Shakspeare Diversions: Second Series, from Dogberry to HamletDaldy, Isbister, & Company, 1877 - 479 pages |
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... called , if not formally ( and to his wish ) written down , an ass ? Let us glance here and there at some of the stolid officials , justicers , constables , and the like , in miscellaneous literature , who , in some one point or more ...
... called , if not formally ( and to his wish ) written down , an ass ? Let us glance here and there at some of the stolid officials , justicers , constables , and the like , in miscellaneous literature , who , in some one point or more ...
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... Mr. Thackeray , at least , with his fling at " The beadles to whip the bad little boys Over their poor little corduroys , In service - time , when they didn't make a noise . " Edinburgh used to be by the so - called " BEADLEDOM . 5.
... Mr. Thackeray , at least , with his fling at " The beadles to whip the bad little boys Over their poor little corduroys , In service - time , when they didn't make a noise . " Edinburgh used to be by the so - called " BEADLEDOM . 5.
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... called " Town Rats " of Auld Reekie -- the dilapidated Town Guard , with their dingy uniform , cocked hats , and Lochaber axes - worn - out old Highlanders for the most part , who were , ex officio , an unfailing subject of mirth to the ...
... called " Town Rats " of Auld Reekie -- the dilapidated Town Guard , with their dingy uniform , cocked hats , and Lochaber axes - worn - out old Highlanders for the most part , who were , ex officio , an unfailing subject of mirth to the ...
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... called on to " pass on to the deluge " is at once to them a perplexity and an affront . Thomas Prince's Chronological History of New England begins with Adam , and has to work down five thousand six hundred and twenty - four years ...
... called on to " pass on to the deluge " is at once to them a perplexity and an affront . Thomas Prince's Chronological History of New England begins with Adam , and has to work down five thousand six hundred and twenty - four years ...
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... called better days those who have had losses . When Aunt Honey- resemble such a slow coach as Dogberry only in having " had losses , " may be best conceived by slightly parodying two lines of the laureate's , and so to make them sing or ...
... called better days those who have had losses . When Aunt Honey- resemble such a slow coach as Dogberry only in having " had losses , " may be best conceived by slightly parodying two lines of the laureate's , and so to make them sing or ...
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