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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.
Just about in proportion that a woman bekums I don't think it will pay enny man tew be poor The sharpest men hav the fewest ideas, but, like Them hosses who ackt just az though they waz Ridicule iz the only successful persecution i kno Tew git at the full sublimity ov a wimmins right
Avarice makes villins ov sum, and growling Philosophy iz the art ov making ourselfs happy, Marrying for love iz postponed for the present; in Pleazure iz just az natural az smelling; thare is az We should make virtue our master, not our servant. Pitty is the poorest beggar ov the whole lot. “Pitty Generosity, az a general thing, haz more pride
Even truth haz a ridickilous side tew it, which it Sum people lose twice when they bet; they bet “Early impreshuns are the most lasting”—the Reputashun is a good deal like a bond-fire, yu hav I was once asked if mi fourfathers was Englishmen. Good wit iz sumthing like good luck,—the more
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]. |