Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... live to conduct her to England , thou shalt have " thy proper share of prize - money , which , if the gai . 66 leon breaks up according to her entries , will be " something towards enabling thee to shift , and if " thou art as diligent ...
... live to conduct her to England , thou shalt have " thy proper share of prize - money , which , if the gai . 66 leon breaks up according to her entries , will be " something towards enabling thee to shift , and if " thou art as diligent ...
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... lives about two miles distant , is a baronet , with about two thousand pounds a year estate , joining to that I purchased ; he has two sons , and five daughters , all grown up , and living with their mother and a maiden sister of Sir ...
... lives about two miles distant , is a baronet , with about two thousand pounds a year estate , joining to that I purchased ; he has two sons , and five daughters , all grown up , and living with their mother and a maiden sister of Sir ...
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... lives . The misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention ; are enlarged upon in tones of declamation ; and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers : the great , under the pressure of calamity , are ...
... lives . The misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention ; are enlarged upon in tones of declamation ; and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers : the great , under the pressure of calamity , are ...
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... live in a jail ; but , for my part it was nothing to me , for I was seasoned . One night , as I was asleep on the bed of boards , with a warm blank- et about me , for I always loved to lie well , I was a- wakened by the boatswain , who ...
... live in a jail ; but , for my part it was nothing to me , for I was seasoned . One night , as I was asleep on the bed of boards , with a warm blank- et about me , for I always loved to lie well , I was a- wakened by the boatswain , who ...
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... live with him , for he wanted a fool . The man going accordingly to the shepherd , deliver- ed his master's message , and concluded as he was ordered , that his master wanted a fool . Why , are you going away then ? said the shepherd ...
... live with him , for he wanted a fool . The man going accordingly to the shepherd , deliver- ed his master's message , and concluded as he was ordered , that his master wanted a fool . Why , are you going away then ? said the shepherd ...
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...