The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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... gone ! - the last breath that she managed to draw Escaped in one half - utter'd word - ' twas " St. Foix ! " * * * * Who can fly from himself ? Bitter cares , when you feel ' em , " Coelum Are not cured by travel - as Horace says , Non ...
... gone ! - the last breath that she managed to draw Escaped in one half - utter'd word - ' twas " St. Foix ! " * * * * Who can fly from himself ? Bitter cares , when you feel ' em , " Coelum Are not cured by travel - as Horace says , Non ...
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... gone off at once with a flea in his ear ; -The Black Mousquetaire was as dead as Small - beer !! L'Envoy . A moral more in point I scarce could hope Than this , from Mr. Alexander Pope . If ever chance should bring some Cornet gay , And ...
... gone off at once with a flea in his ear ; -The Black Mousquetaire was as dead as Small - beer !! L'Envoy . A moral more in point I scarce could hope Than this , from Mr. Alexander Pope . If ever chance should bring some Cornet gay , And ...
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... gone to pot , And in making those loans you have made a bad shot ; Now do as the boys do when , shooting at sparrows And tom - tits , they chance to lose one of their arrows , -Shoot another the same way - I'll watch well its track ...
... gone to pot , And in making those loans you have made a bad shot ; Now do as the boys do when , shooting at sparrows And tom - tits , they chance to lose one of their arrows , -Shoot another the same way - I'll watch well its track ...
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... gone there to feed out of spite , On " wings made by a tailor " the damsel took flight . By these " wings " I'd express A grey duffle dress , With brass badge and muffin cap , made , as by rule , For an upper class boy in the National ...
... gone there to feed out of spite , On " wings made by a tailor " the damsel took flight . By these " wings " I'd express A grey duffle dress , With brass badge and muffin cap , made , as by rule , For an upper class boy in the National ...
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... gone by ere he reach'd the fifth act ; Meanwhile that unfortunate bill became due , Which his Lordship had almost forgot , to the Jew , And Antonio grew In a deuce of a stew , For he could not cash up , spite of all he could do ; ( The ...
... gone by ere he reach'd the fifth act ; Meanwhile that unfortunate bill became due , Which his Lordship had almost forgot , to the Jew , And Antonio grew In a deuce of a stew , For he could not cash up , spite of all he could do ; ( The ...
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