 | 1854 - 428 pages
...life. Thnnder ! how my blood did bile np all over me, and I felt like I eonld knoek Matthew Mattix into a greas-spot, if he'd only been thar. Miss Mary sot' with her handkereher np to her faee, and I looked rite into the fire-plaee. The bine blazes was rnnnin ronnd... | |
 | American humour - 1852 - 346 pages
...That was too much — it shot me right up, and I sot as still as could be for more'na minute. I never felt so warm behind the ears afore in all my life....all over me, and I felt like I could knock Matthew Matin into a squash if he'd only been thar. Miss Mary sot with her handkerchief up to her face, and... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - American wit and humor - 1852 - 350 pages
...That was too much — it shot me right up, and I sot as still as could be for more'ua minute. I never felt so warm behind the ears afore in all my life....all over me, and I felt like I could knock Matthew Matin into a squash if he'd only been thar. Miss Mary sot with her handkerchief up to her face, and... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - American wit and humor - 1852 - 354 pages
...could knock Matthew Matin into a squash if he'd only been thar. Miss Mary sot with her handkerchief up to her face, and I looked rite into the fire-place. The blue blazes was runnin' round over the chunk, ketchin' hold here and lettin' go thar, sometimes gwine 'most out, and then blazin' up a little.... | |
 | Yankee humour - 1853 - 154 pages
...too much — it shot me right up, and I sot as still as could be for more'n than a minute. I never felt so warm behind the ears) afore in all my life....all over me, and I felt like I could knock Matthew Mattix into a greas-spot, if he'd only been thar. Miss Mary sot with her handkercher up to her face,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1855 - 590 pages
...That was too much — it shot me right up, and I sot as still as could be for more'n a minute. I never felt so warm behind the ears afore in all my life....all over me, and I felt like I could knock Matthew Mattix into a greasespot, if he'd only been thar. Miss Mary sot with her handkercher up to her face,... | |
 | Joseph Jones - American wit and humor - 1872 - 318 pages
...That was too much— it shot me right up, and I sot as still as could be for more'na minute. I never felt so warm behind the ears afore in all my life....with her handkercher up to her face, and I looked straight into the fire-place. The blue blazes was runnin round over the old chunk, ketchin hold here... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1872 - 324 pages
...That was too much—it shot me right up, and I sot as still as could be for more'na minute. I never felt so warm behind the ears afore in all my life....with her handkercher up to her face, and I looked straight into the fire-place. The blue blazes was runnin round over the old chunk, ketchin hold here... | |
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I am devoted to them — I think of them day and night ! " That was too much— it shot me right up, and I sot as still as could be for more'na minute. I never felt so warm behind the ears afore in all my life. Thunder ! how my blood did bile up all over... 