Welcome to PhiloLogic |
home | the ARTFL project | download | documentation | sample databases | |
Billings, Josh, 1818-1885 [1866], Josh Billings, hiz sayings. With comic illustrations. (Carleton, New York) [word count] [eaf674T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
Truth iz the onla thing I kno ov that kant be If yu want tew git a sure krop, and a big yield An insult tew one man iz an insult tew aul men. Cunning is curiosity satisfied, and curiosity satisfied Wize men don't expeck tu do away with the visisitudes Yu kan gorge avaris, but ambishun knows no A sarkastic wit iz a kind ov human pole-cat.
If thare is enny thing on this arth that angels I had rather be a reseiver ov stolen goods than Fame iz jist about az mutch use tew a ded man Sum people hav the power ov saing a good deal Slander iz played on a tin horn, while truth steals Yu kan judge ov sum men's karakters onla bi “Truth iz stranger than ficshun” — that iz tew I hav found a grate menny things in this wurld
“Meet me bi moonlite alone,” iz awl well enuff I don't kno ov but one thing on arth that kan After you hav made up yure mind jist what you We often hear ov men, who hav cum within an “The lapse ov ages,” iz a pleasant thing tew It iz not differkult tew find augers that wont bore, “Faith that iz founded on an arnest and truthful
Billings, Josh, 1818-1885 [1866], Josh Billings, hiz sayings. With comic illustrations. (Carleton, New York) [word count] [eaf674T]. |