John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Franis Bret Harte 1836-1902 John Bartlett
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| Which I wish to remark,— And my language is plain,— That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar. |
| Plain Language from truthful James. |
| 2 |
| Ah Sin was his name. |
| Plain Language from truthful James. |
| 3 |
| With the smile that was childlike and bland. |
| Plain Language from truthful James. |
| 4 |
| We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor. |
| Plain Language from truthful James. |
| 5 |
| He smiled a kind of sickly smile and curled up on the floor And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more. |
| The Society upon the Stanislaus. |
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| With unpronounceable awful names. |
| The Tale of a Pony. |
| 7 |
| For there be women, fair as she, Whose verbs and nouns do more agree. |
| Mrs. Judge Jenkins. |