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...spite of the antipathy displayed for the organ-grinder by the powers that preside over our studies, the student himself will infinitely prefer the performances of that much-abused personage, to those of the man overhead whose rowing-weights send forth a most distressing discord, half rumble, half squeak, or, still worse, whose religious enthusiasm finds its vent in practising Tabernacle tunes on a reed-organ. No sane person would hesitate to decide that "Just in time for Lanergan's ball" rendered on a good hand-organ by jist the very boy that knows all about that same himsilf...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ORGAN-GRINDER. | 4/20/1877 | See Source »

...would be some fun to hear the critter squeak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PUBLIC EXERCISES OF THE II H SOCIETY. | 6/2/1873 | See Source »

...squeak it did in accents most appealing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PUBLIC EXERCISES OF THE II H SOCIETY. | 6/2/1873 | See Source »

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