My wife is one of the best wimin on this continent, altho' she isn't…

Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?

The prevailin' weakness of most public men is to Slop over. G. Washington never slopt over.

He is dreadfully married. "He's the most married man I ever saw in my life."

The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his.

I am not a politician, and my other habits are good, also.

I can't sing. As a singist I am not a success. I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me. They are sadder even than I am.