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Pagina 32
... king is grass , the queen is grass , the cardinal is grass , you are grass , I am grass - all flesh is grass . " Preach- ing in a monastery which had recently been struck by lightning , Father André expatiated upon the goodness of God ...
... king is grass , the queen is grass , the cardinal is grass , you are grass , I am grass - all flesh is grass . " Preach- ing in a monastery which had recently been struck by lightning , Father André expatiated upon the goodness of God ...
Pagina 37
... king arrived at the end of the prayers , and on the candidate's ascending the pulpit , one of his majesty's aides - de - camp presented him with a sealed paper . The preacher opened it , and found nothing therein . He did not , however ...
... king arrived at the end of the prayers , and on the candidate's ascending the pulpit , one of his majesty's aides - de - camp presented him with a sealed paper . The preacher opened it , and found nothing therein . He did not , however ...
Pagina 60
... king laughed heartily , and forthwith conferred the preferment on the facetious doctor . UNLUCKY TEXT . OOR Dr Thomas Sheridan , the grandfather of Richard Brinsley Sheridan , in an unguarded moment , but in as guiltless a spirit as ...
... king laughed heartily , and forthwith conferred the preferment on the facetious doctor . UNLUCKY TEXT . OOR Dr Thomas Sheridan , the grandfather of Richard Brinsley Sheridan , in an unguarded moment , but in as guiltless a spirit as ...
Pagina 70
... king thus honoured his chaplains , the prescribed formula ran thus : " God save the king , and bless the dinner . " Our witty divine took the liberty of transposing the words , by saying , " God bless the king , and save the dinner ...
... king thus honoured his chaplains , the prescribed formula ran thus : " God save the king , and bless the dinner . " Our witty divine took the liberty of transposing the words , by saying , " God bless the king , and save the dinner ...
Pagina 71
... King Charles II . , one day called on his old friend and fellow- collegian , Dr Waterland , who pressed him to stay dinner . Mrs W. , however , thought her arrangements disturbed , and refused to make any addition to the leg of mutton ...
... King Charles II . , one day called on his old friend and fellow- collegian , Dr Waterland , who pressed him to stay dinner . Mrs W. , however , thought her arrangements disturbed , and refused to make any addition to the leg of mutton ...
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