Traits of American Humour, Том 2Thomas Chandler Haliburton Colburn and Company, 1852 |
Из књиге
Резултати 1-5 од 20
Страница 90
... sorter hard ; but when I tho't how putty she did look last singin ' school day , —with her eyes as blue as indiger , and her teath white as milk , and sich long curlin ' hare hanging clear down to her belt ribbun , and sich butiful rosy ...
... sorter hard ; but when I tho't how putty she did look last singin ' school day , —with her eyes as blue as indiger , and her teath white as milk , and sich long curlin ' hare hanging clear down to her belt ribbun , and sich butiful rosy ...
Страница 91
... sorter squeasin ' of Barbry's , I sot down . There was old Miss Bass , Barbry and Siah Bass , her brother , a monstrus hand at possums - old Kurnel Hard , a goin to cort and stopp'd short to rite old Miss Basses will , with Squire Britt ...
... sorter squeasin ' of Barbry's , I sot down . There was old Miss Bass , Barbry and Siah Bass , her brother , a monstrus hand at possums - old Kurnel Hard , a goin to cort and stopp'd short to rite old Miss Basses will , with Squire Britt ...
Страница 92
... sorter gron'd like , what it were at I don't know , ' cept she were bothered ' bout her consarns - or thinkin ' ' bout her will which she had jist sined . Bimeby Barbry cum back , and sot on a cheer clost by me . She was a workin ' of a ...
... sorter gron'd like , what it were at I don't know , ' cept she were bothered ' bout her consarns - or thinkin ' ' bout her will which she had jist sined . Bimeby Barbry cum back , and sot on a cheer clost by me . She was a workin ' of a ...
Страница 93
... sorter in a curous way behind . " Thinks I , what's comin ' next - when old Miss Bass , knockin ' the ashes outer her pipe , gethered up her shuse and went off . Then Barbry blushed and begun talkin ' ' bout the singin ' meetin ' , and ...
... sorter in a curous way behind . " Thinks I , what's comin ' next - when old Miss Bass , knockin ' the ashes outer her pipe , gethered up her shuse and went off . Then Barbry blushed and begun talkin ' ' bout the singin ' meetin ' , and ...
Страница 94
... sorter poutin ' up and jist tossin ' her head , " If them's your sentiments why don't you cort her ? For my part , I knows sev'ral young ladies that's jist as smart , and can sing as many songs , and dance as well , and as for her bein ...
... sorter poutin ' up and jist tossin ' her head , " If them's your sentiments why don't you cort her ? For my part , I knows sev'ral young ladies that's jist as smart , and can sing as many songs , and dance as well , and as for her bein ...
Чести термини и фразе
afore agin AGNES STRICKLAND arter asked Barbry bear Betsy Bill bleve Bob Smith bound bout boys Brush Captain Cheaper Edition child Chunkey CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS COLBURN AND CO.'S Colt Court cousin Sally Dilliard creek daddy Daniel Newnan darn exclaimed eyes feller folks fust Fydget gentleman give goin gwine hand Hannah head hearn heerd holler Horace Walpole horse hoss interesting jist Josh kneas Kurnel lady Leniter licker look matter MEMOIRS mind Miss Collis never nigger nothin old Miss Bass old roan oman panter passun Peablossom Peerages Peerages of Scotland Peleg Peter Brush Polly post 8vo replied round Salix says Sheriff side Simon sort sorter spect Squire stop Suggs t'other tarnation tell thar thar ain't thar's there's thet thing thought Uncle Josey vols warn't Warrick whar what's
Популарни одломци
Страница 184 - 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.
Страница 11 - 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...
Страница 1 - 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.
Страница 1 - 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
Страница 11 - ... 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...
Страница 16 - 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.
Страница 9 - 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.
Страница 7 - 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.