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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 85
Page
... two Years in a Barber Shop) and Reminiscences of His Customers John M. Todd. JOHN M. TODD ( Si w tw Yempat Reminiscences of Hà Q ...... WETEN BY HIVST POL HAND WITAM W Korte to * DD . Fully You 1. M. Tod's 4689 OF JOHN A Stach.
... two Years in a Barber Shop) and Reminiscences of His Customers John M. Todd. JOHN M. TODD ( Si w tw Yempat Reminiscences of Hà Q ...... WETEN BY HIVST POL HAND WITAM W Korte to * DD . Fully You 1. M. Tod's 4689 OF JOHN A Stach.
Page
... hand , that makes me bolder And stirs the dreams that smolder To fires that shall not die . I long to feel the throbbing Of weary hearts and lone ; To still the sigh and sobbing That have not comfort known ; Bring smiles to faces ...
... hand , that makes me bolder And stirs the dreams that smolder To fires that shall not die . I long to feel the throbbing Of weary hearts and lone ; To still the sigh and sobbing That have not comfort known ; Bring smiles to faces ...
Page 3
... hand at it . I Sketch of the Life of John M. Todd WAS born in Durham , Maine , at the southwest bend of the Androscoggin River , when I was quite young , and I was not consulted in regard to the event . It was very near where ...
... hand at it . I Sketch of the Life of John M. Todd WAS born in Durham , Maine , at the southwest bend of the Androscoggin River , when I was quite young , and I was not consulted in regard to the event . It was very near where ...
Page 6
... hands when found . I was not over five years old and my sister took me in her arms and held me up so I could look in the face of my dear playmate . It was the first time I ever gazed upon the face of the dead . Oh , how it shocked me ...
... hands when found . I was not over five years old and my sister took me in her arms and held me up so I could look in the face of my dear playmate . It was the first time I ever gazed upon the face of the dead . Oh , how it shocked me ...
Page 14
... hands ran aft , throwing ropes overboard for me to catch . The captain said , " She has gone over him ; he is gone , sure . " They were about to lower the boat when they heard me shout , " I am all right . Come forward and help me up ...
... hands ran aft , throwing ropes overboard for me to catch . The captain said , " She has gone over him ; he is gone , sure . " They were about to lower the boat when they heard me shout , " I am all right . Come forward and help me up ...
Other editions - View all
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 |
Common terms and phrases
Annabel Lee answer asked barber beautiful boat Boston Bowdoin College brother Brown Caleb Cushing called Capt Captain cents Christ church cutter dark Dela divine doctor dollars Dunn earth Eastport face faith father fear feel fire friends gallic acid gave give gum arabic hair hand Harpswell heard heart heaven hundred J. P. Harrington Jewett John John Neal knew labor land laugh learned Leather French live Log Cabin Club looked Lord mind morning mother Neal Neal Dow never night Noyes ounce passed poor Portland prayer replied Shakers shaved ship slave smile soft water soul South Paris speak spirit stood street teach tell thee thing Thomas thou thought to-day Todd told took truth walk Weeks wife William Pitt Fessenden woman word young
Popular passages
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.