Nesbit, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Dick), 1871-1927, Young, Ellsworth, [from old catalog] illus · San Francisco, P. Elder and company · leaf 10
irk and sword in togas stored —You know those times they wore em — They made a muss of Juli-usOne morning in the Forum. With Et tu. Brute ? J. C. grew mute. (Some claim its Et tu, Bru-te ;We mention it both whole and split As is our bounden duty.) Mark Antony arose, and he Talked some,-—we shall… … HRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS When Christopher Columbus stood the egg upon its end,He solved a weighty problem that no one could comprehend —Perhaps it was the puzzle whose solution clearly showedThe psychologic motives of the hen that crossed the road.Perhaps cold storage minstrels never might have heard of…
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