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... dead ! he's dead as a herring ! For I beheld his ' berring , ' And four officers transferring His corpse away from the field . " One officer carried his sabre , And he carried it not without labour , Much envying his next neighbour ...
... dead ! he's dead as a herring ! For I beheld his ' berring , ' And four officers transferring His corpse away from the field . " One officer carried his sabre , And he carried it not without labour , Much envying his next neighbour ...
Page 203
... dead , and I am old . All things have come since then to me , Save Love , ah , Love ! and Arcady . Ah , then I fear we part ( quoth he ) , My way's for Love and Arcady . But you , you fare alone , like me ; The gray is likewise in your ...
... dead , and I am old . All things have come since then to me , Save Love , ah , Love ! and Arcady . Ah , then I fear we part ( quoth he ) , My way's for Love and Arcady . But you , you fare alone , like me ; The gray is likewise in your ...
Page 259
... dead ! " " Then come with me , " said Somers , " and taste indigo instead . " But all their plans were scattered in a moment when they found The vessel was a convict ship from Portland outward bound ; When a boat came off to fetch them ...
... dead ! " " Then come with me , " said Somers , " and taste indigo instead . " But all their plans were scattered in a moment when they found The vessel was a convict ship from Portland outward bound ; When a boat came off to fetch them ...
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