Facetiæ Cantabrigienses, by Socius1825 |
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... observed , “ that when he used bad words he could talk fluently . " A sudden address from a stranger would disconcert him beyond measure . In one of his solitary rambles , a countryman met him , and inquired the road . " Tu - u ― rn ...
... observed , “ that when he used bad words he could talk fluently . " A sudden address from a stranger would disconcert him beyond measure . In one of his solitary rambles , a countryman met him , and inquired the road . " Tu - u ― rn ...
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... observed , to stray into the schools at Cambridge , when a student was keeping an act . It fell to the turn of Mr. F. to preside that day , and the mo- ment the poor dog made his entré , Mr. F. thundered out the following apophthegma ...
... observed , to stray into the schools at Cambridge , when a student was keeping an act . It fell to the turn of Mr. F. to preside that day , and the mo- ment the poor dog made his entré , Mr. F. thundered out the following apophthegma ...
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... observe , " That the way to make the greatest expedition was to run , as the French and Dutch and Scotch women do , with their slippers in their hands , when they are pressed for time ; " and quoted Æschylus , where it is said in the ...
... observe , " That the way to make the greatest expedition was to run , as the French and Dutch and Scotch women do , with their slippers in their hands , when they are pressed for time ; " and quoted Æschylus , where it is said in the ...
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... observed by Dr. G- then Vice - Chancellor , " that , although Cambridge had been tapped very often , it was still very dropsical ! " WISEACRES . Ben Jonson , being one evening at a tavern - club , seated at the upper end of the table ...
... observed by Dr. G- then Vice - Chancellor , " that , although Cambridge had been tapped very often , it was still very dropsical ! " WISEACRES . Ben Jonson , being one evening at a tavern - club , seated at the upper end of the table ...
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... observed that it was easy to write like a madman ; Lee answered , " No , sir , it is not easy to write like a madman , but very easy to write like a fool ! " THE BRASS PLATE . The first year that " Poor Robin's Almanack " came forth ...
... observed that it was easy to write like a madman ; Lee answered , " No , sir , it is not easy to write like a madman , but very easy to write like a fool ! " THE BRASS PLATE . The first year that " Poor Robin's Almanack " came forth ...
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