 | 1849 - 390 pages
...'s ez long ez It is broad, An' yon 've gnt to git np airly Ef yon want to take in God. " 'Taint yoar eppyletts an' feathers Make the thing a grain more right ; 'Taint afollerin* yonr bell-wethers Will excnse ye in His sight ; Ef yon take a sword ans dror it, An' go stick a feller... | |
 | American literature - 1854 - 598 pages
...plain terms : 'Taint your epyletts an' feathers Make the tiiing a grain more right ; 'Taint a follerin' your bell-wethers Will excuse ye in His sight; Ef you take a sword an' dror it, An' po stick a feller thru, Guv'ment aint to answer for it, God '11 send the bill to you. But although... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1858 - 328 pages
...an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, An' you've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God. 'Taint your eppyletts an' feathers Make the thing...take a sword an' dror it, An' go stick a feller thru, Guv'meut aint to answer for it, God '11 send the bill to you. Wut's the use o' meetin'-goin' Every... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 336 pages
...broad, An' you've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God. 'Taint your eppyletts an' feathers Will excuse ye in His sight; Ef you take a sword an' dror it, Make the thing a grain more right; 'Taint afollerin' your bell-wethers An' go stick a feller thru,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1859 - 236 pages
...an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, An' you Ve gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God. 'Taint your eppyletts an' feathers Make the thing...stick a feller thru, Guv'ment aint to answer for it, God '11 send the bill to you. Wut 's the use o' meetin-goin" Every Sabbath, wet or dry, Ef it 's right... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1859 - 226 pages
...an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, An' you 've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God. Taint your eppyletts an' feathers Make the thing a...stick a feller thru, Guv'ment aint to answer for it, Wut 's the use o' meetin-goin' Every Sabbath, wet or dry, 1 Ef it's right to go amowin' Feller-men... | |
 | 1859 - 522 pages
...finds irreverence in this extract from Hosea's first letter, an outpouring against unjust war : — '"Taint your eppyletts an' feathers Make the thing a grain more right ; 'Taint your foliering your bellwethers excuse ye in Нш sight ; Ef you take a sword an' dror it, An' go stick... | |
 | 1861 - 998 pages
...:— " 'T aint your eppyletts an' feathers Make the thing a grain more right ; 'T aint a follering your bell-wethers Will excuse ye in His sight ; Ef...stick a feller thru', Guv'ment aint to answer for it, God '11 send the bill to you. " Wut's the use o* meetin'-goin' Every Sabbath, wet or dry, Ef it's right... | |
 | Religion - 1861 - 1176 pages
...: — " 'T aint your eppyletts an' feathers Make the thing a grain more right ; 'T aint a follering your bell-wethers Will excuse ye in His sight ; Ef...stick a feller thru', Guv'ment aint to answer for it, God '11 send the bill to you. " Wut's the use o' meetin'-goin' Every Sabbath, wet or dry, Ef it's right... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1862 - 432 pages
...an' fairly. It's ez long ez it is broad ; An' you 've got to git up airly If you want to take in God. 'Tain't your eppyletts an' feathers Make the thing...'Tain't a-follerin' your bell-wethers Will excuse yon in His sight. Ef yon take a sword, an' dror it, An' go stick a feller thru, Gnvment ain't to answer... | |
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Ez fer war, I call it murder, — There you hev it plain an" flat; I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment fer that; God hez sed so plump an' fairly, It 's ez long ez it is broad, An' you Ve gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God. 
