Nature and human nature, by the author of 'Sam Slick, the clockmaker'. |
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... talk alike ; but being free and enlightened citizens , we jist talk as we please . " " Ah , my good friend , you always please when you talk , and that is more than can be said of most men . " " And so will you , " he replied , " if you ...
... talk alike ; but being free and enlightened citizens , we jist talk as we please . " " Ah , my good friend , you always please when you talk , and that is more than can be said of most men . " " And so will you , " he replied , " if you ...
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... talk face to face . Now , Squire , I am really what I assume to be — I am , in fact , Sam Slick the Clockmaker , and nobody else . It is of no consequence , however , to the world whether this is really my name or an assumed one . If it ...
... talk face to face . Now , Squire , I am really what I assume to be — I am , in fact , Sam Slick the Clockmaker , and nobody else . It is of no consequence , however , to the world whether this is really my name or an assumed one . If it ...
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... talk alike , nor look alike , though perhaps we may think alike on some sub- jects . You was bred and born here in ... talking about , which I am sorry to say is not quite so common a thing in the world as people suppose . The English ...
... talk alike , nor look alike , though perhaps we may think alike on some sub- jects . You was bred and born here in ... talking about , which I am sorry to say is not quite so common a thing in the world as people suppose . The English ...
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... talking about . Even the New Englanders themselves , cute as they be , often use the word foolishly ; for , Squire , would you believe it , none of them , though they answer to and acknowledge the appellation of Yankee with pride , can ...
... talking about . Even the New Englanders themselves , cute as they be , often use the word foolishly ; for , Squire , would you believe it , none of them , though they answer to and acknowledge the appellation of Yankee with pride , can ...
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... talks of Toleration and Equal Rights , and calls the Duke of Tuscany a broth of a boy , and a light to illumine heretical darkness , don't talk this nonsense to please the outs or ins , for he don't care a snap of his finger for either ...
... talks of Toleration and Equal Rights , and calls the Duke of Tuscany a broth of a boy , and a light to illumine heretical darkness , don't talk this nonsense to please the outs or ins , for he don't care a snap of his finger for either ...
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