Doesticks: What He SaysE. Livermore, 1855 - Всего страниц: 330 |
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Doesticks: What He Says Q. K. Philander Doesticks,Making of America Project Недоступно для просмотра - 2016 |
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Стр. 132 - I determined to give something more, and being so far cityßed in my habits that I desired to combine amusement with charity, and only give my money to the needy after I had received its worth in dancing, got its full value in foreign music at a high price, or eaten its equivalent in oysters and ice-cream at some kind of a pseudo-charitable gathering, I looked about me for some fitting opportunity to bestow my charity on the deserving poor, after making it previously pay for some delectation for...
Стр. 31 - ... consequence collision, awful, knocked out the wheelbarrow's nose, broke the Irish woman all to pieces, baby loose, court-house handy, took me to the constable, jury sat on me, and the jail said the magistrate must take me to the constable ; objected ; the dungeon put me into the darkest constable in the city ; got out, and here I am, prepared to stick to my original opinion. Niagara, non est excelsos (ego fui) humbug est! índignus aimirationi I v. Jfclitìtì».
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Стр. 29 - ... didn't feel sublime any ; tried to, but couldn't ; took some beer, and tried again, but failed — drank a glass of beer and began to feel better — thought the waters were sent for and were on a journey to the ; thought the place below was one sea of beer — was going to jump down and get some ; guide held me ; sent him over to the hotel to get a glass of beer, while I tried to write some poetry...
Стр. 126 - Hundred ; right put in all sorts of fantastic extras, to entice the left from its sense of propriety ; left still unmoved ; right put in a few bars of a popular waltz ; left wavers a little ; right strikes up a favorite polka ; left evidently yielding ; right dashes into a jig ; left now fairly deserts...
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