Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... kind of ardent spirits , with my tongue , throat , and palate , as raw as beef , what could I do ? I could not swallow , and , clapping my hands upon my mouth , the cursed liquor squirted through my nose and fingers like a fountain ...
... kind of ardent spirits , with my tongue , throat , and palate , as raw as beef , what could I do ? I could not swallow , and , clapping my hands upon my mouth , the cursed liquor squirted through my nose and fingers like a fountain ...
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... kind of life for five years . I only wrought ten hours in the day , and had my meat and drink provided for my labour . It is true , I was not suffered to stir out of the house , for fear , as they said , I should run away ; but what of ...
... kind of life for five years . I only wrought ten hours in the day , and had my meat and drink provided for my labour . It is true , I was not suffered to stir out of the house , for fear , as they said , I should run away ; but what of ...
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... kind of life was too good to last for ever ; so I was taken out of prison , after five months , pu on board a ship , and sent off , with two hundred more , to the plantations . We had but an indifferent pas sage , for being all confined ...
... kind of life was too good to last for ever ; so I was taken out of prison , after five months , pu on board a ship , and sent off , with two hundred more , to the plantations . We had but an indifferent pas sage , for being all confined ...
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... kind of lye , a compliment ; for whe they are civil to a great man , they tell him untruths for which thou wouldest order any of thy officers of state to receive an hundred blows upon his foot . do not know how I shall negociate any ...
... kind of lye , a compliment ; for whe they are civil to a great man , they tell him untruths for which thou wouldest order any of thy officers of state to receive an hundred blows upon his foot . do not know how I shall negociate any ...
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... s our thunder " No hurricane ? Betty's your lady dead ? " [ fled ? Madam . aside , an ample mouthful takes , Curt'sies , looks kind , but not a word she speaks . ...... $ 4.4 . Wond'ring , he star'd , scarcely A MEDICINE FOR THE LADIES .
... s our thunder " No hurricane ? Betty's your lady dead ? " [ fled ? Madam . aside , an ample mouthful takes , Curt'sies , looks kind , but not a word she speaks . ...... $ 4.4 . Wond'ring , he star'd , scarcely A MEDICINE FOR THE LADIES .
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 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...