Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... opened the tre mendous barricade and Nicolas with horror heard the grating of the heavy bolts that shut him in . He was led through passages and vaults and melancholy cells , till he was delivered into the dungeon , where he was finally ...
... opened the tre mendous barricade and Nicolas with horror heard the grating of the heavy bolts that shut him in . He was led through passages and vaults and melancholy cells , till he was delivered into the dungeon , where he was finally ...
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... opened , when a savage figure entered carrying a huge parcel of clanking fetters , with a collar of iron , which he put round the neck of poor Pedrosa , telling him with a truly diabolic grin , whilst he was rivetting it on , that it ...
... opened , when a savage figure entered carrying a huge parcel of clanking fetters , with a collar of iron , which he put round the neck of poor Pedrosa , telling him with a truly diabolic grin , whilst he was rivetting it on , that it ...
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... opened his reverend lips and in a sólemn tone of voice , that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prison- er , interrogated him as follows- " Nicolas " Pedrosa , we have listened to the account you give " of yourself , your ...
... opened his reverend lips and in a sólemn tone of voice , that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prison- er , interrogated him as follows- " Nicolas " Pedrosa , we have listened to the account you give " of yourself , your ...
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... opened a secret drawer , and took out a few pieces of money , which in fact was his whole stock of cash in the world ; he load- ed and primed his pistols , and carefully lodged them in the housers of his saddle , he buckled to his side ...
... opened a secret drawer , and took out a few pieces of money , which in fact was his whole stock of cash in the world ; he load- ed and primed his pistols , and carefully lodged them in the housers of his saddle , he buckled to his side ...
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... In due course of time this fatal letter from Leonora opened all the horrible transaction to the wretched husband : - The guilty hand of an expiring wife , under the agoniz 》 བ 》 ར་ བར་ ing operation of a mortal NICOLAS PEDROSA . 19.
... In due course of time this fatal letter from Leonora opened all the horrible transaction to the wretched husband : - The guilty hand of an expiring wife , under the agoniz 》 བ 》 ར་ བར་ ing operation of a mortal NICOLAS PEDROSA . 19.
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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...