The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 02 by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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page 77 of 185 (41%)
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everlastin' fat, almighty lazy, and the way they travel
is a caution to a snail. It's vulgar to go fast, its only butcher's hosses trot quick, and besides, there is no hurry--there is nothin' to do to home. Affectionate couple! happy man! he takes his wife's hand in his-- kisses it? No, not he, but he puts his head back in the corner of the carriage, and goes to sleep, and dreams--of her? Not he indeed, but of a saddle of mutton and curren' jelly. "Well, if you are a-stoppin' at Sir Littleeared Bighead's, you escape the flight by night, and go to bed and think of homeland natur'. Next mornin', or rather next noon, down to breakfast. Oh, it's awfully stupid! That second nap in the mornin' always fuddles the head, and makes it as mothery as ryled cyder grounds. Nobody looks as sweet as sugar candy quite, except them two beautiful galls and their honey lips. But them is only to look at. If you want honey, there is some on a little cut glass, dug out of a dish. But you can't eat it, for lookin' at the genu_wine_, at least I can't, and never could. I don't know what you can do. "P'raps you'd like to look at the picture, it will sarve to pass away time. They are family ones. And family picture, sarve as a history. Our Mexican Indgians did all their history in picture. Let's go round the room and look. Lawful heart! what a big "Brown ox" that is. Old "Star and Garters;" father fatted him. He was a prize ox; he eat a thousand bushel of turnips, a thousand pound |
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