Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... ship mates , and grew in favour with every body on board from the captain to the cook's mate . Whe they were out upon their cruize hovering on the Spanish coast , it occurred to Nicolas that the inquis idor general at Madrid had told ...
... ship mates , and grew in favour with every body on board from the captain to the cook's mate . Whe they were out upon their cruize hovering on the Spanish coast , it occurred to Nicolas that the inquis idor general at Madrid had told ...
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... ship was loaded with jewels , no British officer in the service of his king will take " them at your hands ; the ship and effects of his Catholic Majesty are the only prize of the captors the personals of the passengers are inviolate ...
... ship was loaded with jewels , no British officer in the service of his king will take " them at your hands ; the ship and effects of his Catholic Majesty are the only prize of the captors the personals of the passengers are inviolate ...
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... ship's captain on board the frigate , which lay with her sails to the mast awaiting their arrival ; the accommoda- tion ladder was slung over the side , and manned for the prisoners , who were received on the gang - way by the second ...
... ship's captain on board the frigate , which lay with her sails to the mast awaiting their arrival ; the accommoda- tion ladder was slung over the side , and manned for the prisoners , who were received on the gang - way by the second ...
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... ship , and rashly settest on " one foot upon Catholic soil , when we arrive at Lis bon , thou art a lost man . " — " I were worse than " madman , " replied Nicolas , " should I attempt it . " " Keep close in this asylum then , " resumed ...
... ship , and rashly settest on " one foot upon Catholic soil , when we arrive at Lis bon , thou art a lost man . " — " I were worse than " madman , " replied Nicolas , " should I attempt it . " " Keep close in this asylum then , " resumed ...
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... ship your " prison , till I have waited on our minister at Lis " bon , and made the enquiries necessary for your " safety ; suspend your judgment upon the seeming " harshness of this measure till I return to you again , " and at the ...
... ship your " prison , till I have waited on our minister at Lis " bon , and made the enquiries necessary for your " safety ; suspend your judgment upon the seeming " harshness of this measure till I return to you again , " and at the ...
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...