The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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... 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 feelings combine , Very easy to fancy , though hard to define ; Ugly or ...
... 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 feelings combine , Very easy to fancy , though hard to define ; Ugly or ...
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... " Everybody was silent , for nobody knew ! - And how , in the end , they said , " No one could deal With the matter so well , from his prudence and zeal , As the Gentleman who was the first to reveal This 20 A LEGEND OF FRANCE .
... " Everybody was silent , for nobody knew ! - And how , in the end , they said , " No one could deal With the matter so well , from his prudence and zeal , As the Gentleman who was the first to reveal This 20 A LEGEND OF FRANCE .
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Thomas Ingoldsby Richard Harris Dalton Barham. As the Gentleman who was the first to reveal This strange story - viz . Hippolyte Hector Achille Alphonse Stanislaus Emile de Grandville ! " I need scarcely relate The plans , little and ...
Thomas Ingoldsby Richard Harris Dalton Barham. As the Gentleman who was the first to reveal This strange story - viz . Hippolyte Hector Achille Alphonse Stanislaus Emile de Grandville ! " I need scarcely relate The plans , little and ...
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... gentleman present accustomed to train , Drew out a small lancet , and open'd a vein Just below his left eye , which relieving the pain , He stood up , like a trump , with an air of disdain , While his " backer " was fain , -For he could ...
... gentleman present accustomed to train , Drew out a small lancet , and open'd a vein Just below his left eye , which relieving the pain , He stood up , like a trump , with an air of disdain , While his " backer " was fain , -For he could ...
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... gentleman jumps In the river at midnight for want of the dumps , ' He rarely puts on his knee - breeches and pumps ; If I could but have guess'd - what I sensibly feel- Your politeness - I'd not have come en dishabille , But have put on ...
... gentleman jumps In the river at midnight for want of the dumps , ' He rarely puts on his knee - breeches and pumps ; If I could but have guess'd - what I sensibly feel- Your politeness - I'd not have come en dishabille , But have put on ...
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Abbey Auto-da-fé Bassanio Blois Bloudie Jacke Bolton Hall brow call'd Compline Cook cried curly-wig'd dapple-grey dear declare deuce Devil Dol-drum the Manager e'en ev'ry Exciseman Gill fair fancy Father fear Fiddle-de-dee Foix folks Foot-page François Xavier Auguste Friar gentleman Ghost gone Grace grey hand head heard Holy INGOLDSBY LEGENDS King knee Lady LEGEND little vulgar Boy look look'd Lord Matcham Monks morning Mousquetaire naughty ne'er Netley never night nose o'er Old Nick Old Woman once pington poor Pope pray pretty round Saint SAINT MEDARD Salisbury Plain scarce Scroope seem'd seen Shirt Shylock sigh sight Simpkinson Sir Ingoldsby Bray Sir Rupert sits smile Smuggler Bill sure as fate tell terrible thee There's thing Thomas Ingoldsby thou thought turn'd twas Uncle walk ween words young