The Comic Album: a Book for Every Table, Volume 1843W.S. Orr, 1843 - English wit and humor, Pictorial |
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... Horses have their antipathies as well as men , and amongst their most decided dislikes are the cutting of the whip and the digging of the spur . Some are much annoyed by the barking of dogs ; but any of these aversions frequently causes ...
... Horses have their antipathies as well as men , and amongst their most decided dislikes are the cutting of the whip and the digging of the spur . Some are much annoyed by the barking of dogs ; but any of these aversions frequently causes ...
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... horses with the ease and grace of a Chiffney . Judging by the pace , and the liveli- ness of their conversation , we should say the gentleman who now passes has considerably advanced in the good graces of the lady whom he escorts ...
... horses with the ease and grace of a Chiffney . Judging by the pace , and the liveli- ness of their conversation , we should say the gentleman who now passes has considerably advanced in the good graces of the lady whom he escorts ...
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... horse - riders are almost numberless , and yet there is but one class of horse - dealers , whose traffic , nevertheless , invariably extends to selling their customers . Reader , if , unlike ourself , you ever have stridden the back of ...
... horse - riders are almost numberless , and yet there is but one class of horse - dealers , whose traffic , nevertheless , invariably extends to selling their customers . Reader , if , unlike ourself , you ever have stridden the back of ...
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... horses were attached by rope traces to the vehicle , for no other traces existed of their attachment . Black they were ( horses and traces both ) as Newcastle adamant , and melancholy black was the outward expression of their inward ...
... horses were attached by rope traces to the vehicle , for no other traces existed of their attachment . Black they were ( horses and traces both ) as Newcastle adamant , and melancholy black was the outward expression of their inward ...
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... disorderly conduct of his wife and her tresses , what did he ? Why , instead of feigning to sleep , or even partially closing his eyes , so as just to At the sight of this horrible spectacle the affrighted horses. THE COMIC ALBUM.
... disorderly conduct of his wife and her tresses , what did he ? Why , instead of feigning to sleep , or even partially closing his eyes , so as just to At the sight of this horrible spectacle the affrighted horses. THE COMIC ALBUM.
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The Comic Album: A Book for Every Table (Classic Reprint) Alfred Henry Forrester No preview available - 2018 |
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