Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. i.

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This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.[659:1]

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. ii.

Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man;

He 's ben on all sides thet give places or pelf;

But consistency still wuz a part of his plan,—

He 's ben true to one party, an' thet is himself.

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. ii.

We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage.