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Page 2107
... thou but been sae wise , As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou wast a skellum , A blethering , blustering , drunken blellum ; That frae November till October , Ae market - day thou wast na sober ; That ilka ...
... thou but been sae wise , As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou wast a skellum , A blethering , blustering , drunken blellum ; That frae November till October , Ae market - day thou wast na sober ; That ilka ...
Page 2115
... thou hast a wife , The happiest draught thou hast drank this day That ever thou didst in thy life . " Or has thy good woman , if one thou hast , Ever here in Cornwall been ? For , an if she have , I'll venture my life She has drunk of ...
... thou hast a wife , The happiest draught thou hast drank this day That ever thou didst in thy life . " Or has thy good woman , if one thou hast , Ever here in Cornwall been ? For , an if she have , I'll venture my life She has drunk of ...
Page 2116
... thou long enough hast acted dummy . Thou hast a tongue , —come , let us hear its tune ; Thou'rt standing on thy legs , above ground , mummy ! Revisiting the glimpses of the moon , - Not like thin ghosts or disembodied creatures , But ...
... thou long enough hast acted dummy . Thou hast a tongue , —come , let us hear its tune ; Thou'rt standing on thy legs , above ground , mummy ! Revisiting the glimpses of the moon , - Not like thin ghosts or disembodied creatures , But ...
Page 2117
... thou wert a Priest , -if so , my struggles Are vain , for priestcraft never owns its juggles . Perhaps that very ... thou wert dead and buried and embalmed Ere Romulus and Remus had been suckled : Antiquity appears to have begun Long ...
... thou wert a Priest , -if so , my struggles Are vain , for priestcraft never owns its juggles . Perhaps that very ... thou wert dead and buried and embalmed Ere Romulus and Remus had been suckled : Antiquity appears to have begun Long ...
Page 2190
... Thou , for whose fear the figurative crow I eat , accursed be thou and all thy kin ! Thee will I show up - yea , up will I show Thy too thick buckwheats , and thy tea too thin . Ay ! here I dare thee , ready for the fray : Thou dost not ...
... Thou , for whose fear the figurative crow I eat , accursed be thou and all thy kin ! Thee will I show up - yea , up will I show Thy too thick buckwheats , and thy tea too thin . Ay ! here I dare thee , ready for the fray : Thou dost not ...
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