Selections of American Humour in Prose and VerseJohn Hamer Cassell, 1883 - 318 pages |
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... talk with landlord Townsend about the State of Maine . He came from that bleak region , having skinned his infantile eyes in York County . He was at Nauvoo , and was forced to sell out his entire property there for $ 50 . He has thrived ...
... talk with landlord Townsend about the State of Maine . He came from that bleak region , having skinned his infantile eyes in York County . He was at Nauvoo , and was forced to sell out his entire property there for $ 50 . He has thrived ...
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John Hamer. LOVE IN A COTTAGE . THEY may talk of love in a cottage , And bowers of trellised vine- Of nature ... talks of pies ! You lie down to your shady slumber And wake with a fly in your ear And your damsel that walks in the morning ...
John Hamer. LOVE IN A COTTAGE . THEY may talk of love in a cottage , And bowers of trellised vine- Of nature ... talks of pies ! You lie down to your shady slumber And wake with a fly in your ear And your damsel that walks in the morning ...
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... talk . And they said they hadn't thought on't before , but now , come to think on't , they was sure it would ; and they all went and talked with somebody else , and asked them if they didn't think it would make talk . So come Sunday ...
... talk . And they said they hadn't thought on't before , but now , come to think on't , they was sure it would ; and they all went and talked with somebody else , and asked them if they didn't think it would make talk . So come Sunday ...
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