The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and MarvelsR. Bentley, 1855 |
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... word which the English translate " Johnny Raw , " ) For your thorough French Courtier , whenever the fit he's in , Thinks it prime fun to astonish a citizen ; And , perhaps it's no wonder that this kind of scrapes , In a nation which ...
... word which the English translate " Johnny Raw , " ) For your thorough French Courtier , whenever the fit he's in , Thinks it prime fun to astonish a citizen ; And , perhaps it's no wonder that this kind of scrapes , In a nation which ...
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... word , however faint and low , - Ay , e'en a groan , —were music now ! And this is Glory ! —Fame ! — But , pshaw ! Miss Muse , you're growing sentimental ; Besides , such things we never saw ; In fact , they ' re merely Continental ...
... word , however faint and low , - Ay , e'en a groan , —were music now ! And this is Glory ! —Fame ! — But , pshaw ! Miss Muse , you're growing sentimental ; Besides , such things we never saw ; In fact , they ' re merely Continental ...
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... δεος , I mean , A nasty pale green , Though for want of some word that may better avail , I presume , our translators have rendered it " pale ; " " " For consider the cheeks Of those " well - booted THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE . 11.
... δεος , I mean , A nasty pale green , Though for want of some word that may better avail , I presume , our translators have rendered it " pale ; " " " For consider the cheeks Of those " well - booted THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE . 11.
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... word - ' twas " St. Foix ! " * * * * * Who can fly from himself ? Bitter cares , when you feel ' em , Are not cured by travel - as Horace says , " Coelumn Non animum mutant qui currunt trans mare ! " It ' s climate , not mind , that by ...
... word - ' twas " St. Foix ! " * * * * * Who can fly from himself ? Bitter cares , when you feel ' em , Are not cured by travel - as Horace says , " Coelumn Non animum mutant qui currunt trans mare ! " It ' s climate , not mind , that by ...
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... words one should always retain , 66 TAKE A SUCK AT THE LEMON , AND AT HIM AGAIN !!! A hint ne'er surpass'd , though thus spoken at random , Since Teucer's apostrophe - Nil desperandum ! — -Grandville acted on it , and order'd his Tandem ...
... words one should always retain , 66 TAKE A SUCK AT THE LEMON , AND AT HIM AGAIN !!! A hint ne'er surpass'd , though thus spoken at random , Since Teucer's apostrophe - Nil desperandum ! — -Grandville acted on it , and order'd his Tandem ...
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