The Poacher, and Other Pictures of Country Life |
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... Ay , and since , too , murders have been performed Too terrible for the ear : the times have been , That when the brains were out , the man would die , And there an end ; but now they rise again , With twenty mortal murders on their ...
... Ay , and since , too , murders have been performed Too terrible for the ear : the times have been , That when the brains were out , the man would die , And there an end ; but now they rise again , With twenty mortal murders on their ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Poacher, and Other Pictures of Country Life |
| Author | Thomas Miller |
| Publisher | Ward & Lock, 1858 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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