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Locke, David Ross, 1833-1888 [1872], The struggles (social, financial and political) of Petroleum V. Nasby... embracing his trials and troubles, ups and downs, rejoicings and wailings; likewise his views of men and things; together with the lectures Cussed be Canaan, The struggles of a conservative with the woman question, and In search of the man of sin. With an introduction by Hon. Charles Sumner. Illustrated by Thomas Nast... (I. N. Richardson and Company, Boston) [word count] [eaf635T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
The waters uv fanaticism coverd all the land, and the Dimekratik And Peerse and Vallandigum, and Vorhees and Bright, and I am a dove, a peace dove. I wuz sent out uv the ark to find a restin-place, but I cood For ther wuz no abatin uv the flood. In November our ark restid on Aryrat, and there it is, stuck, Afore us, behind us, and on both sides uv us, we see our They hev post-orfisis, and custom-houses, and furrin mishns, Strandid on the mountain-top, we set, and set, and set. Wendell Phillips pecks at our heads, and Horris Greely From our mountin-top we see the armies goin forth to battle, And we make faces at our enemies. Sayin, Yet a little while, and England and France shel The provo-marshel roameth up and down the land, seekin And we make faces. All who pass by clap their hands; they hiss and wag their And we make faces. Two dollars is the tax upon whisky, and the tongue uv the
They that did drink juleps are down to corn-joose, and they The mole is blind, but not more blinderer than we. When the men uv the South drew the sword, why did we Why did we try eatin fire, whose mouth wuz made for Who shel deliver us? Who shel take us out uv the hands Lait Paster uv the Church uv the Noo Dispensashun.
Locke, David Ross, 1833-1888 [1872], The struggles (social, financial and political) of Petroleum V. Nasby... embracing his trials and troubles, ups and downs, rejoicings and wailings; likewise his views of men and things; together with the lectures Cussed be Canaan, The struggles of a conservative with the woman question, and In search of the man of sin. With an introduction by Hon. Charles Sumner. Illustrated by Thomas Nast... (I. N. Richardson and Company, Boston) [word count] [eaf635T]. |