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...laffin' at the French soldiers, vich makes them pecooliarly morbid, - a big word, meaning sick at the stomach! SCENE NO. 5: The Gorilla, 'Ippopotamus, and Dodo, bein' the most wonderful specimens of beast, bird, and fish in the vorld. The gorilla resides in the tropics and eats flesh, and is particularly fond of dissentin' missionaries, vich he relishes vith avidity and then laffs, not knowink as how he has done wrong, because devoid of all sense of right, and the law of morals. The 'ippopotamus, also mentioned by the Prophet Job under the name of Behemoth, varies the monotony...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ENGLISH SHOWMAN. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

...quivering, gangrened flesh; a human form...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VALLEY OF THE VISP. | 4/24/1874 | See Source »

...silver birds to flesh and blood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN PERU. | 4/10/1874 | See Source »

...Headache all day. Have returned to my club-table. "Slum" may be cheap and healthy, but I lose too much flesh on it. Have given up Gymnasium. Walking is far healthier, even around a billiard-table...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JONES'S DIARY. | 6/2/1873 | See Source »

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