The Wit and Humor of America, Том 1Marshall Pinckney Wilder Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1911 - 2042 страница |
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... Girl , " by William Russell Rose , and “ A Poe - ' em of Passion , " by Charles F. Lummis . LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE for " The Modern Farmer , " by Jack Appleton ; " The Wicked Zebra " and " The Happy Land , " by Frank Roe Batchelder ; " A ...
... Girl , " by William Russell Rose , and “ A Poe - ' em of Passion , " by Charles F. Lummis . LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE for " The Modern Farmer , " by Jack Appleton ; " The Wicked Zebra " and " The Happy Land , " by Frank Roe Batchelder ; " A ...
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... girl . I like her face immensely , Archie - im- mensely . She is willing to begin at once , which shows that she is eager , and consequently likely to suit us . Wait for me , Archie , while I take her to the kitchen . Kom , Gerda ...
... girl . I like her face immensely , Archie - im- mensely . She is willing to begin at once , which shows that she is eager , and consequently likely to suit us . Wait for me , Archie , while I take her to the kitchen . Kom , Gerda ...
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... girl , who has come here to ' live her life , ' or ' work out her inheritance . ' Perhaps , dear , she has some interesting internal disease , or a maggoty brain . Don't you think , Archie , that the Ibsen inheritances are always most ...
... girl , who has come here to ' live her life , ' or ' work out her inheritance . ' Perhaps , dear , she has some interesting internal disease , or a maggoty brain . Don't you think , Archie , that the Ibsen inheritances are always most ...
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... girl , who stood around and gaped at her Swedish . " Gerda , " said Letitia , with her eyes on the book , “ Gif mir apven senap och nägra potäter . " And then , as Miss Lyberg dived for the drowned potatoes , Letitia exclaimed in an ...
... girl , who stood around and gaped at her Swedish . " Gerda , " said Letitia , with her eyes on the book , “ Gif mir apven senap och nägra potäter . " And then , as Miss Lyberg dived for the drowned potatoes , Letitia exclaimed in an ...
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... girl , and only needs to be told . It is very horrid , of course . " " And unappetizing ! " I chimed in . " Of course - certainly unappetizing . I couldn't think of anything Swedish to say , but I said several things in English . She ...
... girl , and only needs to be told . It is very horrid , of course . " " And unappetizing ! " I chimed in . " Of course - certainly unappetizing . I couldn't think of anything Swedish to say , but I said several things in English . She ...
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Abel ag'in ain't ALFRED HENRY LEWIS Archie asked Aunt Aunt Nancy beat beeg bout called Chambly Charlesbridge COMPANY Corona cried Darby dat's dere dogs door Eunice eyes feel folks friends Gelett Burgess Gents Gerda girl Grizzly-Gru hair han's hands head heart Hollins hosses JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Jim Phillips John Johnson kindo kitchen knew lady laff laugh Letitia live look Lyberg Ma-dam matter Melons mighty mind Mirandy Miss Ringtop moch moleses mountain lions muskeeter never nothin panther peared Pete Jones play Ralph Robinson he Sez round says the feller sech seemed Shelldrake shore singin smile soul spelled Squire Swedish talk tell thar's thing thought to-day took turn Twiller w'at w'en walk whar whur William Henry Drummond woman words Wouter Van Twiller young
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