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S6 THE TOMAHA WK. \February 20 , 1869.
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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENTS.
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about Dear orig Sir inality ,—Wh ? at is...
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DOUBLE ACROSTIC,
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And Against glowing my with secon cel d,...
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S6 The Tomaha Wk. \February 20 , 1869.
S 6 THE TOMAHA WK . \ February 20 , 1869 .
Original Correspondents.
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENTS .
About Dear Orig Sir Inality ,—Wh ? At Is...
about Dear orig Sir inality , —Wh ? at is this cant which is going up as a cry notions Have st not rike all all great men wits of genius the same the ideas same ? ? Do not the same without It would putting be ridiculous my decided for me veto to allo on w it . this And claptrap Why ? to Wh pass y , because I hold that every man Who exposes his brain offers me brains food for for my a Own considerable nourishment period . . I have No one fed will on other deny men for ' s moment that I have fattened on the same ; and yet rio one , I talent presume . , would dare to step forward and suggest that I lacked Let the puny penny-a-sceners who have nothing else but their know own they brains cannot to face depend me , that upon is step why up I challenge and confront them me . . I beautiful I have now iece . It preparation s with a a lovel scene from piece D , umas bedad the 1 Sir elder , a followed b p y a charming open idea of Anicet Bourgeois ! On to this , which I have woul grafted d be , the so to best speak situation , a notion in the © f Ferinirriore dramaonl Cooper I have ' s , found the second in a German act . Old play Dumas not welL is far known too fertile something not , to better y lend me for the another rest except scene in that the I third have act worked , and I like need yeast not say into more the whole about the me of famous originality novel , of which —but would no , I annoy won ' t blab me , beyond or you mi measure ght ac . cuse If you let me would know like , and a I' few ll hunt quotations up any you from require Horace . ' s I forgot Ars Poetica to say the can title say that of 1 my is p ori witnout iece ginal will . least Hard Times , I don ' t think anyone
am , me respect For you Yo or ur anyone literary else superior , , D—n B t . matic Dear existence Sir , —I . ha I ve have written gone burlesques to Lempriere during for all my my stories dra- , information to Joe Miller . for I hav my e puns principall , and to y depended the costumier , however for my , on general other not peop get le ' s dancers legs . to I break only broke down for down me . myself This being when the I could case , anything you will acknowledge of originality that it would lot which be a , afte farce r all for , me is nothing to think . in Some legs men , and as lo brains ng as make I have a p a ie respectable ce . I don ' t pair agree to . stand I believe upon . I shall write burlesques as I alway Yours s sincerely have done , . Mark Merrythought .
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ori ginal ear aut Sir hor , — . I I am join an my author strongest I a tones dramatic to swell author the cry ! an of originality ! Nothing like originality !! pieces The . managers They have are no at confidence fault , Sir ; in they a man won who ' t have is unknown original . this I am just unknown ? Is this . The as it managers should be have ? Should no confidenc net the e in managers me . Is be not the seek kind out foster the mute -parents inglorious to orig Shakspeares inal geniuses , whose ? Shoul gems d they are for rage born a their run to blush of tottering three unsee weeks n steps in sp to by ite begin g iving with their them % But s at serene the least managers , a and trial encou , say are - about selfish literature beings , who , who thifik see more more about beauty their in a full balance gallery -sheet than than in the have outpourings never met of a a man poet ' s heart . . Sir You I ha think ve had perhaps the extreme , Sir , I felicity of reading a fantastic ager drama , in seven acts to one whose to affable hear manners me . I h eld him e to , Sir place , with some my confidence glittering eye in his and consent penenot trating to his voice cravings for full to th be ree made hours acquainted in his private with room the . I pri listened ncipal my situations stage , directions I knew the , and force I gave of my him dialogu all . e , I I felt kno the w they power went of pathos deep into , my his comic soul bits , and were th so oug telling h he would that I have saw him wept stroking at the his Which moustache their reminiscence through whole excited scenes in him to - conceal But even the latlg he hter Sir quire could d not whether grasp the my depth tragic of dra my ma original was ity riot . Eve intended n he , for Sir , , the in- , , not opening discou of raged a pantomi , for I me knew before that putting if I read it to iilto the rhyme end . I should I was o effect n . I my never will let . I him knew sleep that for ori a ginalit moment y would , and triump as he h . I anke read him friend me convulsivel . * Yes too , original Sir , y there the , " was tear are victims all stood he in co to uld his this utter eye datfce . as " , I Too and turned ori I am ginal to one leave , my . Believe me , yours originally , Lucifer Gudgeon , Dramatic Author .
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And Against Glowing My With Secon Cel D,...
And Against glowing my with secon cel d , estial full of fire ire , * My first An etern edict al cruel war declared straight he penned , And forth this fatal shaft did send Full at those gentle breasts for battle unprepared . All They naked lay beneath to his cruel the soft spite li , me-light ; The stoniest heart might pity feel I Who Beware , great with Lord a ; smile thou their warr ' st foes with those Against the steel such . conquer none should point quill peris , ; much less Excit Some e relic d mountain of this , chief on thy i seek peak j , ( ( 2 1 . . ) ) This Mid snows crime up to on do thy were icy easy brow now ( 3 . . ) ( 4 . ) And To a wash Roast it Goose down this with word this a I u 'd la say it . ( ( 6 5 . . ) ) The Who greatest on this o spot f his won race victory was he . > ( 8 ( 7 ) . ) This Then Mellow is simp th and e ly drink soft on , this fu to ll di ground ri own pe with your , yo years u fear 'll swear s ; j 11 " ) ^ / "'' \ / And As There she now , Jive who ' s , s no caug joy maid ht ! your yo on ur earth own boyish financy so fancy fair * * ) ) J ^ ( rj ^ ' ' \ v
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 20, 1869, page 86, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20021869/page/12/
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