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George Barlow. (1847– ?) 8031 What men have done can still be done The Song of Abu Klea. Joel Chandler Harris. (1848–1908) 8032 Brer Fox, he lay low. Legends of the old Plantation. 8033 Ez soshubble ez a baskit er kittens. Legends of the old Plantation. 8034 Lazy fokes’s stummucks don’t git tired. Plantation Proverbs. 8035 Jay-bird don’t rob his own nes’. Plantation Proverbs. 8036 Licker talks mighty loud w’en it gits loose from de jug. Plantation Proverbs. 8037 Hungry rooster don’t cackle w’en he fine a wum. Plantation Proverbs. 8038 Youk’n hide de fier, but w’at you gwine do wid de smoke? Plantation Proverbs. Arthur James, Earl of Balfour. (1848–1930) 8039 The energies of our system will decay; the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no longer tolerate the race which has for a moment disturbed its solitude. Man will go down into the pit and all his thoughts will perish. The Foundations of Belief. William Ernest Henley. (1849–1903) 8040 Out of the night that covers me, To R. T. H. B.
