Gelett Burgess

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The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.






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The Wondering Minstrels: The Purple Cow -- Gelett Burgess
17, 1951, Carmel, Calif. in full FRANK GELETT BURGESS, American humorist and illustrator, best known for a single, early, whimsical quatrain: [The Purple Cow] Burgess was educated as an engineer and worked briefly for a railroad in that ...
WoW of the Week: Zebra Print Tote
(with apologies to Gelett Burgess*) I never saw a purple zebra, I never hope to see one. But looking at this darling tote I kind of think I need one. No zebras, purple or otherwise, were harmed in the making of this tote. ...
Gelett Burgess ? Appreciating Nonsense
-Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) Commentary: I believe I know what he is saying. Only someone who is serious will recognize nonsense because those who are not serious have nothing to compare the nonsense to. But those who are not serious do ...
Speakers Humorous Stories | Discount Home Theater
The volume includes works by: Henry Wallace Phillips, Stella Wynne Herron, Helen Green, Hashimura Togo (Wallace Irwin), Edwin Lefevre, Florence M. Kingsley, Will E. Lewis, Grayson M.P. Murphy, John Kendrick Bangs, Gelett Burgess, ...
Gelett Burgess
(1866?1951), poet Men like to pursue an elusive woman like a cake of wet soap--even men who hate baths. Source: http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions. Comment on this item.


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