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"Wal, I like flyin' well enough," He said, "but the' ain't sich a thundern' sight O' fun in't when ye come to light."

"Wal, I like flyin' well enough," He said, "but the' ain't sich a thundern' sight O' fun in't when ye come to light."
Trowbridge (identity unresolved)

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Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)

Printed page 11 · quotation 20 · Trowbridge · Darius Green and his Flying Machine.

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