A Sketch of the Life of John M. Todd: (sixty-two Years in a Barber Shop) and Reminiscences of His CustomersW. W. Roberts Company, 1906 - 322 páginas |
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... appeared to put on a few airs , or what we now call dudes instead of dandies . I cried out , " Let me see the dandy . " I did not know what it was and , boylike , I looked him over . He had dark auburn hair , walked erect , and had a ...
... appeared to put on a few airs , or what we now call dudes instead of dandies . I cried out , " Let me see the dandy . " I did not know what it was and , boylike , I looked him over . He had dark auburn hair , walked erect , and had a ...
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... appeared as an orator , for I was bound to be one . At an exhibition by the boys I was selected to speak a piece . I was introduced as " Master Todd " or Mr. Norvel . And I commenced : " My name is Norvel . On the Grampian hills my ...
... appeared as an orator , for I was bound to be one . At an exhibition by the boys I was selected to speak a piece . I was introduced as " Master Todd " or Mr. Norvel . And I commenced : " My name is Norvel . On the Grampian hills my ...
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... appeared very solemn , and said , " John , if anything happens to me I want you to see my mother and explain to her all about what I saw . " I laughed and said , " What is the matter with you , Frank , are you foolish ? That was nothing ...
... appeared very solemn , and said , " John , if anything happens to me I want you to see my mother and explain to her all about what I saw . " I laughed and said , " What is the matter with you , Frank , are you foolish ? That was nothing ...
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... appearance . She smiled and said , " I don't care to know your name . I took a seat opposite her . Soon the table began to move and loud raps were heard . I was greatly inter- ested , moved back from the table and looked under it . She ...
... appearance . She smiled and said , " I don't care to know your name . I took a seat opposite her . Soon the table began to move and loud raps were heard . I was greatly inter- ested , moved back from the table and looked under it . She ...
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... appeared , or , as we spirit- ualists would say , materialized , all in different apparel as became age and sex . After several spirits had materialized there was one appeared whom anyone would have taken for a clergyman of the old ...
... appeared , or , as we spirit- ualists would say , materialized , all in different apparel as became age and sex . After several spirits had materialized there was one appeared whom anyone would have taken for a clergyman of the old ...
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A Sketch of the Life of John M Todd: Sixty-Two Years in A Barber Shop and ... John M. Todd Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN M T John M. B. 1821 Todd,Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Con Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN M T John M. B. 1821 Todd,Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Con Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
Annabel Lee answer asked barber beautiful boat Boston Bowdoin College brother Brown Caleb Cushing called Capt Captain cents Christ church cutter dark Dela divine doctor dollars Dunn earth Eastport face faith father fear feel fire friends gallic acid gave give gum arabic hair hand Harpswell heard heart heaven hundred J. P. Harrington Jewett John John Neal knew labor land laugh learned Leather French live Log Cabin Club looked Lord mind morning mother Neal Neal Dow never night Noyes ounce passed poor Portland prayer replied Shakers shaved ship slave smile soft water soul South Paris speak spirit stood street teach tell thee thing Thomas thou thought to-day Todd told took truth walk Weeks wife William Pitt Fessenden woman word young
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Página 219 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale! In spite of rock and tempest roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Página 223 - And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Página 262 - And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold ; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Página 222 - And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child. In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
Página 231 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Página 222 - I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason...
Página 246 - FOR A' THAT, AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that; The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Página 219 - We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Página 280 - BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Página 220 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.