The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, 95 tomasArchibald Constable and Company, 1825 |
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... Bill Quirk o ' Lanky- leggan , vestry - clerk and undertaker , he's what ye may call- Dingle . No great things - another o ' the same . Bill's clerkship never upheld Madam Quirk's genteelity at Brighton , nor paid for her box - tickets ...
... Bill Quirk o ' Lanky- leggan , vestry - clerk and undertaker , he's what ye may call- Dingle . No great things - another o ' the same . Bill's clerkship never upheld Madam Quirk's genteelity at Brighton , nor paid for her box - tickets ...
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... Bill stands in the back - ground with his death - board ready to- Wiggins . - Mabel , Mabel , that tongue o ' thine wags most unconscionably . Speak within bounds , for Heaven's sake , and call not the devil worse than he really is ...
... Bill stands in the back - ground with his death - board ready to- Wiggins . - Mabel , Mabel , that tongue o ' thine wags most unconscionably . Speak within bounds , for Heaven's sake , and call not the devil worse than he really is ...
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... bills , and blind bargains . O Lord , O Lord ! what will this world come to ! Mabel . - Bless me , it is not long since ... Bill Quirk ) . You and I must be on the move . It's well nigh two o'clock , and we've to call at the sex- ton's ...
... bills , and blind bargains . O Lord , O Lord ! what will this world come to ! Mabel . - Bless me , it is not long since ... Bill Quirk ) . You and I must be on the move . It's well nigh two o'clock , and we've to call at the sex- ton's ...
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... Bill's a mighty man , you know , in both parishes . Grigg . - Oh , I'll tickle him gently , and butter his consequence with soft sayings , take my word for it . He'll be here by and bye , to stow away the old packman , that died as poor ...
... Bill's a mighty man , you know , in both parishes . Grigg . - Oh , I'll tickle him gently , and butter his consequence with soft sayings , take my word for it . He'll be here by and bye , to stow away the old packman , that died as poor ...
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... Bill Quirk in his professional ha- biliments . Quirk . Well , Bob , how get ye on ? Grigg . Like a house on fire . Quirk . - Deep enough , I should think ; but you know best - no business of mine . So Miss Waghorn and you had a jaunt ...
... Bill Quirk in his professional ha- biliments . Quirk . Well , Bob , how get ye on ? Grigg . Like a house on fire . Quirk . - Deep enough , I should think ; but you know best - no business of mine . So Miss Waghorn and you had a jaunt ...
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