Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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... heard to say , " Naiteral parts is better than all the larnin upon yearth . " III . A HUSBAND CANNOT SELL HIS WIFE . THE provincial journals of England frequently give instances of a drunken boor driving his wife to mar- ket , placing a ...
... heard to say , " Naiteral parts is better than all the larnin upon yearth . " III . A HUSBAND CANNOT SELL HIS WIFE . THE provincial journals of England frequently give instances of a drunken boor driving his wife to mar- ket , placing a ...
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... heard it of Mr Charles Ferme , that they smelled too much of popery : Bucanus have I studied , and some English homilies , but above all I owe all I have to the most Reverend Mr Cartwright . I could have studied Mr Calvin's Institutions ...
... heard it of Mr Charles Ferme , that they smelled too much of popery : Bucanus have I studied , and some English homilies , but above all I owe all I have to the most Reverend Mr Cartwright . I could have studied Mr Calvin's Institutions ...
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... heard " the old worthy Mr Andrew Cant preach in the morning , and his son in the evening , and after supper being desired to pray , had these singular expressions anent their sermons : ' Lord , we had a very good dish set before us this ...
... heard " the old worthy Mr Andrew Cant preach in the morning , and his son in the evening , and after supper being desired to pray , had these singular expressions anent their sermons : ' Lord , we had a very good dish set before us this ...
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... heard how the bare vision of St Francis ' inexpressibles put the devil to flight . In Thuringia , it is believed that , to keep the fairies from stealing babies , you have only to hang the father's breeches on the bed.2 1 Wodrow's ...
... heard how the bare vision of St Francis ' inexpressibles put the devil to flight . In Thuringia , it is believed that , to keep the fairies from stealing babies , you have only to hang the father's breeches on the bed.2 1 Wodrow's ...
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... miss'd was Aiken - drum . He was heard by a herd gaun by the Thrieve , Crying , ' Lang , lang now may I greit an ' grieve , Retrospective Review , vol . v . p . 110 . For , alas ! I hae gotten baith fee an 28 INEXPRESSIBLES .
... miss'd was Aiken - drum . He was heard by a herd gaun by the Thrieve , Crying , ' Lang , lang now may I greit an ' grieve , Retrospective Review , vol . v . p . 110 . For , alas ! I hae gotten baith fee an 28 INEXPRESSIBLES .
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