[The Attache by Thomas Chandler Haliburton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Attache CHAPTER VIII 5/18
The last paragraphs, he said, he affectioned and approbated with all his heart. "It is rather tall talkin' that," said he; "I like its patronisin' tone. There is sunthin' goodish in a colonist patronisin' a Britisher.
It's turnin' the tables on 'em; it's sarvin' 'em out in their own way.
Lord, I think I see old Bull put his eye-glass up and look at you, with a dead aim, and hear him say, 'Come, this is cuttin' it rather fat.' Or, as the feller said to his second wife, when she tapped him on the shoulder, 'Marm, my first wife was a _Pursy_, and she never presumed to take that liberty.' Yes, that's good, Squire.
Go it, my shirt-tails! you'll win if you get in fust, see if you don't.
Patronizin' a Britisher!!! A critter that has Lucifer's pride, Arkwright's wealth, and Bedlam's sense, ain't it rich? Oh, wake snakes and walk your chalks, will you! Give me your figgery-four Squire, I'll go in up to the handle for you.
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