Popular American readings in prose and verse, ed. by R. FordRobert Ford 1893 |
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... Brother Eyer , Who persisted every Sabbath - day in singing with the choir ; He was poor , but genteel looking , and his heart as snow was white , And his old face beamed with sweetness when he sang with all his might . His voice was ...
... Brother Eyer , Who persisted every Sabbath - day in singing with the choir ; He was poor , but genteel looking , and his heart as snow was white , And his old face beamed with sweetness when he sang with all his might . His voice was ...
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... Brother York Who last winter made a million on a sudden rise in pork , Rose and moved that a Committee wait at once on Brother Eyer , And proceed to rake him lively for disturbing of the choir . Says he , " In that ' ere organ I've ...
... Brother York Who last winter made a million on a sudden rise in pork , Rose and moved that a Committee wait at once on Brother Eyer , And proceed to rake him lively for disturbing of the choir . Says he , " In that ' ere organ I've ...
الصفحة 11
... brother York a nudge ; " And the choir , too , " he echoed , with the graveness of a judge . " You understand , dear brother , when we bargained for the chorus , That they were to relieve — that is , to do the singing for us ; If we ...
... brother York a nudge ; " And the choir , too , " he echoed , with the graveness of a judge . " You understand , dear brother , when we bargained for the chorus , That they were to relieve — that is , to do the singing for us ; If we ...
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... Brother Eyer was dead ; Yes , dead ; his hand had raised the veil the future hangs before us , And the Master dear had called him to the everlasting chorus . The choir missed him for a while , but soon he was forgot ; A few church ...
... Brother Eyer was dead ; Yes , dead ; his hand had raised the veil the future hangs before us , And the Master dear had called him to the everlasting chorus . The choir missed him for a while , but soon he was forgot ; A few church ...
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... brothers and sisters , " said Mr. Thompson , with grim deliberation , " one year to- day since my son came home from eating of wine - husks . Look at him now . Char - les Thompson , stand up . " ( Charles Thompson stood up . ) " One ...
... brothers and sisters , " said Mr. Thompson , with grim deliberation , " one year to- day since my son came home from eating of wine - husks . Look at him now . Char - les Thompson , stand up . " ( Charles Thompson stood up . ) " One ...
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الصفحة 121 - Now, in building of chaises, I tell you what, There is always, somewhere, a weakest spot — In hub, tire, felloe, in spring or thill, In panel or cross-bar, or floor, or sill, In screw, bolt, thorough-brace — lurking still, Find it somewhere you must and will — Above or below, or within or without — And that's the reason, beyond a doubt, A chaise breaks down, but doesn't wear out. But the Deacon swore — (as Deacons do, With an "I dew vum...
الصفحة 122 - naow she'll dew!" Do! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less! Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, Deacon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren — where were they? But there stood the stout old one-hoss shay As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquake-day! EIGHTEEN HUNDRED; — it came and found The Deacon's masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred increased by ten; — "Hahnsum kerridge
الصفحة 92 - Smiley was monstrous proud of his frog, and well he might be, for fellers that had traveled and been everywheres, all said he laid over any frog that ever they see. Well, Smiley...
الصفحة 120 - HAVE you heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then of a sudden, it ah, but stay...
الصفحة 91 - Webster was the name of the frog — and sing out, ' Flies, Dan'l, flies ! ' and quicker'n you could wink he'd spring straight up and snake a fly...
الصفحة 92 - And Smiley says, sorter indifferent-like, "It might be a parrot, or it might be a canary, maybe, but it ain't — it's only just a frog." And the feller took it, and looked at it careful, and turned it round this way and that, and says, "H'm — so 'tis. Well, what's he good for ?" "Well," Smiley says, easy and careless, "he's good enough for one thing, I should judge — he can outjump any frog in Calaveras County.
الصفحة 105 - I've studied owls And other night fowls, And I tell you What I know to be true : An owl cannot roost With his limbs so unloosed; No owl in this world Ever had his claws curled, Ever had his legs slanted, Ever had his bill canted, Ever had his neck screwed Into that attitude. He can't do it, because 'Tis against all bird-laws.
الصفحة 92 - ... and set him on the floor. Smiley he went to the swamp and slopped around in the mud for a long time, and finally he ketched a frog and fetched him in and give him to this feller...
الصفحة 110 - This is our man," the courier said ; " Our luck has led us aright. I will give you a hundred ducats, friend, For the loan of your shirt to-night." The merry blackguard lay back on the grass, And laughed till his face was black ; " I would do it, God wot," and he roared with the fun, " But I haven'ta shirt to my back.
الصفحة 48 - I'm on an awful strain, in this palaver, on account of having to cramp down and draw everything so mild. But we've got to give him up. There ain't any getting around that, I don't reckon. Now if we can get you to help plant him — " "Preach the funeral discourse? Assist at the obsequies?