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" Weft now," said he, as he observed the full-faced brother who was " officiating" among the women, "that ere feller takes my eye! — thar he's been this half-hour, a-figurin amongst them galls, and's never said the fust word to nobody else. Wonder what's... "
Yankee humour, and Uncle Sam's fun. With an intr. by W. Jerdan - Page 3
by Yankee humour - 1853
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Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs: Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers ...

Johnson Jones Hooper - 1846 - 252 pages
...professional jealousy. Sometimes he would mutter running \ comments upon what passed before him. " Well now," said he, as he observed the fullfaced brother...women, "that ere feller takes my eye! — thar he's een this half-hour, a-figurin amongst them galls, and's never said the fust word to nobody else. Wonder...
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Simon Suggs' Adventures and Travels: Comprising All the Scenes, Incidents ...

Johnson Jones Hooper - 1858 - 402 pages
...professional jealousy. Sometimes he would mutter running comments upon what passed before him. " Well now," said he, as he observed the fullfaced brother...women, " that ere feller takes my eye ! — thar he's een this half-hour, a-figurin amongst them galls, and's never said the fust word to nobody else. Wonder...
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The South in the Building of the Nation: History of southern fiction, ed. by ...

1909 - 550 pages
...professional jealousy. Sometimes he would mutter running comments upon what passed before him. "Well, now," said he, as he observed the fullfaced brother who was "officiating" among the *Mr. Hooper adds the following note in this place: — "The reader is requested to bear in mind that...
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Oddities in Southern Life and Character

Henry Watterson - 1910 - 528 pages
...jealousy. Sometimes he would mutter running comments upon what passed before him. " Well, now," saidna,,as he observed the full-faced brother who was " officiating...among the women, " that ere feller takes my eye ! Thar he 's been i this half hour, a-figurin' amongst them galls, and 's never said the fust word to nobody...
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Simon Suggs' Adventures: Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers, Together with ...

Johnson Jones Hooper - 1928 - 152 pages
...professional jealousy. Sometimes he would mutter running comme.it.s upon what passed before him. "Well now," said he, as he observed the full-faced brother...feller takes my eye! — thar he's been this half-hour, a figurin amongst them galls, and's never said the fust word to nobody else. Wonder what's the reason...
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The Enduring Legacy of Old Southwest Humor

Edward Piacentino - 2006 - 344 pages
...hypocrisy of its leadership. Watching the reverend embrace the young women at the meeting, Suggs thinks, "Wonder what's the reason these here preachers never hugs up the old, ugly women?" (Hooper 254). Suggs immediately focuses on and exploits the hypocrisy of the powerful and respectable....
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