Three Courses and a Dessert: Comprising Three Sets of Tales, West Country, Irish, and Legal ; and a Melange ; with Fifty Illustrations by George CruikshankHenry G. Bohn, 1850 - 432 pągines |
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... stood godmother to the two babes . Susey's boy was called Ralph , after my first husband , and Polly's after my second goodman , Harry . That was the year when light- ning struck the steeple , and Matty Drew , the witch , was drowned ...
... stood godmother to the two babes . Susey's boy was called Ralph , after my first husband , and Polly's after my second goodman , Harry . That was the year when light- ning struck the steeple , and Matty Drew , the witch , was drowned ...
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... stood on three legs , and Harry possessed but two . His arms were thick , bony and stunted ; and his hands of such an immense size , that he was often called " Molepaw " by his compe- titors in the wrestling ring . Harry had the large ...
... stood on three legs , and Harry possessed but two . His arms were thick , bony and stunted ; and his hands of such an immense size , that he was often called " Molepaw " by his compe- titors in the wrestling ring . Harry had the large ...
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... stood a snug public house , called Sawney's Cross ; the front of which commanded a view , across the high road , for some distance up the lanes which led to the market town and common . Harry was proceeding down one lane , at a speedy ...
... stood a snug public house , called Sawney's Cross ; the front of which commanded a view , across the high road , for some distance up the lanes which led to the market town and common . Harry was proceeding down one lane , at a speedy ...
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... stood by , as ' twas my duty , to see fair . Harry was , clearly , in my mind , the best wrestler ; but , somehow , Ralph got the in - lock , and laid him upon the planchin , flat as a pancake . " " Did I , by jingo ? " eagerly ...
... stood by , as ' twas my duty , to see fair . Harry was , clearly , in my mind , the best wrestler ; but , somehow , Ralph got the in - lock , and laid him upon the planchin , flat as a pancake . " " Did I , by jingo ? " eagerly ...
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... stood listening , for a few minutes , to the sounds of the horse's feet ; he soon felt convinced , by the cadences , that Caddy Cuddle was in- creasing , rather than diminishing , his speed . The beat of the hoofs became , at length ...
... stood listening , for a few minutes , to the sounds of the horse's feet ; he soon felt convinced , by the cadences , that Caddy Cuddle was in- creasing , rather than diminishing , his speed . The beat of the hoofs became , at length ...
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