Selections of American Humour in Prose and VerseJohn Hamer Cassell, 1883 - 318 pages |
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Page 66
... soon on the road again , all serene ; though I believe the doctor did observe that such a thing could not have occurred under a monarchical form of government . We reach Weber station , thirty miles from Salt Lake City , and wildly ...
... soon on the road again , all serene ; though I believe the doctor did observe that such a thing could not have occurred under a monarchical form of government . We reach Weber station , thirty miles from Salt Lake City , and wildly ...
Page 139
... soon ; Alas ! that I the truth must speak , And say that in the fourteenth week , Soon as the wedding guests were gone , And their wedding suits began to doff , Min - Ne was weeping and " taking - on , " For he had been trying to " take ...
... soon ; Alas ! that I the truth must speak , And say that in the fourteenth week , Soon as the wedding guests were gone , And their wedding suits began to doff , Min - Ne was weeping and " taking - on , " For he had been trying to " take ...
Page 255
... Soon they grew wider in their scope , Whenever Knott a door would ope , It would ope not , or else elope And fly back ( curbless as a trope Once started down a stanza's slope By a bard that gave it too much rope ) Like a clap of thunder ...
... Soon they grew wider in their scope , Whenever Knott a door would ope , It would ope not , or else elope And fly back ( curbless as a trope Once started down a stanza's slope By a bard that gave it too much rope ) Like a clap of thunder ...
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