Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... master , whom thy jade's tricks have de- " livered bodily to the tormentors , to be sport of " these uncircumcised sons of Dagon . " And now the cell door opened , when a savage figure entered carrying a huge parcel of clanking fetters ...
... master , whom thy jade's tricks have de- " livered bodily to the tormentors , to be sport of " these uncircumcised sons of Dagon . " And now the cell door opened , when a savage figure entered carrying a huge parcel of clanking fetters ...
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... master , I can't pretend to have gone through any more than other folks ; for , except the loss of my limb , and my being obliged to beg , I don't know any reason , thank Heaven , that I have to complain : there is Bill Tibbs , of our ...
... master , I can't pretend to have gone through any more than other folks ; for , except the loss of my limb , and my being obliged to beg , I don't know any reason , thank Heaven , that I have to complain : there is Bill Tibbs , of our ...
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... master of the workhouse put me to business as soon as I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy 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 ...
... master of the workhouse put me to business as soon as I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy 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 ...
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... master ; I have been thinking so . " " Well then , let me propose a scheme to you . " " With all my heart , master . " - " Cannot you do all this every day , as you are , and employ your time into the Bargain ? " " Why , really , so I ...
... master ; I have been thinking so . " " Well then , let me propose a scheme to you . " " With all my heart , master . " - " Cannot you do all this every day , as you are , and employ your time into the Bargain ? " " Why , really , so I ...
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... master's message , and concluded as he was ordered , that his master wanted a fool . Why , are you going away then ? said the shepherd . answered the other . Then you may tell your master , replied the shepherd , that his living cannot ...
... master's message , and concluded as he was ordered , that his master wanted a fool . Why , are you going away then ? said the shepherd . answered the other . Then you may tell your master , replied the shepherd , that his living cannot ...
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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...