The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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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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... Things will happen - ay , e'en ' mongst the phlegmatic Dutch . " When Woman , " as Goldsmith declares , " stoops to folly , And finds out too late that false man can betray , " She is apt to look dismal , and grow " melan - choly ...
... Things will happen - ay , e'en ' mongst the phlegmatic Dutch . " When Woman , " as Goldsmith declares , " stoops to folly , And finds out too late that false man can betray , " She is apt to look dismal , and grow " melan - choly ...
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... shirt too ! you'd think he'd no linen to spare . He omitted to shave ; he neglected his hair , And look'd more like a Guy than a gay Mousquetaire . One thing , above all , most excited remark ; A LEGEND OF FRANCE . 29.
... shirt too ! you'd think he'd no linen to spare . He omitted to shave ; he neglected his hair , And look'd more like a Guy than a gay Mousquetaire . One thing , above all , most excited remark ; A LEGEND OF FRANCE . 29.
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Or, Mirth and Marvels Thomas Ingoldsby. One thing , above all , most excited remark ; In the evening he seldom sat long after dark . Not that then , as of yore , he'd go out for " a lark " With his friends ; but when they , After taking ...
Or, Mirth and Marvels Thomas Ingoldsby. One thing , above all , most excited remark ; In the evening he seldom sat long after dark . Not that then , as of yore , he'd go out for " a lark " With his friends ; but when they , After taking ...
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... thing , " he said , " was to find out the matter That bored their poor friend so , and caused all this clatter- Mort de ma vie ! " - Here he took some rappee- " Be the cause what it may , he shall tell it to me ! " He was right , sure ...
... thing , " he said , " was to find out the matter That bored their poor friend so , and caused all this clatter- Mort de ma vie ! " - Here he took some rappee- " Be the cause what it may , he shall tell it to me ! " He was right , sure ...
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