| 1839
...send a towel.1 " 'The pen and ink and a sheet o' paper tad a wafer,' is no unusual request ; and vhea the pen is returned, you are generally informed that you sent ' an awful bad' pen.' " The following extracts show that men of talent and good company may be found by those who seek for... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 584 Seiten
...be the thing he needs. " ' Yes, I shall probably want them.' " ' Oh, well ; if you want them, — I was thinking to get 'em to go up north a piece.' "...Here, I 've broke your rotten wheel-barrow, usin' on 't. I wish you 'd get it mended right off, 'cause I want to borrow it again this afternoon.' The... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 Seiten
...be the thing he needs. " ' Yes, I shall probably want them.1 " 'Oh, well ; if you want them, — I was thinking to get 'em to go up north a piece.' "...Here, I 've broke your rotten wheel-barrow, usin' on 't. I wish you 'd get it mended right off, 'cause I want to borrow it again this afternoon.' The... | |
| 1840 - 480 Seiten
...a " wash-dish," "because we've got company." Presently she came back : " Mother says you've lorgot to send a towel." " The pen and ink and a sheet o•...are generally informed that you sent " an awful bad pen.M 1 have been frequently reminded of one of Johnson's humorous sketches. A man returning a broken... | |
| 1841 - 504 Seiten
...borrow a " wash-dish," " because we've got company." Presently she came back — " Mother say* you've forgot to send a towel." •• The pen and ink, and...the pen is returned, you are generally informed that yon sent "an awful bad pen." — Mri Claven't Wetter* Life in America. EDINBURGH: Printed and published... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 Seiten
...to go up north a piece.' " Or perhaps the desired article comes within the female depart-, men!. " ' Mother wants to get some butter : that 'ere butter...' Here' I 've broke your rotten wheel-barrow usin' on 't. I wish you 'd get it mended right off, 'cause I want to borrow it again this afternoon.' The... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 Seiten
...dirty pail, with, ' Here 's your butter !' "A girl came in to borrow a 'wash-dish,' 'because we've got company.' Presently she came back : ' Mother says...' Here' I Ve broke your rotten wheel-barrow usin' on 't. I wish you 'd get it mended right off, 'cause I want to borrow it again this afternoon.' The... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...Putnam's Library of American Books. CAROLINE M. KIRKLAND. MR. AND MRS. DOUBLEDAY. FROM A NEW HOME. 1 IHVE been frequently reminded of one of Johnson's humorous sketches. A man returning a broken wheelbarrow toa Quaker, with " Here, I've broke your rotten wheelbarrow, usin' on 't. I wish you'd get it mended... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 Seiten
...borrow a " wash-dish," " because we've got company." Presently she came back : " Mother says you've forgot to send a towel." " The pen and ink, and a...returning a broken wheelbarrow to a Quaker with, "Here, I've broke your rotten wheelbarrow usin" on't: I wish you'd get it mended right off, 'cause I want... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...borrow a " wash-dish," " because we've got company." Presently she came back : " Mother says you've forgot to send a towel." " The pen and ink, and a...bad pen." I have been frequently reminded of one of Johuson's humorous sketches. A man returning a broken wheelbarrow to a Quaker with, " Here, I've broke... | |
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