The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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... folks still , when they come in their way , Old vixen - faced tramps of the Hebrew persuasion . You remember , I trust , François Xavier Auguste , Had uncommon fine limbs , and a very fine bust . Now there's something - I cannot tell ...
... folks still , when they come in their way , Old vixen - faced tramps of the Hebrew persuasion . You remember , I trust , François Xavier Auguste , Had uncommon fine limbs , and a very fine bust . Now there's something - I cannot tell ...
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... folks will go campaigning about with such men As the Great Prince de Condé , and Marshal Turenne , They may fairly expect To be now and then check'd By a bullet , or sabre - cut . Then their best solace is Found , I admit , in green ...
... folks will go campaigning about with such men As the Great Prince de Condé , and Marshal Turenne , They may fairly expect To be now and then check'd By a bullet , or sabre - cut . Then their best solace is Found , I admit , in green ...
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... folks , and leave them the lurch in . ' Twas doubtless his doing That absolute ruin Was the end of all poor dear Therese's shampooing . ' Tis a subject I don't like to dwell on but such Things will happen - ay , e'en ' mongst the ...
... folks , and leave them the lurch in . ' Twas doubtless his doing That absolute ruin Was the end of all poor dear Therese's shampooing . ' Tis a subject I don't like to dwell on but such Things will happen - ay , e'en ' mongst the ...
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... folk's wrongs - if well paid so to do— And he'd seen to what acts " Res angusta " compel beaux And belles , whose affairs have once got out at elbows , With the magic effect of a handful of crowns Upon people whose pockets boast nothing ...
... folk's wrongs - if well paid so to do— And he'd seen to what acts " Res angusta " compel beaux And belles , whose affairs have once got out at elbows , With the magic effect of a handful of crowns Upon people whose pockets boast nothing ...
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... , Oh , nobody mentions , -for nobody knows ; For the roof tumbled in , and the walls tumbled out , And the folks tumbled down , all confusion and rout , The rain kept on pouring , The flood kept on 42 A LEGEND OF GERMANY .
... , Oh , nobody mentions , -for nobody knows ; For the roof tumbled in , and the walls tumbled out , And the folks tumbled down , all confusion and rout , The rain kept on pouring , The flood kept on 42 A LEGEND OF GERMANY .
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