Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Том 2Thomas L. Masson Doubleday, Page, 1903 |
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... heard the bell and the pilot's hail , " What's your price for wood ? " A youthful voice on the shore answered , " Three and a quarter ! " " D —nèt ! ” ejaculated the Captain , who had just lost the price of two cords to the pilot — the ...
... heard the bell and the pilot's hail , " What's your price for wood ? " A youthful voice on the shore answered , " Three and a quarter ! " " D —nèt ! ” ejaculated the Captain , who had just lost the price of two cords to the pilot — the ...
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Thomas L. Masson. The other pilot's voice was again heard on deck- " How much have you ? " " Only about ten cords , sir , " was the reply of the youthful salesman . The Captain here told Thompson to take six cords , which would last till ...
Thomas L. Masson. The other pilot's voice was again heard on deck- " How much have you ? " " Only about ten cords , sir , " was the reply of the youthful salesman . The Captain here told Thompson to take six cords , which would last till ...
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... heard regulating the price of cotton - wood squeaked out the following sentence , accom- panied by the same leer of the same yellow countenance : " Why , darn it all , Capting , there is but three or four cords left , and since it's you ...
... heard regulating the price of cotton - wood squeaked out the following sentence , accom- panied by the same leer of the same yellow countenance : " Why , darn it all , Capting , there is but three or four cords left , and since it's you ...
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... heard a sound as if from the tumbling of barrels , followed by a dull , thumping noise , like spirit- rappings , and went below , where the first object which met my eye was a mouse creeping along the beam out of an excavation in my ...
... heard a sound as if from the tumbling of barrels , followed by a dull , thumping noise , like spirit- rappings , and went below , where the first object which met my eye was a mouse creeping along the beam out of an excavation in my ...
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... heard of him since . Strange fears have sometimes crossed my mind that his venerable appearance may have been actually the result of senility , and that he may have been gathered peacefully to his fathers in a green old age . I have ...
... heard of him since . Strange fears have sometimes crossed my mind that his venerable appearance may have been actually the result of senility , and that he may have been gathered peacefully to his fathers in a green old age . I have ...
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ain't Ann Ryan apple tree asked bein Bilkins Bob Ingersoll bore BRET HARTE called Captain chair Cherokee Strip Clarence Cochin China Colonel Coquette dear dollars Dolly door Euphemia father feller fence friends garden gate George George Washington give goat Gus Johnson hand haythen head hear heard hour Hushaby Jaalam JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL jess tree JOHN GODFREY SAXE kind knew ladder Lisette little hatchet little Iron-clad looked Lord Edward Lullaby Margaret MARY MAPES DODGE McGinnis's Court Melons mind missus never night nodded nose nothin O'Rourke old gentleman once Peter Pomona replied Reverend ring says Shanghai smile Smith soul stood story talk there's thet thet's thing thought told took tooth turn Tushmaker Uncle Popworth Washington Whad Whiffles Williams window woman Wortleby
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