The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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... grace so recherché and rare , A And he twirl'd his moustache with so charming an air , -His moustaches I should say , because he ' d a pair , - And , in short , shew'd so much of the true sçavoir faire , .. All the ladies in Paris were ...
... grace so recherché and rare , A And he twirl'd his moustache with so charming an air , -His moustaches I should say , because he ' d a pair , - And , in short , shew'd so much of the true sçavoir faire , .. All the ladies in Paris were ...
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... grace , To sit down to his haggis , and can't find a place ; You remember his stare At the high - back'd arm - chair , * Where the Ghost sits that nobody else knows is there , And how , after saying " What man dares I dare ! He proceeds ...
... grace , To sit down to his haggis , and can't find a place ; You remember his stare At the high - back'd arm - chair , * Where the Ghost sits that nobody else knows is there , And how , after saying " What man dares I dare ! He proceeds ...
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... grace . What boots it to tell of the viands , or how she Apologised much for their plain water - souchy , Want of Harvey's , and Cross's , And Burgess's sauces ? Or how Rupert , on his side , protested , SIR RUPERT THE FEARLESS . 35.
... grace . What boots it to tell of the viands , or how she Apologised much for their plain water - souchy , Want of Harvey's , and Cross's , And Burgess's sauces ? Or how Rupert , on his side , protested , SIR RUPERT THE FEARLESS . 35.
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... Grace of Toledo ! - He understands these things much better than we do ! " -Pauca Verba ! -enough , Each turns off in a huff , This twirling his mustache , that fingering his ruff , Like a blue - bottle fly on a rather large scale ...
... Grace of Toledo ! - He understands these things much better than we do ! " -Pauca Verba ! -enough , Each turns off in a huff , This twirling his mustache , that fingering his ruff , Like a blue - bottle fly on a rather large scale ...
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... Grace the Archbishop's a - coming up stairs ! " The most Reverend Don Garcilasso Quevedo Was just at this time , as he Now held the Primacy , ( Always attached to the See of Toledo , ) A man of great worship officii virtute Versed in ...
... Grace the Archbishop's a - coming up stairs ! " The most Reverend Don Garcilasso Quevedo Was just at this time , as he Now held the Primacy , ( Always attached to the See of Toledo , ) A man of great worship officii virtute Versed in ...
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