The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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... Defines " an amalgam of Tigers and Apes , " Should be merely considered as " " " Little Escapes , " But I'm sorry to add , Things are almost as bad A great deal nearer home , and that similar pranks 20 A LEGEND OF FRANCE .
... Defines " an amalgam of Tigers and Apes , " Should be merely considered as " " " Little Escapes , " But I'm sorry to add , Things are almost as bad A great deal nearer home , and that similar pranks 20 A LEGEND OF FRANCE .
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... thing a battle is ! —not one of those Which one saw at the late Mr. Andrew Ducrow's , Where a dozen of scene - shifters , drawn up in rows , Would a dozen more scene - shifters boldly oppose , Taking great care their blows Did not ...
... thing a battle is ! —not one of those Which one saw at the late Mr. Andrew Ducrow's , Where a dozen of scene - shifters , drawn up in rows , Would a dozen more scene - shifters boldly oppose , Taking great care their blows Did not ...
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... thing while you're fighting , These same Ups - and - Downs are so very exciting . But a sombre sight is a Battle - field To the sad survivor's sorrowing eye , Where those , who scorn'd to fly or yield , In one promiscuous carnage lie ...
... thing while you're fighting , These same Ups - and - Downs are so very exciting . But a sombre sight is a Battle - field To the sad survivor's sorrowing eye , Where those , who scorn'd to fly or yield , In one promiscuous carnage lie ...
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... sentimental ; Besides , such things we never saw ; In fact , they ' re merely Continental . And then your Ladyship forgets Some widows came for epaulettes . So go back to your canter ; for one , B 3 THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE . 9.
... sentimental ; Besides , such things we never saw ; In fact , they ' re merely Continental . And then your Ladyship forgets Some widows came for epaulettes . So go back to your canter ; for one , B 3 THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE . 9.
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... thing that I mean in it , A Greek face in a funk had a good deal of green in it . I repeat , I abominate physic ; but then , If folks will go campaigning about with such men As the Great Prince de Condé , and Marshal Turenne , They may ...
... thing that I mean in it , A Greek face in a funk had a good deal of green in it . I repeat , I abominate physic ; but then , If folks will go campaigning about with such men As the Great Prince de Condé , and Marshal Turenne , They may ...
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