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Word: sirring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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...wistfully). Are n't there any other works to be obtained, sir...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities | 5/16/1873 | See Source »

...appreciative audience to witness the performance of the "Cup of Tea," and "Fra Diavolo, by members of the II H Society. The whole entertainment passed off smoothly, and without the embarrassing hitches which often occur in amateur theatricals. The comedietta was played with spirit throughout, Mr. French as Sir Charles, Mr. Simmons as the British footman, and Mr. Mackintosh as Lady Clara, all making the most of their parts, without overacting, while Mr. Nason's Scroggins was the best piece of farce-acting we have seen for a long time; from his first appearance till the fall of the curtain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dramatic. | 5/16/1873 | See Source »

Till Lumbago says, "Sir, that is a thing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUT OF THE WINDOW. | 4/4/1873 | See Source »

CHORUS. Yes, sir...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 4/4/1873 | See Source »

...figure of a tall man, wearing upon his head a great slouched hat, and thrown across his shoulders a United States army blanket, fiercely stroking his mustaches, and pointing with a gleaming knife at an open volume of poems. This was Joaquin Miller. "I give you my honor, sir, that he was born of a half-breed and a Mexican cattle-thief, sir. Until his seventeenth year, he never saw a book, sir, nor a page, nor a line, sir. He was brought up in the deepest dirt, sir, and degradation, sir." Could Mr. Bounderby himself have said more? Here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POPULAR POETS. | 4/4/1873 | See Source »

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