Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... English language : no sooner then did e discover the British ensign flying on the poop of an English frigate then lying in the Tagus , than he eagerly caught the opportunity of paying a visit to the surgeon , and finding he was in want ...
... English language : no sooner then did e discover the British ensign flying on the poop of an English frigate then lying in the Tagus , than he eagerly caught the opportunity of paying a visit to the surgeon , and finding he was in want ...
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... English , and expecting to be plun- dered , and perhaps butchered without mercy . Don Manuel de Casafonda the governor , whose counte- hance bespoke a constitution far gone in a decline , had thrown himself on a sofa in the last state ...
... English , and expecting to be plun- dered , and perhaps butchered without mercy . Don Manuel de Casafonda the governor , whose counte- hance bespoke a constitution far gone in a decline , had thrown himself on a sofa in the last state ...
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... English ship would carry her prize into Lisbon ; and that he would there be set on shore and permit- ted to make the best of his way from thence to Mad- rid ; he talked of his wife with all the ardor of the . most impassioned lover ...
... English ship would carry her prize into Lisbon ; and that he would there be set on shore and permit- ted to make the best of his way from thence to Mad- rid ; he talked of his wife with all the ardor of the . most impassioned lover ...
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... English captain , who shortly after drawing Pedrosa aside in- to the surgeon's cabin , was by him made acquainted with the melancholy situation of that unfortunate la- dy , and every particular of the story as before relát- ed ; nay ...
... English captain , who shortly after drawing Pedrosa aside in- to the surgeon's cabin , was by him made acquainted with the melancholy situation of that unfortunate la- dy , and every particular of the story as before relát- ed ; nay ...
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... English ground , and conveyed by his humane and generous preserver to the house of a noble Earl , the father of our amiable Captain and a man by his virtues still more conspicuous than by his rank . Here amidst the gentle solicitudes of ...
... English ground , and conveyed by his humane and generous preserver to the house of a noble Earl , the father of our amiable Captain and a man by his virtues still more conspicuous than by his rank . Here amidst the gentle solicitudes of ...
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ADVENTURES alguazil BAGPIPER Balaam beast boatswain bottle British call'd called captain Casafonda CHAMPANTE & WHITROW cheerful cried dinner doctor Dumpling Dick Edmonton EDWARD PERCIVAL MERRITT eyes FAMILIAR PIECES father fellow forceps frigate hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hast heart holy honour husband Igad inquisidor Inquisition Jewry-street John Gilpin king knave KNOTT Lady Fanny Shirely laugh leathern Leonora letter Lisbon live Lombard-street Madrid magistrate master merry mind misfortunes mule never Nicolas de Tolentino Nicolas Pedrosa Nicolas's night nutmeg Palace-street parish pity your soul poor PRINTED BY G prison prize Quito quoth Nicolas replied Nicolas replied Pedrosa ride Saint Nicolas shame shepherd ship Sir John Sir Thomas soldier soon sooner Spain Spaniard Spanish Splendid Shilling stop sure Tagus tell thee thing tion tongue town walk whilst wife wine wretch Xenophon zounds
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Página 2 - My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue !) An horrid chasm disclose, with orifice Wide, discontinuous ; at which the winds Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
Página 4 - I whipped the pudding into my mouth, hot as a burning coal. It was impossible to conceal my agony; my eyes were starting from their sockets. At last, in spite of shame and resolution, I was obliged to drop the cause of torment on my plate. Sir Thomas and the ladies all compassionated my misfortune, and each advised a different application. One recommended oil, another water; but all agreed that wine was best for drawing out fire; and a glass of sherry was brought me from the sideboard, which I snatched...
Página 1 - I fell upon my knees, begged his worship's pardon, and began to give a full account of all that I knew of my breed, seed, and generation; but, though I gave a very...