...26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904 and cover a variety of humorous subjects from Adan and Eve (De Appile Tree) to Brer Rabbit's Gigglin' Place. There are also genuine Camp Meeting Songs and a Corn S...

...n blowy weather, with the dust of the lime in its powdered state. The mor- tar-makers, on the other hand, were often not a little dis- tressed with th... ...a quan- tity of tarpaulin, or cloth laid over with successive coats of hot tar, the joiners had just completed the covering of the roof with it. This ... ...g they finished the boring, trenailing, wedging, and grouting it with mor- tar. At twelve o’clock noon the beacon-house bell was rung, and all hands w... ...he two remain- ing stones were, however, laid in their places without mor- tar when the bell on the beacon was rung, and, all hands being collected on...

...sten to the wise old man tell these stories. These 17 stories were specially chosen from Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings and include The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story, Miss Cow falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit; Mr. Fox and the Deceitful Frogs; Mr. Rabbit grossly deceives Mr. Fox and lots of others. (Summary by phil chenevert)...

...mongrels whose minds never came above their navels. Naturally, she didn’t tar her grandfather with the same brush as the rest of the male population...

...Why, because with electricity,” Levin interrupted again, “every time you rub tar against wool, a recognized phenomenon is manifested, but in this case... ...use, he can go, and we can manage by ourselves.” “Father, Finogen wants some tar,” said the young woman in the clogs, coming in. “Yes, yes, that’s how...

...coat in the world, besides this,” contin- ued Harry, “and that is all over tar.” “George will see to that,” said Flora. “Don’t you think you would be ...

...e two angels had to combat many imps trying to swipe timbers, contaminate tar and influence the crowds into mocking poor Noah and his family. These ... ...visit. Allan had said that Mrs. Carter’s makeup and hair was thicker than tar and like a beehive. Although Darcy had agreed with her husband, she wo...

...erience. Growing silk likewise, if any be, is a likely commodity. Pitch and tar, where store of firs and pines are, will not fail. So drugs and sweet...

...ng as exclusively to London as its own smoke, or the dingy bricks and mor- tar. We could illustrate the remark by a variety of ex- amples, but, in our... ...disgust which no words can describe. His scarlet coat and golden lace were tar- nished with ignoble smoke; flakes of soot had fallen on his bright gre...

...You too, my cousins, and you only, may. You in a garden green With me were king and queen, Were hunter, soldier, tar, And all the thous...

...arts are – first on shore, steaming hot days with a smell of bone-dust and tar and salt water; then the little puff- ing, panting steam-launch that bu... ...rnambuco by first mail… . My father has sent me the heartiest sort of Jack Tar’s cheer. ‘S. S. HOOPER. OFF FUNCHAL, JUNE 29. – Here we are off Madeira...

...poiled his nice new rattle. Just then flew down a monstrous crow, As black as a tar barrel; Which frightened both the heroes so, They quite forgot thei...

...usand per- sons, victims to the dark power in its first or its second ava- tar, attested the Titanic scale upon which it worked. Here it was that the ...

... by the blast) The Watchfire, like a sullen star Twinkles to many a dozing Tar Rude cradled on the mast. Even there — beneath that light-house tow...

...ng as exclusively to London as its own smoke, or the dingy bricks and mor- tar. We could illustrate the remark by a variety of ex- amples, but, in our...

...laws. Economic condi- tions are made and compact of the human will, and by tar- iffs, by trade regulation and organization, fresh strands of will may ...

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... with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the popular tales concerning them. (To this day, “tar baby” as an expression for a particularly sticky situation that is almost impossible to solve, has passed into the English language and common use.) Even people who have never read any of these tales will know exactly why...

... a master-mason and re- fused. “You are a scamp, you are. Trying to make a tar- get of me! Those fellows in there are good shots, you know that. No, t... ...ng was a crime, a horrible crime.” The woman, who stood against the wooden tar- get every night with her arms stretched out and her finger extended, a... .... 241 Selected Writings He lit the tapers, which were standing on the al- tar, and began to say a “Requiem Mass”; while the old man kneeled on the al...

...t. There are still men, of whom it was of old written, Bray them in a mor- tar! Or, in milder language, They have wedded their delusions: fire nor ste...