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"He was that. None sthronger."
"An' what?" asked Mr. Hennessy, "did they do with th' soot iv clothes he
ordhered fr'm th' tailor?"
CASUAL OBSERVATIONS
To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable
clothes.
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Manny people'd rather be kilt at Newport thin at Bunker Hill.
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If ye live enough befure thirty ye won't care to live at all afther
fifty.
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As Shakespere says, be thrue to ye'ersilf an' ye will not thin be false
to ivry man.
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Play actors, orators an' women ar-re a class be thimsilves.
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Among men, Hinnissy, wet eye manes dhry heart.
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Th' nearest anny man comes to a con-ciption iv his own death is lyin'
back in a comfortable coffin with his ears cocked f'r th' flatthrin'
remarks iv th' mourners.
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A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks th' Lord wud do if He knew
th' facts iv th' case.
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A millionyaire--or man out iv debt--wanst tol' me his dhreams always
took place in th' farm-house where he was bor-rn.
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