The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Page 25
... English markets ; and the export of provisions would be discontinued by a people that had unlearned the lessons of starvation . Adieu to shipments of live stock and consignments of bacon ! Were there not some potent mysterious spell ...
... English markets ; and the export of provisions would be discontinued by a people that had unlearned the lessons of starvation . Adieu to shipments of live stock and consignments of bacon ! Were there not some potent mysterious spell ...
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... of many evils , as the very name shewed , παν κακον ! So it would appear , by Prout's etymo- logy of the pancake , that in the English language there are many terms which answer the description of Horace , 26 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
... of many evils , as the very name shewed , παν κακον ! So it would appear , by Prout's etymo- logy of the pancake , that in the English language there are many terms which answer the description of Horace , 26 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
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... English Opium - eater , " or any other " Confessions " of sensualism and gastronomy . If this " black friar " has got smuggled in among our contributors , like King Saul among the regular votaries of the sanctuary , it must be admitted ...
... English Opium - eater , " or any other " Confessions " of sensualism and gastronomy . If this " black friar " has got smuggled in among our contributors , like King Saul among the regular votaries of the sanctuary , it must be admitted ...
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... English , for the use of the London University , it may run thus : " Lardner compiles - kind Lethe on her banks Receives the doctor's useful page with thanks . " Such may be the fate of Lardner and of Trublet , such the ultimate destiny ...
... English , for the use of the London University , it may run thus : " Lardner compiles - kind Lethe on her banks Receives the doctor's useful page with thanks . " Such may be the fate of Lardner and of Trublet , such the ultimate destiny ...
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... English authorities , Cormac M'Dermot Carthy held , among other dependencies , the castle of Blarney , and had concluded an armistice with the lord - president , on condition of surto dering this fort to an English garrison . Day after ...
... English authorities , Cormac M'Dermot Carthy held , among other dependencies , the castle of Blarney , and had concluded an armistice with the lord - president , on condition of surto dering this fort to an English garrison . Day after ...
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