James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
No. 3.
The Biglow Papers (1848–1866), Series II (1866)
“A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler
O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller.”
No. 4, st. 2.
The Biglow Papers (1848–1866), Series I (1848)
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