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Gelett Burgess (1866-1951 / Boston / United States)
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Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 – September 18, 1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author, and humorist. He was born in Boston, and graduat .. more >>
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1      A Woman's Reason
2      An Alphabet of Famous Goops
3      Floorless Room, The
4      Lazy Roof, The
5      My Feet
6      On Digital Extremities
7      Purple Cow, The
8      Purple Cow, The : Suite
9      The Floorless Room
10      The Goops
11      The Lazy Roof
12      The Purple Cow
13      The Purple Cow: Suite
        
 

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  Gelett Burgess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jan 31, 2009 ... Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 – September 18, 1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author, and humorist. He was born in Boston, ...
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Gelett Burgess. Gelett Burgess AKA Frank Gelett Burgess. Born: 30-Jan-1866 ... NNDB MAPPER, Create a map starting with, Gelett Burgess ...
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  RPO -- Selected Poetry of Gelett Burgess (1866-1951)
Born in Boston on January 30, 1866, Frank Gelett Burgess graduated from M.I.T. in 1887 with a B.Sc. and went to work as a draftsman, eventually becoming an ...
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2 quotes and quotations by Gelett Burgess. ... You may be dead. Gelett Burgess To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life. Gelett Burgess ...
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  ''I'm Sorry, now, I Wrote it,
But I can Tell you Anyhow,
I'll Kill you if you Quote it.''
Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), U.S. poet. Ah, Yes, I Wrote the "Purple Cow," (l. 2-4). . . Norton Book of Light Verse, The. Russell Baker, ed. (1986)...
 
  ''Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—
I'm sorry, now, I wrote it!
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'll kill you if you quote it.''
Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), U.S. humorist, illustrator. Cinq Ans Après, The Burgess Nonsense Book (1914).

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