Tyin' up a colonist by the heels is another thing.

I don't think it right; but I don't know nothin'; I've had the book too close to my eyes.

Joe H--e, that never was there, can tell you twice as much as I can about the colonies.

The focus to see right, as I said afore, is three thousand miles off.' "'Well,' sais he, 'that's a capital illustration, Mr.Slick.There is more in that than meets the ear.

Don't tell me you don't know nothin' about the colonies; few men know so much as you do.