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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... speaking I thought I would say a word in regard to God's Providence . I said , " Mother , there is no mystery but ignorance . Had you at that time , when you threw yourself into the chair and wept over your poverty , known that at that ...
... speaking I thought I would say a word in regard to God's Providence . I said , " Mother , there is no mystery but ignorance . Had you at that time , when you threw yourself into the chair and wept over your poverty , known that at that ...
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... speak to the rich now just the same ) . I said to the boys , " Hush , there comes David Dunlap ! " and I meant no disrespect to him . He heard me , took me by the arm pretty hard and said , " Whose boy are you ? Go home and tell your ...
... speak to the rich now just the same ) . I said to the boys , " Hush , there comes David Dunlap ! " and I meant no disrespect to him . He heard me , took me by the arm pretty hard and said , " Whose boy are you ? Go home and tell your ...
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... speak a piece . I was introduced as " Master Todd " or Mr. Norvel . And I commenced : " My name is Norvel . On the Grampian hills my father feeds his flock ; a frugal swain , whose constant care was to increase his store and keep his ...
... speak a piece . I was introduced as " Master Todd " or Mr. Norvel . And I commenced : " My name is Norvel . On the Grampian hills my father feeds his flock ; a frugal swain , whose constant care was to increase his store and keep his ...
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... speak to us to save him ? Why did you not speak to him as we passed by , and you declared to me that you were looking at him all the time you were walking aft ? You were abreast of him while you were coming aft to call my attention that ...
... speak to us to save him ? Why did you not speak to him as we passed by , and you declared to me that you were looking at him all the time you were walking aft ? You were abreast of him while you were coming aft to call my attention that ...
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... speak- ing trumpet , told them he had lost a boy overboard , but they did not get the name , so when they arrived in port , a month before we did , they reported the loss of a boy from our vessel . Of course , each mother thought it was ...
... speak- ing trumpet , told them he had lost a boy overboard , but they did not get the name , so when they arrived in port , a month before we did , they reported the loss of a boy from our vessel . Of course , each mother thought it was ...
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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 |
A Sketch of the Life of John M. Todd: Sixty-Two Years in a Barber Shop, and ... John M. Todd No preview available - 2018 |
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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.