Josiah Allen's
Josiah Allen's Wife as a P. A. and P. I.: Samantha at the Centennial. Designed As a Bright and Shining Light, to Pierce the Fogs of Error and Injustice That Surround Society and Josiah, and to Bring More Clearly to View the Path That Leads Straight on to Virtue and Happiness.
作者:Holley, Marietta, 1836-1926
体例:段 章数:27
字数:558,571 来源:Project Gutenberg
章节目录
共 27 段- I knew well that there could be a large, a _very large_ and
- And oh, how happyfyin’ and consolin’ and satisfyin’ to the m
- “Brother ‘Creation Searchers,’ and friends and neighbors pro
- Here he collared him, dragged him out by the seat of his bre
- “I s’pose he thought it was necessary to go through with all
- Here he made a low bow and set down. And Shakespeare Bobbet,
- Then I knew it all. Then the cast-iron entered my sole, the
- “And then, there was Hagar’ses case,—when Abraham turned Hag
- At that, the man turned his horse round, and follered us, an
- “This is a dretful blow to me, Widder;” and he hit himself a
- “After her! I _know_ they are after her, or else they wouldn
- “Her husband is a good man, and thinks enough of her; but he
- “And where does all the slander, and gossip, and lies come f
- Says I, “It haint no such thing! A man whose love is worth h
- “‘We have always taught our boy to love God, and taught him
- “I dare say that there are lots of wimmen besides her that g
- From the first minute I had give a thought to goin’ to see t
- Some of the housen was plain and glossy on the sides, some c
- Oh, how earnest and good he did look out of his eyes (a brig
- “John Rogers Jr., you haint no idee how I have been admirin’
- Such awful sights of silks and velvets, and embroideries in
- “Yes,” says she, “Solomon said the corpse wouldn’t be no dea
- Says I sternly, “Josiah Allen, it scares me to think you hav
- The noise was truly distractin’; but if anybody could stand
- “What do you think of men meetin’ here to celebrate National
- “Yes,” says I, “I know jest how it is; you have looked at th
- You see the way on’t was, Tirzah Ann—not bein’ used to trave