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... volume written wholly in dialect must have its solemn , not to say melancholy , features . My purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original sim- plicity , and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect — if ...
... volume written wholly in dialect must have its solemn , not to say melancholy , features . My purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original sim- plicity , and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect — if ...
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... contributions to myth - literature . It is but fair to say that ethnological considerations formed no part of the undertaking which has resulted in the publication of this volume . Professor J. W. Powell Introduction . V.
... contributions to myth - literature . It is but fair to say that ethnological considerations formed no part of the undertaking which has resulted in the publication of this volume . Professor J. W. Powell Introduction . V.
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Joel Chandler Harris. the publication of this volume . Professor J. W. Powell , of the Smithsonian Institution , who is engaged in an investigation of the mythology of the North American Indians , informs me that some of Uncle Remus's ...
Joel Chandler Harris. the publication of this volume . Professor J. W. Powell , of the Smithsonian Institution , who is engaged in an investigation of the mythology of the North American Indians , informs me that some of Uncle Remus's ...
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... volume . There is an anecdote about the Irishman and the Rabbit which a number of negroes have told to me with great unction , and which is both funny and characteristic , though I will not undertake to say that it has its origin with ...
... volume . There is an anecdote about the Irishman and the Rabbit which a number of negroes have told to me with great unction , and which is both funny and characteristic , though I will not undertake to say that it has its origin with ...
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Page 6 - im wid dat calamus root, Brer Fox went ter wuk en got 'im some tar, en mix it wid some turkentime, en fix up a contrapshun wat he call a Tar-Baby, en he tuck dish yer Tar-Baby en he sot 'er in de big road, en den he lay off in de bushes fer to see wat de news wuz gwineter be. En he didn't hatter wait long, nudder, kaze bimeby here come Brer Rabbit pacin' down de road — lippity-clippity, clippity-lippity — dez ez sassy ez a jay-bird.
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Page 18 - Fox," sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, "but do fer de Lord's sake don't fling me in dat brier-patch," sezee. "I ain't got no string," sez Brer Fox, sezee, "en now I speck I'll hatter drown you," sezee. "Drown me des ez deep ez you please, Brer Fox," sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, "but do don't fling me in dat brierpatch,