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Word: knows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have something with me written by one of the rising geniuses of your land, who is too modest to come among us and deliver it, - that brave young spirit who for four long years has succeeded in veiling his identity under those cabalistic initials, which you know so well. Just listen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COPYRIGHT CONGRESS. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

Congress, with the narrow bigotry which one might expect from such a body, has not yet passed an international copyright law. Perhaps it thinks that authors have no rights which other people are bound to protect. Perhaps Mr. Swansdown is the main difficulty. I don't know, because I never was sent to Congress and never expect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COPYRIGHT CONGRESS. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...SUIPER, do you know when you attempt to make a pun you remind me very much of Batkin's new paper?" "How is that, Dingus?" "Why, because you tri-weekly." Dingus will be able to attend to his duties about the first of March. - Acta...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...interesting to those who enjoy the invigorating sport to know that there is good skating near the railroad bridge at the foot of Kirkland Street. The distance is hardly half as great as to Fresh Pond...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...jest questhin the boss when he comes 'long. But gosh! look at that picter of a hoss up there: he's a fine-looking critter, ain't he? Speaking of hosses, you know that old un I had last year: he was a good puller, but unsound from the end of his nose to the tip of his tail. He was spavined and hed the heaves, but I'll be blamed if I did n't sell him for a clean hunded and a watch ter boot to a city fellah who thought he was powerful cute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

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