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... never flunked , and he never lied , — I reckon he never knowed how . And this was all the religion he had : To treat his engine well ; Never be passed on the river ; To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire , A ...
... never flunked , and he never lied , — I reckon he never knowed how . And this was all the religion he had : To treat his engine well ; Never be passed on the river ; To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire , A ...
Page 805
... never received more than one or two letters in my life - I wrote this some years ago — that were worth the postage . The penny - post is , commonly , an institution through which you seriously offer a man that penny for his thoughts ...
... never received more than one or two letters in my life - I wrote this some years ago — that were worth the postage . The penny - post is , commonly , an institution through which you seriously offer a man that penny for his thoughts ...
Page 993
... never more eloquent , never more forceful , never more vehement in his allegations , and never more convinced — as he himself stated , not once but repeatedly - of his ability to prove the facts he alleged by competent and unbiased ...
... never more eloquent , never more forceful , never more vehement in his allegations , and never more convinced — as he himself stated , not once but repeatedly - of his ability to prove the facts he alleged by competent and unbiased ...
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