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" When Foote his leg, by some misfortune, broke Says I to Johnson, all by way of joke, 'Sam, Sir, in Paragraph will soon be clever, And take off Peter better now than ever. "
Leben und Werke Peter Pindars: (Dr. John Wolcot) - Page 61
by Theodor Reitterer - 1900 - 150 pages
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The Works of Peter Pindar

Peter Pindar - 1835 - 490 pages
...There heard the story which wo Britons brag on, The Story of St Georgo and eke the Dragon. BOZZT t When Foote his leg by some misfortune broke ; Says...paragraph, will soon be clever, And take off Peter belter now than ever " On which, says Johnson, without hesitation, " Georgct will rejoice at Foote...
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Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell [ed. by J.W. Croker].

John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...There heard the story which we Britons brag on, The story of St. George and eke the Dragon. BOZZY. (4) When Foote his leg by some misfortune broke, Says I to Johnson, all by way of joke, (1) [ " Because he saw Mr. Thrale one day leap over a stool, to show that he was not tired after a...
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Foster's Cabinet Miscellany: A Series of Publications on Various ..., Volume 3

1837 - 598 pages
...subject, replied readily and good-humoredly by a quotation from Peter Pindar's Bozzy and Piozzi:— " When Foote his leg by some misfortune broke, Says...joke, Sam, sir, in Paragraph will soon be clever, He'll take off Peter better now than ever." Mathews's mirthful caricature of Terry's sober mimicry...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 1

John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 608 pages
...and good-humouredly by a quotation from Peter Pindar's Возяу and Picuzi: — * When Foote hie leg by some misfortune broke, Says I to Johnson, all by way of joke, 8am, sir, in Paragraph will soon be clever, He'll take off Peter better now than ever." Mathews's mirthful...
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Memoirs of the life of sir Walter Scott [by J.G. Lockhart].

John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 430 pages
...subject, replied readily and good-humouredly by a quotation from Peter Pindar's Bozzy and Piozzi : — " When Foote his leg by some misfortune broke, Says...joke, Sam, sir, in Paragraph will soon be clever, Hell take off Peter better now than ever." Mathews's mirthful caricature of Terry's sober mimicry of...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 3

John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 pages
...subject, replied readily and good-humouredly by a quotation from Peter Pindar's Bozzy and Piozzi : — " When Foote his leg by some misfortune broke, Says...joke, Sam, sir, in Paragraph will soon be clever, He'll take off Peter better now than ever." Mathews's mirthful caricature of Terry's sober mimicry...
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Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr ...

John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 pages
...the story which we Britons brag on, The story of St. George and eke the Dragon. Bozzr. (t) When Poote his leg by some misfortune broke, Says I to Johnson,...Johnson, without hesitation, " George will rejoice at Poote's depeditation." On which, says I — a penetrating elf— " Doctor, I'm sure you coined that...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pages
...Who jump' d in boots, which jumpers never choose, Far as a famous jumper jump' d in shoes. Bozzy. — When Foote his leg, by some misfortune, broke, Says...ever." ' On which, says Johnson, without hesitation, " George2 will rejoice at Foote's depeditation." On which, says I, /z penetrating elf. " Doctor, I...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 pages
...jump' d in boots, which jumpers never choose, Far as a famous jumper jump' 'd in shoes. Bozzy. — When Foote his leg, by some misfortune, broke, Says...clever, And take off Peter better now than ever." 1 On which, says Johnson, without hesitation, " George2 will rejoice at Foote's depeditation." On which,...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pages
...Who jump'd in boots, which jumper s never choose, Fur as a famous jumper jump'd in shoes. Bozzy. — When Foote his leg, by some misfortune, broke, Says...soon be clever, And take off Peter better now than ever."1 On which, says Johnson, without hesitation, " George2 will rejoice at Foote's dcpeditation."...
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