Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... carrying a huge parcel of clanking fetters , with a collar of iron , which he put round the neck of poor Pedrosa , telling him with a truly diabolic grin , whilst he was rivetting it on , that it was a proper cravat for the throat of a ...
... carrying a huge parcel of clanking fetters , with a collar of iron , which he put round the neck of poor Pedrosa , telling him with a truly diabolic grin , whilst he was rivetting it on , that it was a proper cravat for the throat of a ...
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... carried into Jamaica , had very quietly passed some years in that place as journeyman apothecary , in which time he had acquired a tolerable acquaint- ance with the English language : no sooner then did e discover the British ensign ...
... carried into Jamaica , had very quietly passed some years in that place as journeyman apothecary , in which time he had acquired a tolerable acquaint- ance with the English language : no sooner then did e discover the British ensign ...
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... carried in his other hand ; as he tendered these spoils to his conqueror , whether through weak- ness , or of his own will , he made a motion of bend- ing his knee ; the generous Briton , shocked at the unmanly overture , caught him ...
... carried in his other hand ; as he tendered these spoils to his conqueror , whether through weak- ness , or of his own will , he made a motion of bend- ing his knee ; the generous Briton , shocked at the unmanly overture , caught him ...
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... 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 , and apologized for ...
... 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 , and apologized for ...
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... carried into a Spanish port . " " " I hope not , " said the captain , " and I promise thee thou shalt take thy chance in her , sa " long as she is afloat under , my command , and if " we live to conduct her to England , thou shalt have ...
... carried into a Spanish port . " " " I hope not , " said the captain , " and I promise thee thou shalt take thy chance in her , sa " long as she is afloat under , my command , and if " we live to conduct her to England , thou shalt have ...
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
Pasajes populares
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...