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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... human presence As a harbinger of woe , They had never known any greeting But a drunken curse or blow ! Had they pretty names ? What matter About a beggar's name Who skulked in poverty's darkness Under the shadow of shame ? No one spoke ...
... human presence As a harbinger of woe , They had never known any greeting But a drunken curse or blow ! Had they pretty names ? What matter About a beggar's name Who skulked in poverty's darkness Under the shadow of shame ? No one spoke ...
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... human life . It is a big word , this word " inspiration , " and must be given a definition commensurate with its bigness . There is a mighty truth at the heart of it which the world can- not afford to lose sight of . Inspiration is not ...
... human life . It is a big word , this word " inspiration , " and must be given a definition commensurate with its bigness . There is a mighty truth at the heart of it which the world can- not afford to lose sight of . Inspiration is not ...
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... humanity , I shall obey the law written on the tablet of my heart , in spite of all the man - made statutes , for when a man , rich or poor , bond or free , calls at my door and asks for bread he will spite of the fugitive slave law ...
... humanity , I shall obey the law written on the tablet of my heart , in spite of all the man - made statutes , for when a man , rich or poor , bond or free , calls at my door and asks for bread he will spite of the fugitive slave law ...
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... humanity to the other way . had not A few years before Captain Coyle left us for the " Gates Ajar , " he had purchased a forty dollar overcoat for the approach- ing winter . There was a Methodist convention here at the time and some of ...
... humanity to the other way . had not A few years before Captain Coyle left us for the " Gates Ajar , " he had purchased a forty dollar overcoat for the approach- ing winter . There was a Methodist convention here at the time and some of ...
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... human nature than any man I ever knew . I will let him tell the story of our first meeting , as he used to tell it to my customers : " One day , my barber being out , I hap- pened in this lunkhead's shop . I looked him over . I was ...
... human nature than any man I ever knew . I will let him tell the story of our first meeting , as he used to tell it to my customers : " One day , my barber being out , I hap- pened in this lunkhead's shop . I looked him over . I was ...
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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.