The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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Page vii
... 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 34
... the one he had seen by the light of the moon , And lisp'd , while a soft smile attended each sentence , " Sir Rupert , I'm happy to make your acquaintance : My name is Lurline , And the ladies you've seen 34 A LEGEND OF GERMANY .
... the one he had seen by the light of the moon , And lisp'd , while a soft smile attended each sentence , " Sir Rupert , I'm happy to make your acquaintance : My name is Lurline , And the ladies you've seen 34 A LEGEND OF GERMANY .
Page 37
... smiles , were I Sardanapalus , I'd descend from my throne , and be boots at an alehouse . " * 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 alehouse . " * 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 66
... smile ' twizt 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 In ...
... smile ' twizt 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 In ...
Page 71
... 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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