The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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... heard in the dead of the night , Which rattled the Bard out of bed in a fright , And he ran up the steeple to look at the fight , " Twas in just such another one , ( Names only bother one- Dutch ones indeed are sufficient to smother one ...
... heard in the dead of the night , Which rattled the Bard out of bed in a fright , And he ran up the steeple to look at the fight , " Twas in just such another one , ( Names only bother one- Dutch ones indeed are sufficient to smother one ...
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... heard no more , And the thick dun smoke has roll'd away , And the victor comes for a last survey Of the well - fought field of yesterday ! No triumphs flush that haughty brow , - No proud exulting look is there , - His eagle glance is ...
... heard no more , And the thick dun smoke has roll'd away , And the victor comes for a last survey Of the well - fought field of yesterday ! No triumphs flush that haughty brow , - No proud exulting look is there , - His eagle glance is ...
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... heard him , " he said , " Sometimes jump out of bed , And talk as if speaking to one who was dead ! He'd groan , and he'd moan , In so piteous a tone , Begging some one or other to let him alone , That it really would soften the heart ...
... heard him , " he said , " Sometimes jump out of bed , And talk as if speaking to one who was dead ! He'd groan , and he'd moan , In so piteous a tone , Begging some one or other to let him alone , That it really would soften the heart ...
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... heard him talk so felt an odd sort of feel ; Not that he cared for Ghosts - he was far too genteel ; Still a queerish sensation came on when he saw Him , whom , for fun , They'd , by way of a pun On his person and principles nicknamed ...
... heard him talk so felt an odd sort of feel ; Not that he cared for Ghosts - he was far too genteel ; Still a queerish sensation came on when he saw Him , whom , for fun , They'd , by way of a pun On his person and principles nicknamed ...
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... heard somebody call him " Squire Hayne , " ) To whisper ten words one should always retain , - " TAKE A SUCK AT THE LEMON AND AT HIM AGAIN !!! " - A hint ne'er surpass'd , though thus spoken at random , Since Teucer's apostrophe - Nil ...
... heard somebody call him " Squire Hayne , " ) To whisper ten words one should always retain , - " TAKE A SUCK AT THE LEMON AND AT HIM AGAIN !!! " - A hint ne'er surpass'd , though thus spoken at random , Since Teucer's apostrophe - Nil ...
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