Bret Harte

1836 - 1902 *

writer, whose most famous novels were set in the American West

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Which I wish to remark,--
And my language is plain,--
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar. -- Plain Language from truthful James.

Francis Bret Harte

Ah Sin was his name. -- Plain Language from truthful James.

Francis Bret Harte

With the smile that was childlike and bland. -- Plain Language from truthful James.

Francis Bret Harte

We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor. -- Plain Language from truthful James.

Francis Bret Harte

He smiled a kind of sickly smile and curled up on the floor
And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more. -- The Society upon the Stanislaus.

Francis Bret Harte

With unpronounceable awful names. -- The Tale of a Pony.

Francis Bret Harte

For there be women, fair as she,
Whose verbs and nouns do more agree. -- Mrs. Judge Jenkins.

Francis Bret Harte

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