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... brother William , though it be very true hat I was worse than he . ' It has been said that Porson nce intended to publish Joe Miller with a commentary , in rder to show that all his jests were derived originally com the Greek . This he ...
... brother William , though it be very true hat I was worse than he . ' It has been said that Porson nce intended to publish Joe Miller with a commentary , in rder to show that all his jests were derived originally com the Greek . This he ...
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... brother of Olaf the saint , captured a town in Sicily . According to the Saga , Harald ordered his people to catch the birds which had nests against the houses , or which flew into the town for food , and attach to them chips , sulphur ...
... brother of Olaf the saint , captured a town in Sicily . According to the Saga , Harald ordered his people to catch the birds which had nests against the houses , or which flew into the town for food , and attach to them chips , sulphur ...
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... brother Travers , who had sepa- rated himself from them , and become an honest man , of a pig he had just killed , and also the address with which it is repeatedly recovered by the owner . The thieves had seen the pig one day when on a ...
... brother Travers , who had sepa- rated himself from them , and become an honest man , of a pig he had just killed , and also the address with which it is repeatedly recovered by the owner . The thieves had seen the pig one day when on a ...
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... brother's voice , ' that I should carry the load . ' The bearer instantly accedes to this proposal , but he has not gone on a hundred paces till he overtakes his other brother , when , perceiving that he had been ensnared , he strips ...
... brother's voice , ' that I should carry the load . ' The bearer instantly accedes to this proposal , but he has not gone on a hundred paces till he overtakes his other brother , when , perceiving that he had been ensnared , he strips ...
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... Brothers the elder brother's wife asks to eat the heart or liver of the bull which she knows is her first husband . 1 Montaiglon's " Fabliaux , " i . Nos . 2 , 19. Legrand d'Aussy , Fabliaux , 1829 , vol . iv . pp . 257-63 , and 264 ...
... Brothers the elder brother's wife asks to eat the heart or liver of the bull which she knows is her first husband . 1 Montaiglon's " Fabliaux , " i . Nos . 2 , 19. Legrand d'Aussy , Fabliaux , 1829 , vol . iv . pp . 257-63 , and 264 ...
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