Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... rest , Should be packed off to Baby - lon , To Lap - land , or to Brest . From Spit - head Cooks go o'er to Greece ; And while the Miser waits His passage to the Guinea coast , Spendthrifts are in the Straits . Spinsters should to the ...
... rest , Should be packed off to Baby - lon , To Lap - land , or to Brest . From Spit - head Cooks go o'er to Greece ; And while the Miser waits His passage to the Guinea coast , Spendthrifts are in the Straits . Spinsters should to the ...
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... rest on no corresponding realities . Explode formerly meant to drive off the stage with loud clappings of the hands , but gradually became exaggerated into its present signification . Facetious , too , originally meant urbane , but now ...
... rest on no corresponding realities . Explode formerly meant to drive off the stage with loud clappings of the hands , but gradually became exaggerated into its present signification . Facetious , too , originally meant urbane , but now ...
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... rest , — We'll want some eggs for Tom - and - Jerry Could Lethe's waters o'er me roll , - These stockings would look better mended ! And bring oblivion to my soul , — When - will - you - have - that - ditty - ended ? Then haply I , in ...
... rest , — We'll want some eggs for Tom - and - Jerry Could Lethe's waters o'er me roll , - These stockings would look better mended ! And bring oblivion to my soul , — When - will - you - have - that - ditty - ended ? Then haply I , in ...
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... rest ? What does he think when her quick embrace Presses his hand and buries his face Deep where the heart - throbs sink and swell With a tenderness she can never tell , Though she murmur the words Of all the birds- Words she has ...
... rest ? What does he think when her quick embrace Presses his hand and buries his face Deep where the heart - throbs sink and swell With a tenderness she can never tell , Though she murmur the words Of all the birds- Words she has ...
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... rest― Some whittling shingles and some stringing bows , And cutting up our friends , and cutting up our foes . Down from the tents above there came a man , Who took a camp - stool by Tydides ' side . He joined our talk , and , pointing ...
... rest― Some whittling shingles and some stringing bows , And cutting up our friends , and cutting up our foes . Down from the tents above there came a man , Who took a camp - stool by Tydides ' side . He joined our talk , and , pointing ...
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