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One of them, however, of more decent appearance, made me a very pleasing apology, repeating at the same time a French proverb--that a pope and a mountebank were above all law Amongst the commodities exhibited for sale, I was agreeably surprised to find two or more booths well supplied with English and French books; and my surprise was still greater, to find that the former had many purchasers.— Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
Why not a Mexican policeman Because the mountebank was an American.— The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes
"Because the mountebank was an American.— The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes
One of them, however, of more decent appearance, made me a very pleasing apology, repeating at the same time a French proverb -- that a pope and a mountebank were above all law.— Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
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