Melibœus-Hipponax. The Biglow papers, ed. with an intr. &c. by Homer Wilbur |
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... lands ; Whatever thing he had to do He did , and made it pay him , too ; He sold his waste stone by the pound , His drains made water - wheels spin round , His ice in summer time he sold , His wood brought profit when ' twas cold , He ...
... lands ; Whatever thing he had to do He did , and made it pay him , too ; He sold his waste stone by the pound , His drains made water - wheels spin round , His ice in summer time he sold , His wood brought profit when ' twas cold , He ...
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... land ; a lot I know , that cheaply can be bo't ; You lend the cash , I'll buy the acres , And we'll be equally partakers . " Poor North , whose Anglo - Saxon blood Gave him a hankering after mud , Wavered a moment , then consented , And ...
... land ; a lot I know , that cheaply can be bo't ; You lend the cash , I'll buy the acres , And we'll be equally partakers . " Poor North , whose Anglo - Saxon blood Gave him a hankering after mud , Wavered a moment , then consented , And ...
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... land that you want ; " " Yes , but your hogs , " cried North . " The grain Won't hurt them , " answered South again ; " But they destroy my grain ; " " No doubt ; ' Tis fortunate you've found it out ; Misfortunes teach , and only they ...
... land that you want ; " " Yes , but your hogs , " cried North . " The grain Won't hurt them , " answered South again ; " But they destroy my grain ; " " No doubt ; ' Tis fortunate you've found it out ; Misfortunes teach , and only they ...
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... land " — " I paid the money ; ' " That , " answered South , " is from the point , The ownership , you'll grant , is joint ; I'm sure my only hope and trust is Not law so much as abstract justice , Though , you remember , ' twas agreed ...
... land " — " I paid the money ; ' " That , " answered South , " is from the point , The ownership , you'll grant , is joint ; I'm sure my only hope and trust is Not law so much as abstract justice , Though , you remember , ' twas agreed ...
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... so universal and newspapers are so multitudinous , so no phrase remains long local , but is transplanted in the mail - bags to every remotest corner of the land . Consequently our dialect approaches 30 INTRODUCTION .
... so universal and newspapers are so multitudinous , so no phrase remains long local , but is transplanted in the mail - bags to every remotest corner of the land . Consequently our dialect approaches 30 INTRODUCTION .
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a-goin afore agin ain't aint arter ATLANTIC MONTHLY bein Biglow BIRDOFREDUM BRIDGE critters Deacon discourse doos Doughface dreffle eend England F. C. BURNAND feller folks thet fore frum furder fust ghosts gittin give goin gret guess hed n't heerd holl HOMER WILBUR HOSEA idees Jaalam Jedge Jeff jine ketch kind Knott larn letter lickin look mind Mister MONIMENT nary nateral natural never nigger North nothin ollers on't on'y ough pint pooty reader roun round Sawin sech seemed sence settin Sez John sogers soul South Southun spile spirits spose sunthin T. W. Robertson tell ye ther There's thet thet wuz thet's thing thought thout thru took Twunt Uncle warn't wun't wut's wuth Yankee young
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Sivu 43 - GUVENER B. is a sensible man; He stays to his home an' looks arter his folks; He draws his furrer ez straight ez he can, An' into nobody's tater-patch pokes; — But John P. Robinson he Sez he wunt vote fer Guvener B. My! aint it terrible? Wut shall we du? We can't never choose him, o...
Sivu x - An' yit she gin her cheer a jerk Ez though she wished him furder, An' on her apples kep' to work, Parin
Sivu 45 - In virtue of our clay, this little ball of earth exacts a certain loyalty of us, while, in our capacity as spirits, we are admitted citizens of an invisible and holier fatherland. There is a patriotism of the soul whose claim absolves us from our other and terrene fealty. Our true country is that ideal realm which we represent to ourselves under the names of religion, duty, and the like.
Sivu 163 - May-day seldom looks Up in the country ez it doos in books ; They 're no more like than hornets'- nests an" hives, Or printed sarmons be to holy lives. I, with my trouses perched on cow-hide boots, Tuggin' my foundered feet out by the roots, Hev seen ye come to fling on April's hearse Your muslin nosegays from the milliner's, Puzzlin...
Sivu 44 - Parson Wilbur sez he never heerd in his life Thet th' Apostles rigged out in their swaller-tail coats, An" marched round in front of a drum an' a fife, To git some on "em office, an' some on 'em votes; But John P.
Sivu 31 - So's to lug new slave-states in To abuse ye, an' to scorn ye, An' to plunder ye like sin. Aint it cute to see a Yankee Take sech everlastin...
Sivu 127 - Whose youth from thee by gripin' need was wrung, Brown foundlin' o' the woods, whose baby-bed Was prowled roun' by the Injun's cracklin' tread, An' who grew'st strong thru shifts an...
Sivu 43 - He's ben true to one party — an' thet is himself; So John P. Robinson he Sez he shall vote fer Gineral C. Gineral C. he goes in fer the war; He don't...
Sivu 66 - Uncle Sam I reverence, Partic'larly his pockets. I du believe in any plan O' levyin' the taxes, Ez long ez, like a lumberman, I git jest wut I axes ; I go free-trade thru thick an' thin, Because it kind o' rouses The folks to vote, — an' keeps us in Our quiet custom-houses.
Sivu 128 - By fits an' starts, in Yankee hearts, Though 't may surprise JB More 'n it would you an' me." Ef l turned mad dogs loose, John, On your front-parlor stairs, Would it jest meet your views, John, To wait an' sue their heirs ? Ole Uncle S.