Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... road of all roads most fa- miliar and agreeable to herself , and accordingly be- gan to dispute the point of topography with Nicolas by fixing her fore feet resolutely in the ground , dip- ping her head at the same time between them ...
... road of all roads most fa- miliar and agreeable to herself , and accordingly be- gan to dispute the point of topography with Nicolas by fixing her fore feet resolutely in the ground , dip- ping her head at the same time between them ...
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... road side . Accordingly , addressing him with great apparent po- liteness , they asked him if he had not lately preached much against drunkenness . On his replying in the affirmative , they insisted that he should now preach from a text ...
... road side . Accordingly , addressing him with great apparent po- liteness , they asked him if he had not lately preached much against drunkenness . On his replying in the affirmative , they insisted that he should now preach from a text ...
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... road Beneath his well - shod feet , The snorting beast began to trot , Which gall'd him in his seat . So , fair and softly , John he cried , But John he cried in vain , That trot became a gallop soon , In spite of curb and rein . So ...
... road Beneath his well - shod feet , The snorting beast began to trot , Which gall'd him in his seat . So , fair and softly , John he cried , But John he cried in vain , That trot became a gallop soon , In spite of curb and rein . So ...
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... back Were shatter'd at a blow . Down ran the wine into the road , Most piteous to be seen , Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been . ཏཱཿ ཅ་ ས But still he seem'd to carry weight JOHN GILPIN . Cowper .
... back Were shatter'd at a blow . Down ran the wine into the road , Most piteous to be seen , Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been . ཏཱཿ ཅ་ ས But still he seem'd to carry weight JOHN GILPIN . Cowper .
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... road . The callender , right glad to find His friend in merry pin , Return'd him not a single word , But to the house went in ; Whence strait he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flow'd behind , A hat not much the worse for wear , Each ...
... road . The callender , right glad to find His friend in merry pin , Return'd him not a single word , But to the house went in ; Whence strait he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flow'd behind , A hat not much the worse for wear , Each ...
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
Pasajes populares
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...