Jester MenWeed-Parsons Printing Company, 1909 - 292 pages |
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Page 148
... Meny and meny a close association also hez bin broken be- cause the older and wiser head hez tried to keep the other from engagin ' in some foolish project , from doin ' somethin ' the other had set his heart upon , but fer which he was ...
... Meny and meny a close association also hez bin broken be- cause the older and wiser head hez tried to keep the other from engagin ' in some foolish project , from doin ' somethin ' the other had set his heart upon , but fer which he was ...
Page 156
... wuz written later , when people should have known more , and ez to how meny persons out uv all the number who live , thet you call civilized , reely believe in the truth uv the New Testament , I don't know , and you don't 156 JESTER MEN.
... wuz written later , when people should have known more , and ez to how meny persons out uv all the number who live , thet you call civilized , reely believe in the truth uv the New Testament , I don't know , and you don't 156 JESTER MEN.
Page 159
... meny men , and men who did not allers think and speak alike . Some wuz Jews , and some wuz Gentiles , some wuz Greeks , and some wuz Romans , and some wuz Egyptians , and thet's the reason why there's so much thet is inconsistent in the ...
... meny men , and men who did not allers think and speak alike . Some wuz Jews , and some wuz Gentiles , some wuz Greeks , and some wuz Romans , and some wuz Egyptians , and thet's the reason why there's so much thet is inconsistent in the ...
Page 160
... meny others not like ' em will come from the East and the West , and have jest ez good a time ez Abra- ham , and Isaac and Jacob , in the kingdom Heaven . I can't carry in my head exactly right all them things , there's so many uv ' em ...
... meny others not like ' em will come from the East and the West , and have jest ez good a time ez Abra- ham , and Isaac and Jacob , in the kingdom Heaven . I can't carry in my head exactly right all them things , there's so many uv ' em ...
Page 168
... thet are born , wither and die in a day , - we may also read thet there are angels so ephemeral thet myriads uv ' em are created and die daily , I learn the transitory nature uv meny beautiful things ; uv human flowers 168 JESTER MEN.
... thet are born , wither and die in a day , - we may also read thet there are angels so ephemeral thet myriads uv ' em are created and die daily , I learn the transitory nature uv meny beautiful things ; uv human flowers 168 JESTER MEN.
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