Points of Humour, Томови 1-2C. Baldwyn, 1823 - 47 страница |
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... king- dom , Sir Walter Scott , as they appeared in the Quar- terly Review . " Yet applauding , as we do most highly applaud , the leading principles of Dr. Currie's selection , we are aware that they sometimes led him into fastidious ...
... king- dom , Sir Walter Scott , as they appeared in the Quar- terly Review . " Yet applauding , as we do most highly applaud , the leading principles of Dr. Currie's selection , we are aware that they sometimes led him into fastidious ...
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... King sat , who threw it at the young prince and continued to write . The shuttle- cock falling on the table a second time , the King threw it back , looking sternly at the child , who promised that no accident of the kind should happen ...
... King sat , who threw it at the young prince and continued to write . The shuttle- cock falling on the table a second time , the King threw it back , looking sternly at the child , who promised that no accident of the kind should happen ...
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... King burst into a fit of laughter , and taking the shuttlecock out of his pocket , returned it to the prince saying , " you are a brave boy , you will never suffer Silesia to be taken from you . " h with great haughtiness , said in a ...
... King burst into a fit of laughter , and taking the shuttlecock out of his pocket , returned it to the prince saying , " you are a brave boy , you will never suffer Silesia to be taken from you . " h with great haughtiness , said in a ...
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... King burst into a fit of laughter , and taking the shuttlecock out of his pocket , returned it to the prince saying , " you are a brave boy , you will never suffer Silesia to be taken from you . " POINT IV . EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY . NEAR ...
... King burst into a fit of laughter , and taking the shuttlecock out of his pocket , returned it to the prince saying , " you are a brave boy , you will never suffer Silesia to be taken from you . " POINT IV . EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY . NEAR ...
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... king's side , not- withstanding his bravery , had not got rid of the preju- dices of his childhood , and hinted to his royal master , that the peasant ought to be burnt as a sorcerer . " Sir , " said the fellow , irritated at the remark ...
... king's side , not- withstanding his bravery , had not got rid of the preju- dices of his childhood , and hinted to his royal master , that the peasant ought to be burnt as a sorcerer . " Sir , " said the fellow , irritated at the remark ...
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