The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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... there's nothing so good as the pure " country air , " Whenever exhaustion of person , or purse , in An invalid cramps him , and sets him a - cursing ; A habit , I ' m very much grieved at divulging , François Xavier Auguste was too ...
... there's nothing so good as the pure " country air , " Whenever exhaustion of person , or purse , in An invalid cramps him , and sets him a - cursing ; A habit , I ' m very much grieved at divulging , François Xavier Auguste was too ...
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... There ' s excitement enough in all four , but in none he Could hope to get on sans l'argent - i . e . money . Love ? -no ; - ladies like little cadeaux from a suitor . Liquor ? -no , -that won't do , when reduced to " the Pewter ...
... There ' s excitement enough in all four , but in none he Could hope to get on sans l'argent - i . e . money . Love ? -no ; - ladies like little cadeaux from a suitor . Liquor ? -no , -that won't do , when reduced to " the Pewter ...
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... there , - His eagle glance is humbled now , As , earth - ward bent , in anxious care It seeks the form whose stalwart pride But yester - morn was by his side ! And there it lies ! -on yonder bank Of corses , which themselves had ...
... there , - His eagle glance is humbled now , As , earth - ward bent , in anxious care It seeks the form whose stalwart pride But yester - morn was by his side ! And there it lies ! -on yonder bank Of corses , which themselves had ...
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... there's something - I cannot tell what it may be ---- About good - looking gentlemen turn'd twenty - three , Above all when laid up with a wound in the knee , Which affects female hearts , in no common degree , With emotions in which ...
... there's something - I cannot tell what it may be ---- About good - looking gentlemen turn'd twenty - three , Above all when laid up with a wound in the knee , Which affects female hearts , in no common degree , With emotions in which ...
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... there she now leaves him , expecting a cure . CANTO II . I ABOMINATE physic - I care not who knows That there ' s nothing on earth I detest like " a dose " - That yellowish - green - looking fluid , whose hue I consider extremely ...
... there she now leaves him , expecting a cure . CANTO II . I ABOMINATE physic - I care not who knows That there ' s nothing on earth I detest like " a dose " - That yellowish - green - looking fluid , whose hue I consider extremely ...
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