The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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Page 42
... gone off at once with a flea in his ear ; -The Black Mousquetaire was as dead as Small - beer !! L'Envoy . A moral more in point I scarce could hope Than this , from Mr. Alexander Pope . If ever chance should bring some Cornet gay And ...
... gone off at once with a flea in his ear ; -The Black Mousquetaire was as dead as Small - beer !! L'Envoy . A moral more in point I scarce could hope Than this , from Mr. Alexander Pope . If ever chance should bring some Cornet gay And ...
Page 61
... gone to pot , And in making those loans you have made a bad shot ; Now do as the boys do when , shooting at sparrows And tom - tits , they chance to lose one of their arrows , -Shoot another the same way - I'll watch well its track ...
... gone to pot , And in making those loans you have made a bad shot ; Now do as the boys do when , shooting at sparrows And tom - tits , they chance to lose one of their arrows , -Shoot another the same way - I'll watch well its track ...
Page 67
... gone there to feed out of spite , On " wings made by a tailor " the damsel took flight . By these " wings " I'd express A grey duffle dress , With brass badge and muffin cap , made , as by rule , For an upper - class boy in the National ...
... gone there to feed out of spite , On " wings made by a tailor " the damsel took flight . By these " wings " I'd express A grey duffle dress , With brass badge and muffin cap , made , as by rule , For an upper - class boy in the National ...
Page 69
... gone by ere he reach'd the fifth act ; Meanwhile that unfortunate bill became due , Which his Lordship had almost forgot , to the Jew , And Antonio grew In a deuce of a stew , For he could not cash up , spite of all he could do ; ( The ...
... gone by ere he reach'd the fifth act ; Meanwhile that unfortunate bill became due , Which his Lordship had almost forgot , to the Jew , And Antonio grew In a deuce of a stew , For he could not cash up , spite of all he could do ; ( The ...
Page 80
... gone off in arrear , And his brewer has sent in a long bill for beer , And his butcher and baker , with faces austere , Ask him to clear Off , for furnish'd good cheer , Bills , they say , " have been standing for more than a year ...
... gone off in arrear , And his brewer has sent in a long bill for beer , And his butcher and baker , with faces austere , Ask him to clear Off , for furnish'd good cheer , Bills , they say , " have been standing for more than a year ...
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Abbey Auto-da-fé bandy-legg'd Bassanio Black Mousquetaire Blondie Jacke Bolton Hall brow call'd Compline Cook cried curly-wigg'd dapple-grey dear declare deuce Devil Dol-drum the Manager e'en Entry dark Exciseman Gill fair Fal-de-ral-tit fancy Father fear Fiddle-de-dee Foix folks Foot-page François Xavier Auguste Friar Ghost gone grey hand head heard Holy INGOLDSBY LEGENDS King Lady late LEGEND little vulgar Boy look look'd Lord Malvoisie Matcham Medard MERCHANT OF VENICE Monks morning naughty ne'er Netley never night nose o'er Old Nick Old Woman once poor Pope pray pretty ragoût round Saint Salisbury Plain scarce Scroope seem'd seen Shirt Shylock sigh sight Simpkinson Sir Ingoldsby Bray Sir Rupert smile Smuggler Bill sure as fate tell terrible thee There's thing THOMAS INGOLDSBY thou thought twas walk ween young