Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... lost but for my as sistance , I am sure I should not be condemned for a few hasty words spoke in passion . " " Sirrah ! " cried one of the puisny judges , " res- pect the decency of the court . " " Produce the " contents of this ...
... lost but for my as sistance , I am sure I should not be condemned for a few hasty words spoke in passion . " " Sirrah ! " cried one of the puisny judges , " res- pect the decency of the court . " " Produce the " contents of this ...
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... lost man . " — " I were worse than " madman , " replied Nicolas , " should I attempt it . " " Keep close in this asylum then , " resumed the captain , and fear nothing : had it been our fate to " have been captured by the Spaniard ...
... lost man . " — " I were worse than " madman , " replied Nicolas , " should I attempt it . " " Keep close in this asylum then , " resumed the captain , and fear nothing : had it been our fate to " have been captured by the Spaniard ...
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... lost no time in returning to his frigate , where he immedi ately imparted to Don Manuel the intelligence he had obtained at the British Minister's- " This indeed , " cried the afflicted Spaniard , " is a stroke I was in no respect ...
... lost no time in returning to his frigate , where he immedi ately imparted to Don Manuel the intelligence he had obtained at the British Minister's- " This indeed , " cried the afflicted Spaniard , " is a stroke I was in no respect ...
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... lost both his legs , and an eye to boot ; but , thank Heaven , it is not so bad with me yet . I was born in Shropshire ; my father was a la- bourer , and died when I was five years old ; so that I was put upon the parish . As he had ...
... lost both his legs , and an eye to boot ; but , thank Heaven , it is not so bad with me yet . I was born in Shropshire ; my father was a la- bourer , and died when I was five years old ; so that I was put upon the parish . As he had ...
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... lost all . Our crew was car- ried into Brest , and many of them died , because they were not used to 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 ...
... lost all . Our crew was car- ried into Brest , and many of them died , because they were not used to 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 ...
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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...