| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...me. Then I looked up at Nye, And he gazed upon me; And he rose with a sigh, And said, " Can this be ? We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor," — And he...In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four jacks, — Which was coining it strong, Yet I state but the facts. And we found on his nails which... | |
| Scotland - 1871 - 818 pages
...And he went for that heathen Chluce. In the scene that ensued 1 did not take a h.and, But the lloor it was strewed,' Like the leaves on the strand. With...understand.' In his sleeves, which were long, He had twcnty-ibur p;icks— Which -\\a< rominp: it strong, Yet I state but the facts ; And we found on his... | |
| Bret Harte - American poetry - 1872 - 410 pages
...Nye, i And he gazed upon me ; 88 PLAIN LANGUAGE And he rose with a sigh, And said, " Can this be ? We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor ; " And he went...Which was coming it strong, Yet I state but the facts; POEMS FROM i860 TO 1868. Now, nothing could be finer or more beautiful to see Than the first six months'... | |
| American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...Then I looked up at Nye, And he gazed upon me ; AjiJ he rose with a sigh, And said, " Can this be ? s bright, and wind as wild ; A chase of idle hopes...closed in tears. If won, to equal ills betrayed, sli'ovos, which were long, He had twenty-four packs — Which' was coming it strong, Yet I state but... | |
| George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 534 pages
...me ; And he rose with a sigh, And said, " Can this be? We are ruined by Chinese cheap labour " — And he went for that heathen Chinee. In the scene...been hiding, In the game " he did not understand." IB his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four packs — Which was coming it strong, Yet I state... | |
| Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...upon me ; And he rose with a sigh, And said, " Can this be ? We are ruined by Chinese cheap labour." And he went for that heathen Chinee. In the scene...Like the leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Si had been hiding, In the game he " did not understand." In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four... | |
| John Mudge Merrick - Classical languages - 1874 - 148 pages
...Then I looked up at Nye, And he gazed upon me ; And he rose with a sigh, And said, " Can this be ? We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor " — And he...been hiding, In the game "he did not understand." 4* In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four packs — Which was coming it strong ; Yet I... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...me. Then I looked up at Nye, And he gazed upon me; And he rose with a sigh, And said, " Can this be? We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor" — And he went...on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been In the game " he did not understand." hiding, He had twenty-four packs — Which was coming it strong,... | |
| Bret Harte - 1875 - 162 pages
...same Nye had dealt unto m«. Then I looked up at Nye, And he gazed upon me ; And he rose with a sigh, We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor," — And he...packs, — Which was coming it strong, Yet I state but the.facts ; And we found on his nails, which were taper, What is frequent in tapers, — that's wax.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 588 pages
...me. Then I looked up at Nye, And he gazed upon me; And lie rose with a sigh, And said, " Can this be? We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor" — And he went...not understand." In his sleeves, which were long, Ho had twenty-four packs — Which was coming it strong, Yet I state but the facts ; And we found on... | |
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