Miscellanies: The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. A legend of the Rhine. Rebecca and Rowena. A little dinner at Timmins's. The Bedford-Row conspiracyBradbury & Evans, 1856 - English literature |
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Page 406 - Forty times over let Michaelmas pass ; Grizzling hair the brain doth clear; Then you know a boy is an ass, Then you know the worth of a lass — Once you have come to forty year. Pledge me round ; I bid ye declare, All good fellows whose beards are...
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