John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Francis Bret Harte. (1836–1902) |
| 7924 |
| 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. |
| 7925 |
| Ah Sin was his name. |
| Plain Language from truthful James. |
| 7926 |
| With the smile that was childlike and bland. |
| Plain Language from truthful James. |
| 7927 |
| We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor. |
| Plain Language from truthful James. |
| 7928 |
| 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. |
| 7929 |
| With unpronounceable awful names. |
| The Tale of a Pony. |
| 7930 |
| For there be women, fair as she, Whose verbs and nouns do more agree. |
| Mrs. Judge Jenkins. |
| James Ryder Randall. (1839–1908) |
| 7931 |
| The despot’s heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple-door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle-queen of yore, Maryland, my Maryland! |
| My Maryland. |
| 7932 |
| Hushed in the alabaster arms of Death Our young Marcellus sleeps. |
| John Pelham. |