A Sketch of the Life of John M. Todd: (sixty-two Years in a Barber Shop) and Reminiscences of His CustomersW. W. Roberts Company, 1906 - 322 pages |
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... tub bottom fell out . Father had been a sea captain , and in the War of 1812 he was driven ashore by an English man - of - war and lost all be pos- sessed . He became disheartened and sank under the weight SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN M TODD,
... tub bottom fell out . Father had been a sea captain , and in the War of 1812 he was driven ashore by an English man - of - war and lost all be pos- sessed . He became disheartened and sank under the weight SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN M TODD,
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... captain , with his speak- ing trumpet , told them he had lost a boy overboard , but they did not get the name , so ... captain said to me , " John , I want you to see Frank's mother and tell her all the particulars about his death ...
... captain , with his speak- ing trumpet , told them he had lost a boy overboard , but they did not get the name , so ... captain said to me , " John , I want you to see Frank's mother and tell her all the particulars about his death ...
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... Captain , do you believe that was a man he saw ? " " Ask me no questions , John , but it was a very strange thing that you could not see him . " I went to see the mother . The house stood a few rods from the street , in a field . She ...
... Captain , do you believe that was a man he saw ? " " Ask me no questions , John , but it was a very strange thing that you could not see him . " I went to see the mother . The house stood a few rods from the street , in a field . She ...
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... captain would boastingly say , she was built entirely of white oak and hackmatack . I never saw a vessel that co beat her on the wind , or beating to the wind- ward . On one occasion there was a vessel trying to pass us . I was a boy ...
... captain would boastingly say , she was built entirely of white oak and hackmatack . I never saw a vessel that co beat her on the wind , or beating to the wind- ward . On one occasion there was a vessel trying to pass us . I was a boy ...
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... captain saw him , grasped a bucket of water and threw it over him . He looked at the captain and said , " You have done a d- sight . " At that the captain , a quick - tempered man , threw the bucket and struck the cook over his eye ...
... captain saw him , grasped a bucket of water and threw it over him . He looked at the captain and said , " You have done a d- sight . " At that the captain , a quick - tempered man , threw the bucket and struck the cook over his eye ...
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A Sketch of the Life of John M Todd: Sixty-Two Years in A Barber Shop and ... John M. Todd No preview available - 2008 |
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN M T John M. B. 1821 Todd,Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Con No preview available - 2016 |
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN M T John M. B. 1821 Todd,Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Con No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 219 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale! In spite of rock and tempest roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 223 - And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 262 - And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold ; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Page 222 - And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child. In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
Page 231 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 222 - I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason...
Page 246 - FOR A' THAT, AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that; The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 219 - We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 280 - BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 220 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.