| 单词 | Josh Billings |
| 例句 | The doctor himself had to stand the expense of the leaden box which went into the coffin of Josh Billings. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It had to do with the death of Josh Billings, the great humorist. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Josh Billings aptly stated in a wonderful quote, “Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.” HEALTH: Laughter is good medicine 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z All the great humorists from Charles Lamb to Josh Billings were broken-hearted in their youth. Why Lincoln Laughed 2011-12-29T03:00:17.037Z An earlier book by the same writer met with moderate success, perhaps because of the atrocious Josh Billings spelling which should have been buried with its originator. A Hundred and Sixty Books by Washington Authors Some Other Writers Who are Contributors to Periodical Literature, Lines Worth Knowing by Heart 2011-11-27T03:00:12.497Z The remarks quoted below on Nature and the clipping shears are not from Josh Billings, but from The Formal Garden, of which the literary merit, we are told in the preface, belongs to Mr. Blomfield. Garden Design and Architects' Gardens 2011-10-05T02:00:19.627Z Were it not for the satirists of America—of whom Josh Billings is one as well as a humorist—it is difficult to imagine to what ludicrous eccentricities the people would lend themselves. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Jolly-hearted old Josh Billings, With his wisdom and his wit, And his gravity of presence, And the drollery of it! The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches Take, for example, some of the apothegms of "Josh Billings." The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Joe Miller never did that and Mark Twain, Josh Billings, Bill Nye and George Ade, none of 'em ever reached that height of humor. Mixed Faces It was Mr. “Josh Billings” who said that in the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy, to wit: the wag of a dog’s tail. A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs Josh Billings announces in a still more mystic manner, strongly reminding the observer xvi of Ruskin’s bizarre, grotesque, enigmatical titles. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z He can use the English of Chaucer, or Shakespeare, or Josh Billings, at his own good pleasure. Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 He spells better than Clark, who is about as funny as Josh Billings, though he certainly spelled his best. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri The jargon of Artemus Ward and Josh Billings possessed as little fire as character. American Sketches 1908 Modern wisdom was represented by a row of clocks surmounted by the heads of famous maxim-makers, from Rochefoucauld to Josh Billings. With The Eyes Shut 1898 A locomotive or a steamboat will bring or take you to both; and a railway it was which brought me to know of Josh Billings. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z For example, Josh Billings made the announcement that one hornet, if it was feeling well, could break up a whole camp meeting. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers It reminds one very much of Josh Billings's remark that it is not so much the ignorance of mankind that makes them ridiculous, as the knowing so many things that ain't so. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages I learned, later, that it was a man named Shaw who afterward became famous as a writer and humorist under the pseudonym of Josh Billings. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 In the 1892 edition of this magnum opus, Mark is dismissed with less than four lines, and ranked below Irving, Holmes and Lowell—nay, actually below Artemus Ward, Josh Billings and Petroleum V. Nasby! A Book of Prefaces I frankly confessed that I did not; adding, that I was profoundly ignorant of Josh Billings, and pleasantly intimating that I supposed him to be one of the guards on the line. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z "My idea of first-rate poetry," said Josh Billings, "is the kind of poetry that I would have writ." Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Imagine Matthew Arnold, the apostle of sweetness and light, introducing Josh Billings, the foremost of jesters, to a select London audience. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Josh Billings has said that, "after the age of forty, a man cannot form new habits; the best he can do is to learn to steer the old ones." The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future Josh Billings says a good hotel is a good stepmother. Saratoga and How to See It The reader who is anxious to know what Josh Billings means by an advertisement so eccentric in its character can have his curiosity satisfied by turning to page 404 of this work. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z General Putnam's humor, like his generosity, was never-failing; but, as "Josh Billings" once remarked of himself, "he was a bad speller" to the end of his life. "Old Put" The Patriot Mr. Shaw was walking down Broadway one day when accosted by a real Westerner, who said: "I think you are Josh Billings." Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie In this country, at least, however it may have been in the States, Josh Billings was by no means the favourite or leading American humorist. Lost Leaders A New Stereotype Edition.—Embracing the whole of his writings, with a Biography of the author, and profusely illustrated by various artists $2.00 Josh Billings. The English Orphans I first heard of Josh Billings several years ago when crossing the Isthmus of Panama by that remarkable railway which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Strange it is, as Josh Billings puts it, that "some folks know things that ain't so." The Dollar Hen They appeared very much like copy for a Josh Billings Almanac. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great The death of Mr. “Josh Billings” may have diminished the stock of harmless pleasures, but can hardly be said to have eclipsed the gaiety of nations. Lost Leaders I went one day to interview him in Boston, and Mr. Shepard, his publisher, said "Please don't trouble Josh Billings now." Russell H. Conwell “Josh Billings knows that there are some dogs’ tails which can’t be got to curl no ways, and some which will, and you can’t stop ’em. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z "You make me think of what Josh Billings said that 'it's a good deal better not to know so many things than it is to know so many things that ain't so!'" Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Josh Billings called his favorite cat William, because he considered no shorter name fitted to the dignity of his character. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others If they had more experience, they would have heard him read "Josh Billings," particularly "On the Mule," from the New York Weekly columns. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form There is nothing either snobbish or sublime about it; and, speaking after Josh Billings, “it's a fair even-going critter,” capable of being either pulled down or made bigger. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston Oliver Wendell Holmes I had known for years, Artemus Ward was a household name in California, James Russell Lowell had become a familiar acquaintance through the “Biglow Papers;” but who was Josh Billings? The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Josh Billings says, "When a man begins to slide down hill he finds it greased for the occasion." From Wealth to Poverty The letter was written in the style of Josh Billings, and purported to come from a widow residing in the "Lost Townships." The Life of Abraham Lincoln Mark Twain and Josh Billings wrote that way; Ring Lardner writes so to-day. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism My favorite quotation from Josh Billings again applies: It is so much easier to be a harmless dove than a wise serpent. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography “The author is ——” and my friend paused—“the author of Josh Billings is none other than—President Lincoln!” The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z The wit of "Artemus Ward" and "Josh Billings" is distinctively American. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters He did not fail to return to the company of Nasby, Josh Billings, and those others of Redpath's "attractions" as long and as often as distance would permit. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) If the late Josh Billings should rise up and tell me that he wrote Herbert Spencer's philosophies; I should answer and say that the spelling casts a doubt upon his claim. Christian Science I have always been fond of Josh Billings's remark that "it is much easier to be a harmless dove than a wise serpent." Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography I lost no time in inquiring who Josh Billings was and where he lived. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Too self-sufficient to listen to argument, they are keenly sensitive to ridicule, and a little of Josh Billings is more effective in doing good than the best sermon a foreign friend could preach them. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z There is a photograph of Mark Twain, Nasby, and Josh Billings together. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) Burlesques, such as the above, whether written by Artemus Ward or Josh Billings, have not been without their good effect in the United States. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z His name is familiar to every tongue, and scarcely a paper in the country appears without more or less space devoted to the sayings of “Josh Billings.” The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Take a little of Martin Farquhar Tupper, and a little of Artemus Ward, knead them together, and you may make something which approaches to a Josh Billings. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z A “showman,” as well as an author, Josh Billings is now regarded in the cities of the Union. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z "Josh Billings," another of Redpath's lecturers, was likewise often to be found in the Lyceum offices. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) “Do you know what Josh Billings says about dogs’ tails?” The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z G. W. Carleton, the publisher, will soon issue a book for Josh Billings, entitled “Eggs ov Comfort Laid by the Hen Consolashun.” The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z An arrangement was at last made with “Josh Billings,” and so the “Allminax” came about. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Billings.” xx Thus it was that I first heard of Josh Billings. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Having described who Josh Billings is, it may be fitting to add a few words relative to his writings and their position in the comic literature of America. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z That he has had Artemus Ward before him is demonstrable by comparing the chapter in which “Josh Billings Insures his Life,” with Artemus Ward’s celebrated paper, entitled “His Autobiography.” The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z His first book was issued May 19, 1866, in New York, by George W. Carleton, the publisher of Artemus Ward’s Works, and was entitled “Josh Billings, His Book.” The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z There is always a higher purpose peeping out from among the quaint fancies and odd expressions of Josh Billings. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z This volume had a large sale, and was followed in July, 1868, by a new work entitled “Josh Billings on Ice.” The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z |
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