“Well, the war!—In what war was it?—Let us have something to go upon.”
“As for dates and names, Jerry, I never for the soul of me, could make any headway with them. A phrenologist once told me, that for names and dates I had no development, and whenever I begin to try to think of my exploits in battle, I think the fellow was right—as I am always out for the want of names and dates. So I think it best first to tell the facts, and let people fix dates to suit themselves. So, Jerry, hand over the port—this is confounded dry business.”
“To tell you the truth, Oliver, the whole story has rather a squint, and I have half a notion that for the most of it, we are indebted to the good looks of the two bonnie Scotch lassies, and rather a marvellous imagination.”
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WRITTEN ON A PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
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BY MRS. AMELIA B. WELBY.
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Hail pictured image! thine immortal art