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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.
He who buys begrudgingly, pays the higest prise It iz jist about az mutch mizery tew want a dimond The author who rites for bred, wil giv hiz reeders a I never knu a fool who hadn't a good voice. Thieves hunt in couples, but a liar has no accomplice. Az men gro older, their opinyuns, like their disseazes,
Wimmin luv their hustbands, but tha worship The man who kant liv a week on hope, and then I often cum akross inidividoals, quite oftenly, who Az a gineral thing, if yu want tew git at the Thare iz a multitude of folks who mean well enuff Opportunitays, like eggs don't kum but one at a I luv to gaze upon a hily eddikated and intilektooal
True honour iz a keen perception ov what iz rite, “Giv the devil hiz due,” reads wel enuff in a If yu are happy, dont proklaim it tew the world, A jest iz sumthing that a fule admires, and a Vartue that haint bin tempted, and wine that Thare iz jist this difference between a fule and a
Billings, Josh, 1818-1885 [1866], Josh Billings, hiz sayings. With comic illustrations. (Carleton, New York) [word count] [eaf674T]. |