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  ...the next of kin, i.e. if five strapping boys and a couple of the fair sex may be considered a sufficient security.
[Footnote 2: An Irish term for wearing jockey-boots.]
[Footnote 3: An Irish gentleman shot in a duel in lang syne, was poetically described as having been left "quivering on a daisy."]
[Footnote 4: In Ireland this functionary's operations are not confined to the dead, but extend very disagreeably to the living.]
* * * * * No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. A man is pleased that his wife is dressed as well as other people, and the wife is pleased that she is so well dressed.--_Dr. Johnson._
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THE IVORY MINE:
A TALE OF THE FROZEN SEA.
IV.--THE FROZEN SEA.
Ivan soon found himself received into the best society of the place. All were glad to welcome the adventurous trader from Yakoutsk; and when he intimated that his boxes of treasure, his brandy and tea, and rum and tobacco, were to be...   Johnson, Samuel

Excerpt from International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 · This quote is filed under Home · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Tell us if you know any facts or errors in this quote · Make a shirt with this quote on our USA or UK shop · Help your friends discover QB

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