Men and Manners in Britain, Or, A Bone to Gnaw for the Trollopes, Fidlers, &c: Being Notes from a Journal, on Sea and on Land, in 1833-4J. Reid & Company, 1835 - 191 páginas |
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... 2d January , 1835 . I send you herewith what I am certain you will agree with me in thinking a great literary curiosity , viz . a Tome by the redoubted Grant Thorburn , which a has just appeared in our good city , entitled ,
... 2d January , 1835 . I send you herewith what I am certain you will agree with me in thinking a great literary curiosity , viz . a Tome by the redoubted Grant Thorburn , which a has just appeared in our good city , entitled ,
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... appeared in our good city , entitled , " Men and Manners in Britain , or , a Bone to Gnaw for the Trollopes , Fidlers , & c . " It is Johnson , I think , who observes , that a most entertaining volume might be made of the sayings and ...
... appeared in our good city , entitled , " Men and Manners in Britain , or , a Bone to Gnaw for the Trollopes , Fidlers , & c . " It is Johnson , I think , who observes , that a most entertaining volume might be made of the sayings and ...
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... appearing , ) then fastened to a plank , and a heavy stone appended to the feet . The end of the plank , with the feet towards the sea , was now placed on the bulwarks about midships . The end where the head rested , was supported by ...
... appearing , ) then fastened to a plank , and a heavy stone appended to the feet . The end of the plank , with the feet towards the sea , was now placed on the bulwarks about midships . The end where the head rested , was supported by ...
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... appearing , ) then fastened to a plank , and a heavy stone appended to the feet . The end of the plank , with the feet towards the sea , was now placed on the bulwarks about midships . The end where the head rested , was supported by ...
... appearing , ) then fastened to a plank , and a heavy stone appended to the feet . The end of the plank , with the feet towards the sea , was now placed on the bulwarks about midships . The end where the head rested , was supported by ...
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... appearance of plenty . I met in company the other day , a real John Bull ; he sat puf- fing and blowing with corpulence . His very eyes stood out with fatness , as if ready to start from their sockets ; in short , he was a real Falstaff ...
... appearance of plenty . I met in company the other day , a real John Bull ; he sat puf- fing and blowing with corpulence . His very eyes stood out with fatness , as if ready to start from their sockets ; in short , he was a real Falstaff ...
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