Baled Hay: A Drier Book than Walt Whitman’s ”Leaves o’ Grass” by Bill Nye (1850 – 1896)
by Mentor New York
July 17, 2023 3:00 am
There can really be no excuse for this last book of trite and beautiful sayings. I do not attempt, in any way, to palliate this great wrong. I would not do so even if I had an idea what palliate meant. . . . I have taken great care to thoroughly eradicate anything that would have the appearance of poetry in this work, and there is not a thought or suggestion contained in it that would soil the most delicate fabric. Do not read it all at once, however, in order to see whether he married the girl or not. Take a little at a time, and it will cure gloom on the “similia simili-bus curanter” principle. – Summary by Bill Nye
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DEDICATION.; BALED HAY
1 year agoGREELEY AID RUM.; ABOUT SAW MILLS.; EXPERIMENTS WITH OLD CHEESE.; THE RAG-CARPET.
1 year agoONE KIND OF A BOY.; THE CHAMPION MEAN MAN.; FRATERNAL SPARRING.; CHIPETA'S ADDRESS TO THE UTES.
1 year agoBILL NYE'S CAT.; AUTUMN THOUGHTS.; THE MAN WHO INTERRUPTS.
1 year agoTHE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COW.; PRESERVING EGGS.; HUMAN' NATURE ON THE HALF-SHELL.; TOO CONTIGUOUS.; THE AMENDE HONORABLE.
1 year agoJOAQUIN AND JUNIATA.; SOME VAGUE THOUGHTS.; THE YOUMORIST.; MY CABINET.
1 year agoHEALTH FOOD.; PINES FOR HIS OLD HOME
1 year agoONE TOUCH OF NATURE.; HOW TO PUT UP A STOVE-PIPE.; FUN OF BEING A PUBLISHER.; LINGERIE.; FRUIT.; THE BONE OF CONTENTION.
1 year agoCONGRATULATORY.; THE AGONY IS OVER.; OSTRICH CAVALRY.; AN ELECTRIC BELT.; THE ANNUAL WAIL; HE WAS NOT A BURGLAR.
1 year agoBEST ON, BLESSED MEMORY.
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