Doctor Syntax : His Three Tours in Search of the Picturesque, of Consolation, of a WifeFrederick Warne & Company, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 1874 - 374 páginas |
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... face was red , her form was fat , A round - about and rather squat ; And when in angry humour stalking , Was like a dumpling set a - walking . ' Twas not the custom of this spouse To suffer long a quiet house : She was among those busy ...
... face was red , her form was fat , A round - about and rather squat ; And when in angry humour stalking , Was like a dumpling set a - walking . ' Twas not the custom of this spouse To suffer long a quiet house : She was among those busy ...
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... face to smile ! But ah ! too soon the vision passes , Confounded by a pack of asses ! The donkeys bray'd ; and lo ! the sound Awak'd him from his thought pro- found ; And as he star'd and look'd around , He said - or else he seem'd to ...
... face to smile ! But ah ! too soon the vision passes , Confounded by a pack of asses ! The donkeys bray'd ; and lo ! the sound Awak'd him from his thought pro- found ; And as he star'd and look'd around , He said - or else he seem'd to ...
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... face With painful look , with sad grimace , And thus he spoke his hapless case ! " Ah ! miserable man , " he cried , " What perils do my course betide ! In this sad melancholy state , Must I , alas , impatient wait , Till some kind soul ...
... face With painful look , with sad grimace , And thus he spoke his hapless case ! " Ah ! miserable man , " he cried , " What perils do my course betide ! In this sad melancholy state , Must I , alas , impatient wait , Till some kind soul ...
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... and shed a tear . The parish griev'd , for not an eye In all its large extent was dry , Save one : but such a kindly grace Ne'er deck'd the Lawyer's iron face . The aged wept a friend long known , The young 26 DOCTOR SYNTAX'S TOUR.
... and shed a tear . The parish griev'd , for not an eye In all its large extent was dry , Save one : but such a kindly grace Ne'er deck'd the Lawyer's iron face . The aged wept a friend long known , The young 26 DOCTOR SYNTAX'S TOUR.
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... face . Once , I remember , late at night , I something saw , both large and white , Which made me stop , and made me stare , - But ' twas the Parson's grizzle mare . Such things as these , I do believe , The foolish people oft deceive ...
... face . Once , I remember , late at night , I something saw , both large and white , Which made me stop , and made me stare , - But ' twas the Parson's grizzle mare . Such things as these , I do believe , The foolish people oft deceive ...
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Doctor Syntax: His Three Tours in Search of the Picturesque, of Consolation ... William Combe Visualização integral - 1871 |
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