The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1843 - English literature |
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... sure . The animal sent the painter to sleep , didn't he ? " Yes . " And ain't that Animal Magnetism ? " ; Yes , yes - certainly , yes - as clear a case of Mesmerism as ever I met with ! CHAP . V. On the morning of the first of May ...
... sure . The animal sent the painter to sleep , didn't he ? " Yes . " And ain't that Animal Magnetism ? " ; Yes , yes - certainly , yes - as clear a case of Mesmerism as ever I met with ! CHAP . V. On the morning of the first of May ...
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... but the event had been expected because the beavers had been observed to build such unusually high dams , a sure sign of spring floods in that river . MUSIC FOR THE BILLION ! A LECTURE DELIVERED BY POLYPHEMUS Moral Cosmetics . 29 17, 449.
... but the event had been expected because the beavers had been observed to build such unusually high dams , a sure sign of spring floods in that river . MUSIC FOR THE BILLION ! A LECTURE DELIVERED BY POLYPHEMUS Moral Cosmetics . 29 17, 449.
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... sure to be helped to the drumstick without sauce , -to know that your company is very little , if any thing , less unacceptable than that of a bailiff , a tax- gatherer , or the parish undertaker , -to tremble at the mention of door or ...
... sure to be helped to the drumstick without sauce , -to know that your company is very little , if any thing , less unacceptable than that of a bailiff , a tax- gatherer , or the parish undertaker , -to tremble at the mention of door or ...
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... sure test of a virtuous mind , " as a medical friend of mine calls it , was not over so soon as it might have been , had we not had an accompaniment obligato in the shape of the London newspaper to play with our bacon , kidneys , and ...
... sure test of a virtuous mind , " as a medical friend of mine calls it , was not over so soon as it might have been , had we not had an accompaniment obligato in the shape of the London newspaper to play with our bacon , kidneys , and ...
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... sure . The chaplain and his lady looked blank and disappointed . Jonathan and his wife both pressed them to preside at their own table , and pre- tend to eat with the ladies , and then to come down and make a real meal at Mount ...
... sure . The chaplain and his lady looked blank and disappointed . Jonathan and his wife both pressed them to preside at their own table , and pre- tend to eat with the ladies , and then to come down and make a real meal at Mount ...
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