The Wit and Humor of America, Том 8Marshall Pinckney Wilder Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1911 - Всего страниц: 2042 |
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a-goin Abilonia ain't Andrew Ascott-Smith asked Aunt Huldah benevolent old better Bibliomaniac bill BILL ARP BLISS CARMAN Blowout Boodle boys Carteret Colonel Blount Columbia corned beef Croix Dædalus dinner Dobson Duluth Eddring eyes face fellow Fête Champêtre fifteen dollars filly fireworks Fosdyke Fretman gentleman girl give goin gone Grady graftin grandfather Squeers guess hand head heart Hole-in-the-Ground horse hounds Idiot Jim Bowles keep Kersley Kid Barringer knew Kohen laugh laughter look Lord Frederic Lord Ploversdale Ludlow Street Jail Marcia Marthy mind Minnie Miss Lady never nigger night old Frosty Piegans pine lands Pugwash railroad Reggie shadow Kid shuks Signorina spile tell there's thing thought Toddy-One-Boy told Troy Gilbert turned twas Wagon-Tire House WALLACE IRWIN wear wife Willy Parks wings wire woman wonderful young
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