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The fiyer down below, me lads, is very hot an 'jolly,
Fire Down Below (2) 1999
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QUOTATION: Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly,
Quotations 1919
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When he was down in Denver, feeling a little jolly,
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If yo share yor gooid luck wi 'some other poor chap. Depend on't, ther's nowt tends to mak life as jolly,
Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect John Hartley 1877
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An its fat cheeks made ivvery one laff an feel jolly,
Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect John Hartley 1877
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Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly,
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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Two ladies asked about Jill, and one of the girls has got some shells all ready for her, Gerty Somebody, and her mother is so pretty and jolly,
Jack and Jill Louisa May Alcott 1860
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Up and down, under my eyes, and he looked so fat and so jolly,
Short Studies on Great Subjects James Anthony Froude 1856
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Up and down, under my eyes, and he looked so fat and so jolly,
Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc James Anthony Froude 1856
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As a writer, I have dealt with most work-related photoshoots by pulling a jolly,
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