Word: ve
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...leetle dears, you 've paid your money, and you shall see the grand and glorious sights of 'istory and nature, vich vill henlarge the hintelleckt and gratify the cravinks of the expandin' soul for the glorious and sublime facts and figgers of this revolvin' and orbicular planet upon vich the 'uman family at present resides! Hevin' blowed your noses, you will please hobserve the rules of propri-arity. Don't scrouge, nor say "Oh!" and don't breathe on the vinderpanes! SCENE FUST: Napoleon at the Pyramids. - Napoleon may be seen vith the naked eye a sittin' upon his favorite...
...just for the name of the thing, I'd rather a man with a clean mouth would spit in my face than endure the foul breath of a smoker. . . . . A fine gentleman I would be, forsooth, to spit in your face; but if I've a good stomach and a tooth-brush, it's a deal cleaner than the breath from your beslimed mouth. . . . . A young lady said she would always live single and clean, rather than embrace the stench of the narcotic abomination." But enough. It is well for the writer to consider freedom from the habit of smoking...
...HARTFORD gentleman who had tarried late at a wine supper found his wife awaiting his return in a high state of nervousness. Said she, "Here I've been waiting and rocking in a chair till my head swims round like a top." "Jess so where I've been," responded he; "it's in the atmosphere." - Spectator...
...those happy mortals who are content to let well enough alone in these matters, neither half of this question has any interest; but to those who intend to change their present rooms, or who may say of their chums and themselves, "And we've agreed together that we can never agree," the decision of one or both parties is of some importance...
That we never harvest the seed we've sown...