The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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... declare , That could any one draw Them from Dian's strict law , Into what Mrs. Ramsbottom calls a " Fox Paw , " It would be François Xavier Auguste de St Foix , Now , I'm sorry to say , At that time of day , The Court of Versailles was ...
... declare , That could any one draw Them from Dian's strict law , Into what Mrs. Ramsbottom calls a " Fox Paw , " It would be François Xavier Auguste de St Foix , Now , I'm sorry to say , At that time of day , The Court of Versailles was ...
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... declare That there's nothing so good as the pure " country air , " Whenever exhaustion of person , or purse , in An invalid cramps him , and sets him a - cursing ; A habit , I'm very much grieved at divulging , François Xavier Auguste ...
... declare That there's nothing so good as the pure " country air , " Whenever exhaustion of person , or purse , in An invalid cramps him , and sets him a - cursing ; A habit , I'm very much grieved at divulging , François Xavier Auguste ...
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... your Ladyship forgets Some widows came for epaulettes . So go back to your canter ; for one , I declare , Is now fumbling about our capsized Mousquetaire , A beetle - browed hag , With a knife and 20 THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE .
... your Ladyship forgets Some widows came for epaulettes . So go back to your canter ; for one , I declare , Is now fumbling about our capsized Mousquetaire , A beetle - browed hag , With a knife and 20 THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE .
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... declares , " stoops to folly , And finds out too late that false man can betray , " She is apt to look dismal , and grow " melan - choly , " And , in short , to be anything rather than gay . He goes on to remark that " to punish her ...
... declares , " stoops to folly , And finds out too late that false man can betray , " She is apt to look dismal , and grow " melan - choly , " And , in short , to be anything rather than gay . He goes on to remark that " to punish her ...
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... Declared that " his master was never asleep ! But would sigh , and would groan , slap his forehead , and weep ; That about ten o'clock His door he would lock , And then never would open it , let who would knock ! - He had heard him ...
... Declared that " his master was never asleep ! But would sigh , and would groan , slap his forehead , and weep ; That about ten o'clock His door he would lock , And then never would open it , let who would knock ! - He had heard him ...
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