The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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... Ghosts - he was far too genteel ; Still a queerish sensation came on when he saw Him , whom , for fun , They'd ... Ghost with such manifest awe ! It excited the Chevalier Grandville's surprise ; He shrugg'd up his shoulders , he ...
... Ghosts - he was far too genteel ; Still a queerish sensation came on when he saw Him , whom , for fun , They'd ... Ghost with such manifest awe ! It excited the Chevalier Grandville's surprise ; He shrugg'd up his shoulders , he ...
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... Ghost part of the story was true ; - How , at last , when asked " What was the best thing to do ? " Everybody was silent , -for nobody knew ! And how , in the end , they said , " No one could deal With the matter so well , from his ...
... Ghost part of the story was true ; - How , at last , when asked " What was the best thing to do ? " Everybody was silent , -for nobody knew ! And how , in the end , they said , " No one could deal With the matter so well , from his ...
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... Ghost ! -Then shriek'd , as he fell on the floor like a stone , " Ah ! Sister Therese ! now - do let me alone ! " It's amazing by sheer perseverance what men do , - As water wears stone by the " Sæpe cadendo , " If they stick to Lord ...
... Ghost ! -Then shriek'd , as he fell on the floor like a stone , " Ah ! Sister Therese ! now - do let me alone ! " It's amazing by sheer perseverance what men do , - As water wears stone by the " Sæpe cadendo , " If they stick to Lord ...
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... Ghost sits that nobody else knows is there , And how , after saying " What man dares I dare ! " He proceeds to declare He should not so much care If it came in the shape of a " tiger " or " bear , " But he don't like it shaking its long ...
... Ghost sits that nobody else knows is there , And how , after saying " What man dares I dare ! " He proceeds to declare He should not so much care If it came in the shape of a " tiger " or " bear , " But he don't like it shaking its long ...
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... Ghost !! " The next in order of these " lays of many lands " refers to a period far earlier in point of date , and has for its scene the banks of what our Teutonic friends are wont to call their " own imperial River ! " The incidents ...
... Ghost !! " The next in order of these " lays of many lands " refers to a period far earlier in point of date , and has for its scene the banks of what our Teutonic friends are wont to call their " own imperial River ! " The incidents ...
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The Ingoldsby Legends; Or, Mirth and Marvels Thomas Ingoldsby,R H Dalton 1815-1886 Barham No preview available - 2016 |
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