The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 57
... replied the honest countryman , " but you are a better judge than I am . ' This reply produced a general laugh , while the witness stood amazed at being the unconscious cause of all the mirth . At length the judge resumed ; and having ...
... replied the honest countryman , " but you are a better judge than I am . ' This reply produced a general laugh , while the witness stood amazed at being the unconscious cause of all the mirth . At length the judge resumed ; and having ...
Page 90
... replied I , ' he carries a bad look with him . ' More late in the day , I was in the shop of M. Fontana , the jeweller , with the same person ; Bastide again passed ; I was seized with horror , and hastily retired into the shop . ' You ...
... replied I , ' he carries a bad look with him . ' More late in the day , I was in the shop of M. Fontana , the jeweller , with the same person ; Bastide again passed ; I was seized with horror , and hastily retired into the shop . ' You ...
Page 49
... replied , " From the moon . " They then enquired , " What news from the moon ? " He replied , that he had brought from the moon £ 6000 , to he distributed among them by the borough agent . The electors thus satisfied , and yielding to ...
... replied , " From the moon . " They then enquired , " What news from the moon ? " He replied , that he had brought from the moon £ 6000 , to he distributed among them by the borough agent . The electors thus satisfied , and yielding to ...
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