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Comical Observator: In a dialogue between Captain Bluff and Mr. Merryman choose

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[UK] Comical Observator 2 7–14 Nov. n.p.: [She will be] preserving her Life by a Saluriferous Bob or two.
at bob, n.1
[UK] Comical Observator 7-14 Nov. 2: I have often heard it said that they are never too Young, if they are but big enough; and never too little if Old enough]-.
at if they’re old enough to bleed, they’re old enough to butcher under old, adj.
[UK] Comical Observator II 7–14 Nov. n.p.: I cannot but conceive the Levity of Women in this Wag-Tail Age, must be chiefly owing to the great inequality between the two Sexes.
at wagtail, n.
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