The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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... never saw ; In fact they're merely Continental . And then 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 ...
... never saw ; In fact they're merely Continental . And then 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 ...
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... never take money ; we cure you for fun ! " Then they drop you a court'sy , and wish you good day , And go off to cure somebody else the same way . -A great many of these , at the date of my tale , In Namur walk'd the hospitals ...
... never take money ; we cure you for fun ! " Then they drop you a court'sy , and wish you good day , And go off to cure somebody else the same way . -A great many of these , at the date of my tale , In Namur walk'd the hospitals ...
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... never complained that the cook was to blame ! ' Twas his appetite fail'd him - no matter how rare And recherché the dish , how delicious the fare , - What he used to like best he no longer could bear ; But he'd sit there and stare With ...
... never complained that the cook was to blame ! ' Twas his appetite fail'd him - no matter how rare And recherché the dish , how delicious the fare , - What he used to like best he no longer could bear ; But he'd sit there and stare With ...
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... 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 , " he said , " Sometimes jump out ...
... 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 , " he said , " Sometimes jump out ...
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... never could spy Such a thing as a Ghost , with a drop in his eye ; St. Foix never would drink now unless he was dry ; Besides , what the vulgar call " sucking the monkey ( 43 ) B A LEGEND OF FRANCE . 33.
... never could spy Such a thing as a Ghost , with a drop in his eye ; St. Foix never would drink now unless he was dry ; Besides , what the vulgar call " sucking the monkey ( 43 ) B A LEGEND OF FRANCE . 33.
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