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 prone ...
... 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 prone ...
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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 ... there is GLORY ! Away with dull care ! Vive le Roi ! Vive la Guerre ! Peste ! I'd almost forgot I'm a Black ...
... There's excitement enough in all four , but in none he Could hope to get on sans l'argent — i . e . money . Love ... there is GLORY ! Away with dull care ! Vive le Roi ! Vive la Guerre ! Peste ! I'd almost forgot I'm a Black ...
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... there La Fortune de guerre Gave a cast of her calling to our Mousquetaire . One fine morning , in short , François Xavier Auguste , After making some scores of his foes " bite the dust , " Got a mouthful himself of the very same crust ...
... there La Fortune de guerre Gave a cast of her calling to our Mousquetaire . One fine morning , in short , François Xavier Auguste , After making some scores of his foes " bite the dust , " Got a mouthful himself of the very same crust ...
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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 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 many ...
... there's something - I cannot tell what it may 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 many ...
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