The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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... head that had better been out ; While Cupid ' s an urchin We know deserves birching , He's so prone to delude folks , and leave them the lurch in . ' Twas doubtless his doing That absolute ruin Was the end of all poor dear Therese's ...
... head that had better been out ; While Cupid ' s an urchin We know deserves birching , He's so prone to delude folks , and leave them the lurch in . ' Twas doubtless his doing That absolute ruin Was the end of all poor dear Therese's ...
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... head , -it was always the same , Still he never complained that the cook was to blame ! ' Twas his appetite fail'd him — no matter how rare And recherché the dish , how delicious the fare , — What he used to like best he no longer could ...
... head , -it was always the same , Still he never complained that the cook was to blame ! ' Twas his appetite fail'd him — no matter how rare And recherché the dish , how delicious the fare , — What he used to like best he no longer could ...
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... head By way of " Good evening ! " and walk off to bed . Yet even when there he seem'd no better off , For he'd wheeze , and he'd snecze , and he'd hem ! and he'd cough ; And they'd hear him all night , Sometimes , sobbing outright ...
... head By way of " Good evening ! " and walk off to bed . Yet even when there he seem'd no better off , For he'd wheeze , and he'd snecze , and he'd hem ! and he'd cough ; And they'd hear him all night , Sometimes , sobbing outright ...
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... head - quarters , next day , by his side ; For the distance was nothing , to speak by comparison , To the town where the Mousquetaires now lay in garrison ; Then he thought , by the aid Of a veil , and gown made Like those worn by the ...
... head - quarters , next day , by his side ; For the distance was nothing , to speak by comparison , To the town where the Mousquetaires now lay in garrison ; Then he thought , by the aid Of a veil , and gown made Like those worn by the ...
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... head and sauce ; And Lady Macbeth looks uncommonly cross , And says in a huff 66 It's all Proper stuff ! " " All this you'll have seen , Reader , often enough ; So , perhaps ' twill assist you in forming some notion Of what must have ...
... head and sauce ; And Lady Macbeth looks uncommonly cross , And says in a huff 66 It's all Proper stuff ! " " All this you'll have seen , Reader , often enough ; So , perhaps ' twill assist you in forming some notion Of what must have ...
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