Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... ladies in Spain in certain cases do not give long warning to practitioners of a certain description , and no body knew it better than Nicolas , who was resolved not to lose an inch of his way , nor of his mule's best speed by the way ...
... ladies in Spain in certain cases do not give long warning to practitioners of a certain description , and no body knew it better than Nicolas , who was resolved not to lose an inch of his way , nor of his mule's best speed by the way ...
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... lady , whom thou hast deliv- " ered ? " Nicolas assured him he did not , and his excellency proceeded as follows- " Then I tell thee , " Nicolas , it is the illustrious Donna Leonora de " Casafonda ; her husband is the president of ...
... lady , whom thou hast deliv- " ered ? " Nicolas assured him he did not , and his excellency proceeded as follows- " Then I tell thee , " Nicolas , it is the illustrious Donna Leonora de " Casafonda ; her husband is the president of ...
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... lady to rest with your damned sedative , my " tongue must be stopt next to prevent its blabbing : " but I'll shew you I was not born in Andalusia for " nothing . " Nicolas now opened a secret drawer , and took out a few pieces of money ...
... lady to rest with your damned sedative , my " tongue must be stopt next to prevent its blabbing : " but I'll shew you I was not born in Andalusia for " nothing . " Nicolas now opened a secret drawer , and took out a few pieces of money ...
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... lady and friends at Madrid , and to wait their answer be- fore any further discoveries were imparted to him re- specting the blacker circumstances of the case the mean time it was resolved to keep the prisoner safe in his asylum . The ...
... lady and friends at Madrid , and to wait their answer be- fore any further discoveries were imparted to him re- specting the blacker circumstances of the case the mean time it was resolved to keep the prisoner safe in his asylum . The ...
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... ladies with tolerable intrepidity : but alas ! how vain are all the hopes of theory , when unsupport- ed by habitual practice . As I approached the house , dinner bell alarmed my fears , lest I had spoiled the dinner by want of ...
... ladies with tolerable intrepidity : but alas ! how vain are all the hopes of theory , when unsupport- ed by habitual practice . As I approached the house , dinner bell alarmed my fears , lest I had spoiled the dinner by want of ...
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...