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... dinner prac- titioner of the art of pointing morals and adorning tales . · Another well - known publication of Mr. D'Israeli's , which may be mentioned in connexion with his Curio- sities of Literature , ' and indeed may be considered ...
... dinner prac- titioner of the art of pointing morals and adorning tales . · Another well - known publication of Mr. D'Israeli's , which may be mentioned in connexion with his Curio- sities of Literature , ' and indeed may be considered ...
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... Dinner and Supper - table , others on the Highways , and all faithfully noted down . This Latin edition was often reprinted . The author of the English translation was a Captain Henry Bell , who gives a very strange account of all the ...
... Dinner and Supper - table , others on the Highways , and all faithfully noted down . This Latin edition was often reprinted . The author of the English translation was a Captain Henry Bell , who gives a very strange account of all the ...
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... dinner with my wife , two messengers were sent from the whole council - board , with a warrant to carry me to the keeper of the Gatehouse , Westminster , there to be safely kept until further order from the lords of the coun- cil ...
... dinner with my wife , two messengers were sent from the whole council - board , with a warrant to carry me to the keeper of the Gatehouse , Westminster , there to be safely kept until further order from the lords of the coun- cil ...
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... dinner . Never was the distinction between a pig and a monk so clearly shown before . The monks all died , and left behind them no memorial except the pig - meat , which they did not live to consume , and the name anti- mony ( anti ...
... dinner . Never was the distinction between a pig and a monk so clearly shown before . The monks all died , and left behind them no memorial except the pig - meat , which they did not live to consume , and the name anti- mony ( anti ...
Page 178
... dinner , when the ladies have retired and the dining - room has been suffisamment garnie de pots - de - chambre , chacun , les coudes sur la table , se faisant passer de l'un à l'autre , les bouteilles , boit et arrange l'état . Another ...
... dinner , when the ladies have retired and the dining - room has been suffisamment garnie de pots - de - chambre , chacun , les coudes sur la table , se faisant passer de l'un à l'autre , les bouteilles , boit et arrange l'état . Another ...
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