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Billings, Josh, 1818-1885 [1868], Josh Billings on ice, and other things. With comic illustrations by J. H. Howard. (G. W. Carleton & Co., New York) [word count] [eaf675T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
It don't appear tew me that envy kan pay well, Hope often cheats us, but yet how eazy it is tew Men ov talents kan be criticised, but a genius Mi idee ov fust-rate poetry iz that kind that reads Yu kant phool a wise man with praise that aint Persekution will make even kanada thissells grow. If you trade with a Yankee, steal hiz jack-knife Passion makes more mistakes than ignorance duz.
Fools don't kno their strength; if they did, they Buty iz a dangerous gift; for it is seldum accompanied Most ennyboddy kan slide down hill: thare iz A man may be a very good judge ov a county What a cumfort it iz tew be pittyed by a 200-thousand-dollar One ov mi ideas ov a perfect gentleman iz, the I kno ov no love, that is so much love, and I love the old primeval forests. I love them bekause I hav got a dreadful poor memory, and think I
Tru happiness seems tew consist in wanting awl I don't belief in total abstinence, enny more than Politeness iz dreadful simple if yu take the ceremony The most selfish persons I hav ever known hav Prudery iz virtue, always willing to be tempted. Thare iz nothing that will hu a man tew a sharp Gold iz the standard ov value, but wisdum iz the
Billings, Josh, 1818-1885 [1868], Josh Billings on ice, and other things. With comic illustrations by J. H. Howard. (G. W. Carleton & Co., New York) [word count] [eaf675T]. |