Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... arm , and flinging the skirt over the left shoulder en cavalier , began to lay about him with a stout ashen sapling upon the ears , pole and cheeks of the recreant mule . The fire now flashed from a pair of Andalusian eyes , as black as ...
... arm , and flinging the skirt over the left shoulder en cavalier , began to lay about him with a stout ashen sapling upon the ears , pole and cheeks of the recreant mule . The fire now flashed from a pair of Andalusian eyes , as black as ...
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... arm led him into a spacious chamber , where at the head of a long table sate his excellency the inquisidor general with six of his as- sessors , three on each side the chair of state : alguazil mayor , a secretary and two notories with ...
... arm led him into a spacious chamber , where at the head of a long table sate his excellency the inquisidor general with six of his as- sessors , three on each side the chair of state : alguazil mayor , a secretary and two notories with ...
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... arm chair , he turned a gracious countenance upon the poor affright- ed accoucheur , and bidding him sit down upon a low stool by his side , thus accosted him- Take heart , senor Pedrosa , your imprisonment is not " likely to be very ...
... arm chair , he turned a gracious countenance upon the poor affright- ed accoucheur , and bidding him sit down upon a low stool by his side , thus accosted him- Take heart , senor Pedrosa , your imprisonment is not " likely to be very ...
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... arms , and he was yet in a place of no perfect secur- ity . Our adventurer had in early life acted as as- sistant surgeon in a Spanish frigate bound to Buenos . , Ayres , and being captured by a British man of war and carried into ...
... arms , and he was yet in a place of no perfect secur- ity . Our adventurer had in early life acted as as- sistant surgeon in a Spanish frigate bound to Buenos . , Ayres , and being captured by a British man of war and carried into ...
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... arms , one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time ; so we went down to the door , where both the centries were posted , and , ushing upon them , seized their arms in a moment , and knocked them down . From thence nine of us ...
... arms , one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time ; so we went down to the door , where both the centries were posted , and , ushing upon them , seized their arms in a moment , and knocked them down . From thence nine of us ...
Términos y frases comunes
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...