Tales of My Landlord,: The black dwarfWilliam Blackwood, Prince's Street: and John Murray, Albemarle Street, London., 1816 - 347 páginas |
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... never- theless pretended that my information and knowledge of mankind , however extensive , and however painfully ac- quired , by constant domestic enquiry , and by foreign travel , is , natheless , in- competent to the task of ...
... never- theless pretended that my information and knowledge of mankind , however extensive , and however painfully ac- quired , by constant domestic enquiry , and by foreign travel , is , natheless , in- competent to the task of ...
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... never saw , or tasted ,. a glass of unlawful aqua vitæ in the house of my Landlord ; nay , that , on the contrary , we needed not such de- vices in respect of a pleasing and some- what seductive liquor , which was vend- ed and consumed ...
... never saw , or tasted ,. a glass of unlawful aqua vitæ in the house of my Landlord ; nay , that , on the contrary , we needed not such de- vices in respect of a pleasing and some- what seductive liquor , which was vend- ed and consumed ...
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... which he was uniformly inexorable in obliging them to retain for the credit of the house . As to mine own part , I may well say , that he never refused 7 me that modicum of refreshment with which I am wont INTRODUCTION .. 13.
... which he was uniformly inexorable in obliging them to retain for the credit of the house . As to mine own part , I may well say , that he never refused 7 me that modicum of refreshment with which I am wont INTRODUCTION .. 13.
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... never fash your head about the changes o ' the warld , sae lang as ye're blythe and bien yoursel . " " Wussing your health , sirs , " said the shepherd ; and , having taken off his glass , and observed the whiskey was the right thing ...
... never fash your head about the changes o ' the warld , sae lang as ye're blythe and bien yoursel . " " Wussing your health , sirs , " said the shepherd ; and , having taken off his glass , and observed the whiskey was the right thing ...
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... never perceive any material difference , in point of longitude , between one sheep and another . " This occasioned a loud hoarse laugh on the part of the farmer , and an astonished stare on the part of the shepherd . “ It's the woo ...
... never perceive any material difference , in point of longitude , between one sheep and another . " This occasioned a loud hoarse laugh on the part of the farmer , and an astonished stare on the part of the shepherd . “ It's the woo ...
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