One of Cleopatra's needles, for Mrs. F.S. peabody.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
Even here, however, he could not always resist the temptation to relieve sentiment with a piece of humor, as in the following clever congratulations to a friend on the birth of a son: A handsome and lively, though wee body Is the son of my friend, Mrs. peabody- It affords me great joy That her son is a boy, And not an absurd little she-body.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
This made old Sol terribul mad, an the next day he took the dog back to the Quaker, an ses he, in his rough way: 'Mr. peabody, this dog is not worth a dam!
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith