The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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... In a nation which Voltaire , in one of his japes , Defines " an amalgam of Tigers and Apes , " Should be merely considered as " Little Escapes . " But I am sorry to add , Things are almost 12 THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE .
... In a nation which Voltaire , in one of his japes , Defines " an amalgam of Tigers and Apes , " Should be merely considered as " Little Escapes . " But I am sorry to add , Things are almost 12 THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE .
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Or, Mirth and Marvels Thomas Ingoldsby. But I am sorry to add , Things are almost as bad A great deal nearer home , and that similar pranks Amongst young men who move in the very first ranks , Are by no means confined to the land of the ...
Or, Mirth and Marvels Thomas Ingoldsby. But I am sorry to add , Things are almost as bad A great deal nearer home , and that similar pranks Amongst young men who move in the very first ranks , Are by no means confined to the land of the ...
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... thing a battle is ! -not one of those Which one saw at the late Mr. Andrew Ducrow's , Where a dozen of scene - shifters , drawn up in rows , Would a dozen more scene - shifters boldly oppose , Taking great care their blows Did not ...
... thing a battle is ! -not one of those Which one saw at the late Mr. Andrew Ducrow's , Where a dozen of scene - shifters , drawn up in rows , Would a dozen more scene - shifters boldly oppose , Taking great care their blows Did not ...
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... thing while you're fighting , These same Ups - and - Downs are so very exciting . But a sombre sight is a Battle - field To the sad survivor's sorrowing eye , Where those , who scorn'd to fly or yield , In one promiscuous carnage lie ...
... thing while you're fighting , These same Ups - and - Downs are so very exciting . But a sombre sight is a Battle - field To the sad survivor's sorrowing eye , Where those , who scorn'd to fly or yield , In one promiscuous carnage lie ...
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... things we 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 ...
... things we 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 ...
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