The Ten Books of the Merrymakers, Том 1Marshall Pinckney Wilder Circle Publishing Company, 1908 |
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... beat a base - drum better than any man I ever knew . " Robert J. Burdette , who wrote columns of capital humor for The Burlington Hawkeye and told stories su- perbly , on his first visit to New York was spirited to a notable club ...
... beat a base - drum better than any man I ever knew . " Robert J. Burdette , who wrote columns of capital humor for The Burlington Hawkeye and told stories su- perbly , on his first visit to New York was spirited to a notable club ...
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... beat ; With every rose you get a thorn , But ain't the roses sweet ? " He does not deny the thorns , but calls attention to the sweetness of the roses - a gospel of compensation that speaks to the heart of all ; kind words of cheer to ...
... beat ; With every rose you get a thorn , But ain't the roses sweet ? " He does not deny the thorns , but calls attention to the sweetness of the roses - a gospel of compensation that speaks to the heart of all ; kind words of cheer to ...
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... beat the taown ' N ' the keounty ' n ' all the kentry raoun ' ; It should be so built that it couldn ' break daown : - " Fur , " said the Deacon , " t's mighty plain Thut the weakes ' place mus ' stan ' the strain ; ' N ' the way t ...
... beat the taown ' N ' the keounty ' n ' all the kentry raoun ' ; It should be so built that it couldn ' break daown : - " Fur , " said the Deacon , " t's mighty plain Thut the weakes ' place mus ' stan ' the strain ; ' N ' the way t ...
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... beat To find the Hider she was sent to find ; Here the distracted footprints of her feet Whereby her soul's Desire she came to greet . But why should they , her botch - work , turn about And stare disdain at me , her finished job ? Why ...
... beat To find the Hider she was sent to find ; Here the distracted footprints of her feet Whereby her soul's Desire she came to greet . But why should they , her botch - work , turn about And stare disdain at me , her finished job ? Why ...
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... beat a hasty re- treat , aghast at the revelation , and almost fell against Letitia , who , dropping her conversation book , came to see what had happened . " She's bathing ! " I gasped , " in the kitchen - among the plates - near the ...
... beat a hasty re- treat , aghast at the revelation , and almost fell against Letitia , who , dropping her conversation book , came to see what had happened . " She's bathing ! " I gasped , " in the kitchen - among the plates - near the ...
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