10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE HAD A DROP TOO MUCH»
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In past times, when my wife plagued me ; in present times, when I have had a
drop too much — Robinson Crusoe. I have worn out six stout Robinson Crusoes
with hard work in my service. On my lady's last birthday, she gave ine a seventh.
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All the Year Round:
A Weekly Journal
In past times, when my wife plagued me; in present times, when I have had a
drop too much—ltobinson Crusoe. I have worn out six stout Robinson Crusoes
with hard work in my service. On my lady's last birthday, she gave me a seventh.
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The Moonstone:
A Romance
When I want advice—ROBINSON CRUSOE. In past times when my wife plagued
me; in present times when I have had a drop too much—ROBINSON CRUSOE. I
have worn out six stout ROBINSON CRUSOES with hard work in my service.
I must have had a drop too much champagne. Shocking, don't you think?"
Pailloux coughed. "Miss Campbell," he began, "I would — I regret — but " "What?
Come through!" "You are — " "Under arrest!" The detective completed the other's
...
John Gregory Betancourt, 2008
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The Victorian Mystery Megapack: 27 Classic Mystery Tales
In past times when my wife plagued me; in present times when I have had a drop
too much—Robinson Crusoe. I have worn out six stout Robinson Crusoes with
hard work in my service. On my lady's last birthday she gave me a seventh.
Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Morrison, 2012
This gentleman, whom I have designated Mr. Morton Moncton, was a very
grotesque one, and I think Madame Tsis must have had a drop too much, when
she designed him. His lady was a very common sort of personage ; rather pretty,
rather ...
Monthly literary register, 1839
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Defoe's Footprints: Essays in Honour of Maximillian E. Novak
In past times, when my wife plagued me; in present times, when I have had a
drop too much – Robinson Crusoe. I have worn out six stout Robinson Crusoes
with hard work in my service. On my lady's last birth-day she gave me a seventh.
Robert M. Maniquis, Carl Fisher, 2009
I do not know whether it is because I am remarkably sober myself, but I seem to
have a special attraction for Scotchmen who have had a drop too much — when I
go abroad. There was an hotel-car attached to the train on the Great Western ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
... especially in a public place. have the drop on informal have the advantage
over: if your enemy gets the drop on you he can kill you. have had a drop too
much informal be drunk: obstreperous squaddies who have had a drop too much.
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Journey to
a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs of ...
Several bottles of pure alcohol were brought in to prepare a punch—tea laced
with alcohol—which they drank until they were good and soused. The tipsy
guests started dancing around in a circle. Sh. S., who must have had a drop too
much, ...
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Nez Rouge drive-home service kicks off 31st holiday season
The holiday season officially kicks off Friday night with the resumption of Nez Rouge services for drivers who have had a drop too much to drink ... «Montreal Gazette, Dec 14»
