Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... soon ended , but not a saint could make her stir any other ways than upwards and downwards at a stand . A small troop of mendicant friars were at this moment conducting the host to a dying man . " Nicolas Pedrosa , " says an old friar ...
... soon ended , but not a saint could make her stir any other ways than upwards and downwards at a stand . A small troop of mendicant friars were at this moment conducting the host to a dying man . " Nicolas Pedrosa , " says an old friar ...
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... soon as he had ascended the first flight of stairs , a porter habited in black 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 ...
... soon as he had ascended the first flight of stairs , a porter habited in black 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 ...
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... soon as the room was cleared the inquisidor general beckoning to the prison- er to follow him , retired into a private closet , where , throwing himself carelessly into an arm chair , he turned a gracious countenance upon the poor ...
... soon as the room was cleared the inquisidor general beckoning to the prison- er to follow him , retired into a private closet , where , throwing himself carelessly into an arm chair , he turned a gracious countenance upon the poor ...
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... soon struck between icolas and his mule , he mounted her in the happy oment , and pointing his course towards the bridge Toledo , which proudly strides with half a dozen fly arches over a stream scarce three feet wide , he und himself ...
... soon struck between icolas and his mule , he mounted her in the happy oment , and pointing his course towards the bridge Toledo , which proudly strides with half a dozen fly arches over a stream scarce three feet wide , he und himself ...
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... soon recommended himself to his 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 ...
... soon recommended himself to his 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 ...
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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...