Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... heart than Nicolas's- He was a Jew . - This of a certain would have been a staggering item in a poor devil's confession , but then it was a secret to all the world but Nicolas , and Nic- olas's conscience did not just then urge him to ...
... heart than Nicolas's- He was a Jew . - This of a certain would have been a staggering item in a poor devil's confession , but then it was a secret to all the world but Nicolas , and Nic- olas's conscience did not just then urge him to ...
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... heart of the poor trembling prison- er , interrogated him as follows- " Nicolas " Pedrosa , we have listened to the account you give " of yourself , your business and connections , now " tell us for what offence or offences , you are ...
... heart of the poor trembling prison- er , interrogated him as follows- " Nicolas " Pedrosa , we have listened to the account you give " of yourself , your business and connections , now " tell us for what offence or offences , you are ...
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... heart , senor Pedrosa , your imprisonment is not " likely to be very tedious , for I have a commission you must execute without loss of time : you have " too much consideration for yourself to betray a " trust , the violation of which ...
... heart , senor Pedrosa , your imprisonment is not " likely to be very tedious , for I have a commission you must execute without loss of time : you have " too much consideration for yourself to betray a " trust , the violation of which ...
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... heart . When Nicolas at length reached the city of Lisbon , he hugged himself in his good for- tune ; still he recollected that the inquisition has long arms , and he was yet in a place of no perfect secur- ity . Our adventurer had in ...
... heart . When Nicolas at length reached the city of Lisbon , he hugged himself in his good for- tune ; still he recollected that the inquisition has long arms , and he was yet in a place of no perfect secur- ity . Our adventurer had in ...
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... heart as benevolent as it was brave : such an address , set off with a per- son finely formed and perfectly engaging , could not fail to impress the prisoners with the most favourable ideas , and as Don Manuel spoke French fluently , he ...
... heart as benevolent as it was brave : such an address , set off with a per- son finely formed and perfectly engaging , could not fail to impress the prisoners with the most favourable ideas , and as Don Manuel spoke French fluently , he ...
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...