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...motto is, "Dum vivimus vivamus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

...size of his enormous bill, on vich he carries home his fish to his family, ven, in case of their running short, he nobly begins a pecking of hisself onto the breast, and a sayin', in his vay, "I dies for those I loves," - a be-autiful motto, my little dears, for your copy-books and your antecedent lives. The unusual heft of his bill makes him appear lopsided; but a kind Providence and the visdom of Beneficent Nature has counteracted this seemin' top-heaviness by a balancin' on to the end of his hyber-uncu-lated tail a number...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ENGLISH SHOWMAN. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

...motto...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TALE OF MONTEFIASCONE.* | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

...Lucky boys that we were, we drew our first choice! It is true, the room is not connected with two or even one chamber. It has no modern ventilator over the door, and we perceive no patent iron mantel, or fireplace. And my search for the Ebon shield and motto is repaid only by the inscription, "J. C. W. 1792," which, though long since filled with the janitor's putty, is still discernible just above the grate. The ceiling is low, and no cornice adorns the walls, but the windows command an excellent view of the Yard, and the comfortable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO. 43. | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

...motto for the temperance crusade: "H2O! every one that thirsteth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 3/27/1874 | See Source »

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