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• Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man; He 's ben on all sides thet give places or pelf
  But consistency still wuz a part of his plan,-- He 's ben true to one party, an' thet is himself....
• This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, First Series, No. ii...
• Of my merit On thet pint you yourself may jedge; All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, First Series, No. vii...
• Ez to my princerples, I glory In hevin' nothin' o' the sort.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, First Series, No. vii...
• Ez fer war, I call it murder,-- There you hev it plain an' fla
  I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment fer that....
• I don't believe in princerple, But oh I du in interest.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, First Series, No. vi...
• Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin'...
• Under the yaller pines I house, When sunshine makes 'em all sweet-scented, An' hear among their furry boughs The baskin' west-wind purr contented.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin', No. x...
• But John P. Robinson, he Sez they did n't know everythin' down in Judee.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, First Series, No. iii...