The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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... Simpkinson has bent all the powers of his mighty mind to the task . From Father John's stores I have drawn largely . Our " Honourable " friend Sucklethumbkin - by the way , he has been beating our covers lately , when he shot a woodcock ...
... Simpkinson has bent all the powers of his mighty mind to the task . From Father John's stores I have drawn largely . Our " Honourable " friend Sucklethumbkin - by the way , he has been beating our covers lately , when he shot a woodcock ...
Page 61
... Simpkinson's research has failed to determine which of the royal stock rejoicing in the name of Ferdinand is the hero of the legend . The conglomeration of Christian names usual in the fami- lies of the haute noblesse of Spain adds to ...
... Simpkinson's research has failed to determine which of the royal stock rejoicing in the name of Ferdinand is the hero of the legend . The conglomeration of Christian names usual in the fami- lies of the haute noblesse of Spain adds to ...
Page 88
... Simpkinson from Bath , -whose merits as an antiquary are so well known and ap- preciated as to make eulogy superfluous , not to say impertinent , has been for some time bringing his heraldic lore to bear on these monumenta vetusta . He ...
... Simpkinson from Bath , -whose merits as an antiquary are so well known and ap- preciated as to make eulogy superfluous , not to say impertinent , has been for some time bringing his heraldic lore to bear on these monumenta vetusta . He ...
Page 89
... Simpkinson , had " as good a right to it as any body else . " The " Collective wisdom of the Country " has , however , decided the point , and placed us among that very numerous class of claimants who are " wrongfully kept out of their ...
... Simpkinson , had " as good a right to it as any body else . " The " Collective wisdom of the Country " has , however , decided the point , and placed us among that very numerous class of claimants who are " wrongfully kept out of their ...
Page 90
... Simpkinson has , in a late publication , confounded King Henry the Fifth with the Duke of Monmouth , and positively deny that he has ever represented Walter Lord Clifford , ( father to Fair Rosamond , ) as the leader of the O. P. THE ...
... Simpkinson has , in a late publication , confounded King Henry the Fifth with the Duke of Monmouth , and positively deny that he has ever represented Walter Lord Clifford , ( father to Fair Rosamond , ) as the leader of the O. P. THE ...
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