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• His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin'...
• All kin' o' smily round the lips, An' teary round the lashes.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin'...
• Our Pilgrim stock wuz pithed with hardihood. -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin', No.
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• Like streams that keep a summer mind Snow-hid in Jenooary.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin'...
• Soft-heartedness, in times like these, Shows sof'ness in the upper story.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin', No. vii...
• The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm from floor to ceilin'.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin'...
• T was kin' o' kingdom-come to look On sech a blessed cretur.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin'...
• Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin', No. vii...
• Under the yaller pines I house, When sunshine makes 'em all sweet-scented, An' hear among their furry boughs The baskin' west-wind purr contented.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin', No. x...