The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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... smiles like mantling amber , in utter disdain of that vile concoction of camomile which you so pseudonymously dignify with the title of " Bitter Ale . " - Make a start , then ; -pitch printer's - ink to old Harry , and come and spend a ...
... smiles like mantling amber , in utter disdain of that vile concoction of camomile which you so pseudonymously dignify with the title of " Bitter Ale . " - Make a start , then ; -pitch printer's - ink to old Harry , and come and spend a ...
Page 48
... smile attended each sentence , " Sir Rupert , I'm happy to make your acquaintance ; My name is Lurline , And the ladies you've seen , All do me the honour to call me their Queen ; I'm delighted to see you , sir , down in the Rhine here ...
... smile attended each sentence , " Sir Rupert , I'm happy to make your acquaintance ; My name is Lurline , And the ladies you've seen , All do me the honour to call me their Queen ; I'm delighted to see you , sir , down in the Rhine here ...
Page 51
... smiles , were I Sardanapalus , I'd descend from my throne , and be boots at an ale- house . " * Lurline hung her head Turn'd pale and then red , Growing faint at this sudden proposal to wed , As though his abruptness , in " popping the ...
... smiles , were I Sardanapalus , I'd descend from my throne , and be boots at an ale- house . " * Lurline hung her head Turn'd pale and then red , Growing faint at this sudden proposal to wed , As though his abruptness , in " popping the ...
Page 81
... smile ' twixt the prim and the grim And look'd at Pacheco - Pacheco at him- Then , making a rev'rence , and dropping his eyes , Cough'd , hemm'd , and deliver'd himself in this wise : " My Liege ! -unaccustom'd as I am to speaking A ...
... smile ' twixt the prim and the grim And look'd at Pacheco - Pacheco at him- Then , making a rev'rence , and dropping his eyes , Cough'd , hemm'd , and deliver'd himself in this wise : " My Liege ! -unaccustom'd as I am to speaking A ...
Page 87
... smile on , Allow'd him thenceforward to stand with his " tile " on ; And all his successors have kept the same privilege Down from those barbarous times to our civil age . Returning his bow with a slight demi - bob , And replacing the ...
... smile on , Allow'd him thenceforward to stand with his " tile " on ; And all his successors have kept the same privilege Down from those barbarous times to our civil age . Returning his bow with a slight demi - bob , And replacing the ...
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