The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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... seem'd no better off , For he'd wheeze , and he'd sneeze , and he'd hem ! and he'd cough . And they'd hear him all night , Sometimes , sobbing outright , While his valet , who often endeavour'd to peep , Declared that " his master was ...
... seem'd no better off , For he'd wheeze , and he'd sneeze , and he'd hem ! and he'd cough . And they'd hear him all night , Sometimes , sobbing outright , While his valet , who often endeavour'd to peep , Declared that " his master was ...
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... seem'd to swallow her , And slowly she sank , sounded fainter and hollower ; -Jumping up in his boat And discarding his coat , " Here goes , " cried Sir Rupert , " by jingo I'll follow her ! " Then into the water he plunged with a souse ...
... seem'd to swallow her , And slowly she sank , sounded fainter and hollower ; -Jumping up in his boat And discarding his coat , " Here goes , " cried Sir Rupert , " by jingo I'll follow her ! " Then into the water he plunged with a souse ...
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... seem'd all agog for a peep at the stranger . Their figures and forms to describe , language fails- They'd such very odd heads , and such very odd tails ; Of their genus or species a sample to gain , You would ransack all Hungerford ...
... seem'd all agog for a peep at the stranger . Their figures and forms to describe , language fails- They'd such very odd heads , and such very odd tails ; Of their genus or species a sample to gain , You would ransack all Hungerford ...
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... seem'd himself in a huff , He chang'd his demeanour , and grew smooth enough ; Then taking his chin ' twixt his finger and thumb , As a help to reflection , gave vent to a " Hum ! " " Twas the pause of an instant - his eye assumed fast ...
... seem'd himself in a huff , He chang'd his demeanour , and grew smooth enough ; Then taking his chin ' twixt his finger and thumb , As a help to reflection , gave vent to a " Hum ! " " Twas the pause of an instant - his eye assumed fast ...
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... seem'd running all round the walls ! Looking out , soon By the light of the moon , There appears most distinctly to ev'ry one's view , And making , as seems to them , all this ado , The form of a Knight with a beard like a Jew , As ...
... seem'd running all round the walls ! Looking out , soon By the light of the moon , There appears most distinctly to ev'ry one's view , And making , as seems to them , all this ado , The form of a Knight with a beard like a Jew , As ...
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