shouldn't judge for me sposin ' I was a man ! " I thot I'd come agin , but was sorter feard ...
... ladies that's jist as smart , and can sing as many songs , and dance as well , and as for her bein ' the prettiest , Laws a mersy ! sher - you shouldn't judge for me sposin ' I was a man ! " I thot I'd come agin , but was sorter feard ...
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... lady might have found shelter in a rain storm in the vacancy left beween the coat and the back . His pants , to common observers , would have been called too short , but he denied this , averring that his legs were too long for his ...
... lady might have found shelter in a rain storm in the vacancy left beween the coat and the back . His pants , to common observers , would have been called too short , but he denied this , averring that his legs were too long for his ...
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... lady was a shrewd , active dame , kind- hearted and long - tongued , benevolent and impartial , making her coffee as strong for the poor pedestrian , with his all upon his back , as the broadcloth sojourner , with his " up - country ...
... lady was a shrewd , active dame , kind- hearted and long - tongued , benevolent and impartial , making her coffee as strong for the poor pedestrian , with his all upon his back , as the broadcloth sojourner , with his " up - country ...
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... lady's assertion that her father's horse " Shumach " had run a mile on one particular occasion . " Don't tell me , ” was her never - failing reply to their doubts , " don't tell me ' bout Fashun or Bosting , or any other beating ...
... lady's assertion that her father's horse " Shumach " had run a mile on one particular occasion . " Don't tell me , ” was her never - failing reply to their doubts , " don't tell me ' bout Fashun or Bosting , or any other beating ...
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第 184 頁 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
第 11 頁 - Thiers, it appears, has also derived much valuable information. Many interesting memoirs, diaries, and letters, all hitherto unpublished, and most of them destined, for political reasons, to remain so, have been placed at his disposal, while all the leading characters of the empire, who were alive when the author undertook the present history, have supplied him with a mass of...
第 1 頁 - 11 keep the people in blindness, — Thet we the Mexicuns can thrash Right inter brotherly kindness, Thet bombshells, grape, an' powder 'n' ball Air good-will's strongest magnets, Thet peace, to make it stick at all, Must be druv in with bagnets. In short, I firmly du believe In Humbug generally, Fer it 'sa thing thet I perceive To hev a solid vally ; This heth my faithful shepherd ben, In pasturs sweet heth led me, An' this '11 keep the people green To feed ez they hev fed me.
第 1 頁 - I du believe in bein' this Or thet, ez it may happen One way or t' other hendiest is To ketch the people nappin' ; It aint by princerples nor men My preudunt course is steadied, — I scent wich pays the best, an
第 11 頁 - ... has also derived much valuable information. Many interesting memoirs, diaries, and letters, all hitherto unpublished, and most of them destined for political reasons to remain so, have been placed at his disposal ; while all the leading characters of the empire, who were alive when the author undertook the present history, have supplied him with a mass of incidents and anecdotes which have never before appeared in print, and the accuracy and value of which may be inferred from the fact of these...
第 16 頁 - LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MILITARY LIFE. Edited by Lieut.-Gen. Sir CHARLES NAPIER, GCB, Commander-inChief in India, &c. 1 vol., 8vo, 10s. 6d. bound. "A narrative of stirring interest, which should be in the hands of every officer in her Majesty's service."— Globe.
第 9 頁 - HISTORIC SCENES. By AGNES STRICKLAND. Author of " Lives of the Queens of England," &c. 1 vol., post 8vo, elegantly bound, with Portrait of the Author, 10s. 6d. " This attractive volume is replete with interest. Like Miss Strickland's former works, it will be found, we doubt not, in the hands of youthful branches of a family as well as in those of their parents, to all and each of whom it cannot fail to be alike amusing and instructive.
第 7 頁 - It connects, in many instances, the new with the old nobility, and it will in all cases show the cause which has influenced the revival of an extinct dignity in a new creation. It should be particularly noticed, that this new work appertains nearly as much to extant as to extinct persons of distinction; for though dignities pass away, it rarely occurs that whole families do.