Through the hot black breath of the burnin' boat Jim Bludso's voice was heard, And they all had trust in his cussedness And knowed he would keep his word. And, sure's you're born, they all got off Afore the smokestacks fell, And Bludso's ghost went up... Public Opinion - Page 2471898Full view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...cursin', but Jim yelled out. Over all the infernal roar, "I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." Through the hot, black breath of...cussedness, And knowed he would keep his word. And sure's you're born, they all got off Afore the smokestacks fell, — And Bludso's ghost went up alone... | |
| American literature - 1871 - 808 pages
...burnt a hole in the night ; " and again in the lines, — " Through the hot black breath of the bumin' boat. Jim Bludso's voice was heard, And they all had...his cussedness. And knowed he would keep his word." It was a great stroke of modern realism to make it Jim Bludso's " cussedness," — ort,as we should... | |
| John Hay - Literary Criticism - 1871 - 188 pages
...yelled out, Over all the infernal roar, " I '11 hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot 's ashore." Through the hot, black breath of the burnin'...cussedness, And knowed he would keep his word. And, sure 's you 're born, they all got off Afore the smokestacks fell, — And Bludso's ghost went up alone In... | |
| John Milton Hay - 1871 - 196 pages
...cursin', but Jim yelled out Over all the infernal roar, " I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." Through the hot, black breath of...cussedness, And knowed he would keep his word. And, sure's you're born, they all got off Afore the smokestacks fell, — And Bludso's ghost went up alone... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot 's ashore." Through the hot, black breath of the bumin' boat Jim Bludso's voice was heard, And they all had trust in his enssednees, And knowed he would keep his word. And, sure 's you 're born, they all got off Afore the... | |
| Maximilian Schele de Vere - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1872 - 706 pages
...Jim Bludsoe of the Prairie Bell : " Through the hot-black breath of the burnin' boat Jim Bludsoe's voice was heard, And they all had trust in his cussedness, And knowed he would keep his word." The term has even been traced back to a French origin, from the fact that the same term is used in... | |
| Maximilian Schele de Vere - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1872 - 700 pages
...Jim Bludsoe of the Prairie Bell : " Through, the hot-black breath of the biirnin' boat Jim Bludsoe' s voice was heard, And they all had trust in his cussedness, And knowed he would keep his word." The term has even been traced back to a French origin, from the fact that the same term is used in... | |
| Maximilian Schele de Vere - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1872 - 702 pages
...Jim Bludsoe of the Prairie Bell : " Through the hot-black breath of the burnin' boat Jim Bludsoe's voice was heard, And they all had trust in his cussedness, And knowed he would keep his word." The term has even been traced back to a French origin, from the fact that the same term is used in... | |
| John Hay - 1873 - 206 pages
...Over all the infernal roar, " I '11 hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot 's ashore." And they all had trust in his cussedness, And knowed he would keep his word. And, sure 's you 're born, they all got off Afore the smokestacks fell, — And Bludso's ghost went up alone In... | |
| 1873 - 740 pages
...bank till every soul save he got safe on shore : — Through the hot black breath of the burning Ijoat Jim Bludso's voice was heard ; And they all had trust in his cussedness, And knew he would keep his word. And sure's you're born, they all got off Afore the smoke-stacks fell,... | |
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