LaconicsHolmes Book Company, 1912 - 302 pages |
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Page 14
... thet bark thet bite ; But curs kin start a dog - fight . —Bronco Bill . Bashful . Don't be bashful , -it don't pay . Bear . Bear and forbear , I counsel thee ; Forgive and be forgiven ; For charity is the golden key That opens the gate ...
... thet bark thet bite ; But curs kin start a dog - fight . —Bronco Bill . Bashful . Don't be bashful , -it don't pay . Bear . Bear and forbear , I counsel thee ; Forgive and be forgiven ; For charity is the golden key That opens the gate ...
Page 22
... thet debt the day arfter Etarnity . - Bronco Bill . Boston . Boston is no longer boss - town . Boston is no longer the " Hub , " it's only the tail- board . Bottom . Begin at the bottom and climb to the top . We sink or swim as we ...
... thet debt the day arfter Etarnity . - Bronco Bill . Boston . Boston is no longer boss - town . Boston is no longer the " Hub , " it's only the tail- board . Bottom . Begin at the bottom and climb to the top . We sink or swim as we ...
Page 27
... thet hev sprouted wings . --Bronco Bill . Buying . Sellers and buyers are both liars . Don't buy a stray pig in the brush . Don't buy what you don't need - it is dear at any price . Buzzard . Follow the buzzards and you will find the ...
... thet hev sprouted wings . --Bronco Bill . Buying . Sellers and buyers are both liars . Don't buy a stray pig in the brush . Don't buy what you don't need - it is dear at any price . Buzzard . Follow the buzzards and you will find the ...
Page 36
... through college in a log- cabin . I wonder whar all them cullege - bred fellers thet air ridin ' brake - beams an ' sleepin ' in hay - stacks cum frum . Bronco Bill . Colt . He prances like a colt in clover . 36 LACONICS.
... through college in a log- cabin . I wonder whar all them cullege - bred fellers thet air ridin ' brake - beams an ' sleepin ' in hay - stacks cum frum . Bronco Bill . Colt . He prances like a colt in clover . 36 LACONICS.
Page 37
... Thet colt was born an " old hoss . " -Bronco Bill . Cold water . A scalded cur is afraid of cold water . Combine . Thar ain't no show fer a pore mortal no more : the doctors , the drugists , the surgeons an ' the undertakers hev all ...
... Thet colt was born an " old hoss . " -Bronco Bill . Cold water . A scalded cur is afraid of cold water . Combine . Thar ain't no show fer a pore mortal no more : the doctors , the drugists , the surgeons an ' the undertakers hev all ...
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Page 203 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 34 - Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
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Page 137 - I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.