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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.
I hav looked into the philosophy ov politeness,
Ginowine politeness is a nice mixture ov vanity It will take a man along slikly, whose money Nobody can stand, without quailing, before a It mite not save a man from gitting kicked bi a Thare is one other compound in ginowine perliteness,
Deference will win oftener than double sixes. If you want tew beat a man out ov his opinyun, I am not prepared tew call deference always a If it is natural, it quite often degenerates into The deference that exists between equals, (altho Thare is 2 kinds of politeness, the ripe, and 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]. |