Punch, Volume 109Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1895 |
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... doubt . I am prepared to hear that he shot the Falls of Niagara in a punt . He was a wonderful genius . I am tired of hearing of him . Monday . - To Mr. MONTGOMERY - MUMBY's dance . VIOLET there of course . We both like dancing . Get on ...
... doubt . I am prepared to hear that he shot the Falls of Niagara in a punt . He was a wonderful genius . I am tired of hearing of him . Monday . - To Mr. MONTGOMERY - MUMBY's dance . VIOLET there of course . We both like dancing . Get on ...
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... doubt , He'll carry on my task . To see ye braw and doing weel , Henceforth is a ' I ask , My dear ; Henceforth is a ' I ask . True Scot am I - Midlothian's heart I won . Now I fare far , And leave a younger chieftain , TAM , To lead ...
... doubt , He'll carry on my task . To see ye braw and doing weel , Henceforth is a ' I ask , My dear ; Henceforth is a ' I ask . True Scot am I - Midlothian's heart I won . Now I fare far , And leave a younger chieftain , TAM , To lead ...
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... doubt , " she said , " that Man was intended by Nature to be the Father . For this high calling he wouldn't be back agin . No one knew nothink more than that . No should endeavour to fit himself by every means in his power . He one ...
... doubt , " she said , " that Man was intended by Nature to be the Father . For this high calling he wouldn't be back agin . No one knew nothink more than that . No should endeavour to fit himself by every means in his power . He one ...
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... doubt to many others ) that the But I fancy the leading subject at the question narrows itself into a matter of Forensic Congress was the Long Vacation . finance . I have therefore taken PORTINGTON Judging from the numerous letters that ...
... doubt to many others ) that the But I fancy the leading subject at the question narrows itself into a matter of Forensic Congress was the Long Vacation . finance . I have therefore taken PORTINGTON Judging from the numerous letters that ...
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... doubt AKERS - DOUGLAS could pick up on reasonable terms an old statue of NAPOLEON ; with a little touching up it would serve , and there was a place ready on the site proposed for CROM- WELL'S . There was , he said , well - known pic ...
... doubt AKERS - DOUGLAS could pick up on reasonable terms an old statue of NAPOLEON ; with a little touching up it would serve , and there was a place ready on the site proposed for CROM- WELL'S . There was , he said , well - known pic ...
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