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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.
AS SOT DOWN BI JOSH. I pray you, never seem tew want enny thing. If you hav not got even a wheelbarrow, talk with If you are caught with a rent in yure coat, be az If questioned about yure ansesstors, remember Eat puddin and milk simply becaus it is healthy. Your wife and children never look so well tew
If spoken ov for offiss, take notiss ov this or that If you would borry a sum ov munny, ask for it If invited tew dinner—hessitate, but yield upon Make az menny fren ds you kan—never, but as Always sing, for thus you may get the envy ov Live in the world az one ov its most familyer Never argu, and never be convinced. But chiefly, never want ennything; for thus you Menny a man haz died rich, and ben kalled wize, When you are asked tew admirate an equipage,
If you are poor, ask Alexander tew stand out ov Dew not envy ennything on arth, not even a Talk familiarly ov wealth—deceave every one but Never show the world mutch ov yure hart; keep N. B.—This philosophee has made the Billings
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]. |