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... Breeches and Tin Breeches . Certain elegant and in- genious writers on the subject declare in favor of Tin , or rather Thin Breeches ; whence they infer that the origi- nal bearer of it was a poor but merry rogue , whose galligaskins ...
... Breeches and Tin Breeches . Certain elegant and in- genious writers on the subject declare in favor of Tin , or rather Thin Breeches ; whence they infer that the origi- nal bearer of it was a poor but merry rogue , whose galligaskins ...
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... Breeches , on the contrary , retorted with a sarcasm upon his antagonist , who was somewhat of an arid , dry - boned habit : he remarked , that as to the circulation of the blood being necessary to existence , Mynheer Tough Breeches was ...
... Breeches , on the contrary , retorted with a sarcasm upon his antagonist , who was somewhat of an arid , dry - boned habit : he remarked , that as to the circulation of the blood being necessary to existence , Mynheer Tough Breeches was ...
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... Breeches had the advantage of the greatest volubility , but Tough Breeches had that invaluable coat of mail in argument , called obstinacy Ten Breeches had , therefore , the most mettle , but Tough Breeches the best bottom ; so that ...
... Breeches had the advantage of the greatest volubility , but Tough Breeches had that invaluable coat of mail in argument , called obstinacy Ten Breeches had , therefore , the most mettle , but Tough Breeches the best bottom ; so that ...
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