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... ON WHIST 64 A CHAPTER ON EARS . 74 ALL FOOLS ' DAY 83 A QUAKER'S MEETING THE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER VALENTINE'S DAY 88 97 ΠΟ PAGE IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES 115 WITCHES AND OTHER NIGHT FEARS •. THE ESSAYS OF ELIA . THE SOUTH - SEA HOUSE.
... ON WHIST 64 A CHAPTER ON EARS . 74 ALL FOOLS ' DAY 83 A QUAKER'S MEETING THE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER VALENTINE'S DAY 88 97 ΠΟ PAGE IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES 115 WITCHES AND OTHER NIGHT FEARS •. THE ESSAYS OF ELIA . THE SOUTH - SEA HOUSE.
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... fools ' day · Tailpiece- do . · PAGE • 31 • 39 44 · 45 • 51 • 53 54 60 63 · 034 64 · 72 · 73 74 79 82 83 87 88 93 96 97 · 105 · 109 ΠΙΟ • · 114 115 · 123 • 125 128 129 • 131 • 137 138 Headpiece - A Quaker's meeting ' The strong man ...
... fools ' day · Tailpiece- do . · PAGE • 31 • 39 44 · 45 • 51 • 53 54 60 63 · 034 64 · 72 · 73 74 79 82 83 87 88 93 96 97 · 105 · 109 ΠΙΟ • · 114 115 · 123 • 125 128 129 • 131 • 137 138 Headpiece - A Quaker's meeting ' The strong man ...
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... foolish beast , not able to fare well but he must cry roast meat — happier than Caligula's minion , could he have kept his own counsel - but , foolisher , alas ! than any of his species in the fables - waxing fat , and kicking , in the ...
... foolish beast , not able to fare well but he must cry roast meat — happier than Caligula's minion , could he have kept his own counsel - but , foolisher , alas ! than any of his species in the fables - waxing fat , and kicking , in the ...
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... foolish lover to praise his mistress in the presence of a rival more qualified to carry her off than himself . - Just below , Dodsley's dramas want their fourth volume , where Vittoria Corombona is ! The remainder nine are as dis ...
... foolish lover to praise his mistress in the presence of a rival more qualified to carry her off than himself . - Just below , Dodsley's dramas want their fourth volume , where Vittoria Corombona is ! The remainder nine are as dis ...
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... foolish squire , who should claim a merit for dressing up his tenantry in red jackets , that never were to be marshalled - never to take the field ? -She even wished that whist were more simple than it is ; and , in my mind , would have ...
... foolish squire , who should claim a merit for dressing up his tenantry in red jackets , that never were to be marshalled - never to take the field ? -She even wished that whist were more simple than it is ; and , in my mind , would have ...
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