Yankee Notions, Or, Whittlings of Jonathan's Jack-knife, Volumen 1T.W. Strong, 1852 |
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... I'll be ' tarnally whipped for a fool . " And I guess I won't be whipped . No , sir - ree . For if I haven't cracked the I'll go hide my head under a cabbage - leaf , feeling awful streaked . But know- ing what I have done , and how ...
... I'll be ' tarnally whipped for a fool . " And I guess I won't be whipped . No , sir - ree . For if I haven't cracked the I'll go hide my head under a cabbage - leaf , feeling awful streaked . But know- ing what I have done , and how ...
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... I'll send you receipted bills this afternoon . " " MOTHER , " said a little fellow the other day , " is there any harm in breaking egg shells ? " " Certainly not , my dear ; but why do you ask ? " " Cause , I dropt the basket just now ...
... I'll send you receipted bills this afternoon . " " MOTHER , " said a little fellow the other day , " is there any harm in breaking egg shells ? " " Certainly not , my dear ; but why do you ask ? " " Cause , I dropt the basket just now ...
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... - that's what you want , " said a pater- nal parent to his son . " I know it , dad - but I'll try to get along without it , " said the little rascal . FANCY PORTRAIT . SOL PIDGEON'S COOKING STOVE . SOL PIDGEON was a bachelor.
... - that's what you want , " said a pater- nal parent to his son . " I know it , dad - but I'll try to get along without it , " said the little rascal . FANCY PORTRAIT . SOL PIDGEON'S COOKING STOVE . SOL PIDGEON was a bachelor.
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... I'll come down and lam ye you young devil . Boy . - It's " Yankee Notions , " Mr. Snooks , and you said I was to wake you if ' twas in the middle of the night when that was published . Snooks . - What " Jonathan's Whittlings ? " Let me ...
... I'll come down and lam ye you young devil . Boy . - It's " Yankee Notions , " Mr. Snooks , and you said I was to wake you if ' twas in the middle of the night when that was published . Snooks . - What " Jonathan's Whittlings ? " Let me ...
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... I'll bet you drinks for a crowd it's a nigger ! " he continued . " You will ? " says Hoosier ; " wall , I'll kiver that , and go the best of my pile over that , " says he . " Who'll we leave it to ? " " Wall , you may leave it to ...
... I'll bet you drinks for a crowd it's a nigger ! " he continued . " You will ? " says Hoosier ; " wall , I'll kiver that , and go the best of my pile over that , " says he . " Who'll we leave it to ? " " Wall , you may leave it to ...
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98 Nassau agin airth an't answered April Fool asked beautiful bill boat Broadway called Captain cents cried daguerreotype darned daugh dear dinner Doctor dollars door dress exclaimed eyes face father feller fire fool gentleman girl give green un guess half hand head hear heard Hezekiah honor Hoosier horse husband inquired Jenny Lind John Bull joke Jonathan kiss landlord laugh look Louis Napoleon marriage married master morning mother never nigger night nose ogre old Roan Oldpot once party poor pretty replied Sally seat stand steamboat story stranger street sure tail tell thee there's thing thought tion tism told took turned Uncle Jess walk what's wife wish woman YANKEE NOTIONS yeou young lady
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Página 154 - Locke," to me far more than Bramah's patent worth, — And now my losses I deplore, without a " Home " on earth. If once a book you let them lift, another they conceal, For though I caught them stealing "Swift,
Página 160 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul...
Página 158 - A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Página 113 - Ay, when he undertakes it, He'll make the thing, and the machine that makes it; And, when the thing is made, — whether it be To move on earth, in air, or on the sea. Whether on water, o'er the waves to glide, Or, upon land, to roll, revolve or slide, Whether to whirl or jar, to strike or ring. Whether it be a piston or a spring, Wheel, pulley, tube sonorous, wood or brass, — The thing designed shall surely come to pass; For, when his hand's upon it, you may know That there's go in it, and he'll...
Página 113 - That murmurs from his pumpkin-leaf trombone, Conspire to teach the boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered reed, His wind-mill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or, if his father lives upon the shore, You'll see his ship, beam ends upon the floor, Full rigged, with raking masts and timbers staunch, And waiting, near the wash-tub, for a launch.
Página 19 - A gentle failure of the perceptions comes creeping over one, the spirit of consciousness disengages itself more and more, with slow and hushing degrees, like a mother detaching her hand from that of her sleeping child; the mind seems to have a balmy lid closing over it, like the eye; — 'tis closing; — 'tis more closing; — 'tis closed. The mysterious spirit has gone to take its airy rounds.
Página 35 - As he button'd up his pocket with a condescending bow. And once again we met ; but no bandit chief was there ; His rouge was off, and gone that head of once luxuriant hair: He lodges in a two-pair back, and...
Página 360 - I used to be called a Frenchman, because I took the French side in politics: and though this was unjust, yet the truth is, I should have been a French atheist, if it had not been for one recollection, and that was, the memory of the time when my departed mother used to take my little hands in hers, and cause me on my knees to say, ' Our Father which art in heaven...
Página 67 - To die: to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...