Ernest Bramah vs. Josh Billings
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Ernest Bramah
1868 – 1942
Literature
United Kingdom
Ernest Brammah Smith, who wrote under the pseudonym of Ernest Bramah, was an English author. He published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were often ranked with Jerome K.
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"At the mention of the name and offence of this degraded being a great sound went up from the entire multitude – a universal cry of execration, not greatly dissi…"
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Josh Billings
1818 – 1885
Music
United States
Henry Wheeler Shaw, better known by the pen name Josh Billings, was a 19th-century American humorist and lecturer.
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"The grate desire ov mi life iz tew amuze sumboddy. I had rather be able to set the multiplikashun table tew sum lively tune than tew hav bin the author ov it."
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Connections
Josh Billings was influenced by Ernest Bramah
Shared era: 1868 – 1885
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