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Goldsboro Weekly Argus, North Carolina, March 29, 1900 This is to certify that ….. has been licensed to lie from ….. day of ….. 19.. to ….. day of ….. 19.. he being a duly qualified liar, having passed a most rigid examination by the Ancient,...   High-res

Goldsboro Weekly Argus, North Carolina, March 29, 1900

This is to certify that ….. has been licensed to lie from ….. day of  ….. 19.. to  ….. day of  ….. 19.. he being a duly qualified liar, having passed a most rigid examination by the Ancient, Reckless and Independent Order of Deceivers or Liars Union, and after having successfully passed the required examination, we do hereby grant him this license.

The Behaviour Book: A Manual for Ladies, 1853 People who have read but little, travelled but little, and seen but little of the world out of their own immediate circle, and whose intellect is too obtuse to desire any new accession to their own small...

The Behaviour Book: A Manual for Ladies, 1853

People who have read but little, travelled but little, and seen but little of the world out of their own immediate circle, and whose intellect is too obtuse to desire any new accession to their own small stock of ideas, are apt to think that nothing can be true unless it has fallen under their own limited experience.

The Fool-Killer, Pores Knob, North Carolina, October 1, 1925

Are you beginning to see snakes on balloon tires, man-eating canary birds, fiddling crocodiles, flying push-carts, barking street and caves foaming at the mouth?

Hubby gets up in the morning and days: “Darling, what did you do with my six-shooter? This is the day I promised my stenographer to shoot you.”

“It’s in the bureau drawer,” says the wife, “but you won’t need it, because sweety sent me the rough-on-rats for your morning coffee.”