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  • With the suit and tie the effect should have been ludi-crous, but somehow it wasn't.

    The Drawing of the Three King, Stephen, 1947- 1987

  • Digitized by VjOOQ IC OF STERNE, 81 subjects, some of them sufficiently ludi - crous.

    Illustrations of Sterne: with other essays and verses Ferriar, John, 1761-1815 1812

  • He peremptorily rejects the idea, and proceeds to wreak his vengeance upon the school in a manner perfectly ludi - crous, and evidently contrived for mere farcical effect.

    Comedies. Translated into English, with notes [by Richard Cumberland and others] 1812

  • I have purpofely fele&ed fome ludi - crous and fome ferious inftances, to fhow that in this branch of wit, as well as in N 2 that

    Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical ... 1774

  • As I was preparing to write a column on the ludi - crous maligning of the Tea Party movement by liberals, Democrats and the mainstream media (which I hope to write next week instead) I started thinking about one of the key objectives of the Tea Party people - the strict enforcement of the 10th Amendment ( "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.").

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2010

  • As I was preparing to write a column on the ludi - crous maligning of the Tea Party movement by liberals, Democrats and the mainstream media (which I hope to write next week instead) I started thinking about one of the key objectives of the Tea Party people - the strict enforcement of the 10th Amendment ( "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.").

    Latest Articles 2010

  • Owing to the f. arci ty of pod horfes, a proceflion, rather ludi - crous, prefentcd itfelf to the \ eop«y of Marlborough, laft week; where fome gentlemen, impatient of delay, made their enue in a poir-chaiib drawn by oxen, on a foil "ot, and driven by the owner, by whoi»

    Sporting Magazine 1796

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