Points of Humour, Томови 1-2C. Baldwyn, 1823 - 47 страница |
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... . - When they were all gone , the captain threw himself flat on the floor as the only possible means of escape , and fortunately came off with a whole skin , and a repaired reputation . PUBLI AST LAN AND TILDEN FOUN . ALONS R L 8 POINT I.
... . - When they were all gone , the captain threw himself flat on the floor as the only possible means of escape , and fortunately came off with a whole skin , and a repaired reputation . PUBLI AST LAN AND TILDEN FOUN . ALONS R L 8 POINT I.
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... mean- while , in letting the bird out of his cage , was not pre- pared for this reception ; nor did she understand it until the next morning , when the breeches were cried round the town by her malignant husband , who also with no ...
... mean- while , in letting the bird out of his cage , was not pre- pared for this reception ; nor did she understand it until the next morning , when the breeches were cried round the town by her malignant husband , who also with no ...
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... means of seeing her , and again attacked her with his vows and protestations , so that the lady , unable to bear it any longer , determined to inform the Prince , and related to him all the circumstances of the affair . The Prince was ...
... means of seeing her , and again attacked her with his vows and protestations , so that the lady , unable to bear it any longer , determined to inform the Prince , and related to him all the circumstances of the affair . The Prince was ...
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... means of Mr. Pipes , employed a country fellow , who had come to market , to run with great haste , early one morning , to the lodgings of all the doctors in town , and desire them to attend the colonel with all imaginable despatch . In ...
... means of Mr. Pipes , employed a country fellow , who had come to market , to run with great haste , early one morning , to the lodgings of all the doctors in town , and desire them to attend the colonel with all imaginable despatch . In ...
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... means to exclude the odour from his sense of smelling , by breathing only through his mouth ; and the poor painter , running into another room , plugged his nostrils with tobacco . The doctor himself , who was the only person then ...
... means to exclude the odour from his sense of smelling , by breathing only through his mouth ; and the poor painter , running into another room , plugged his nostrils with tobacco . The doctor himself , who was the only person then ...
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