Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... telling him with a truly diabolic grin , whilst he was rivetting it on , that it was a proper cravat for the throat of a blasphemer.- - " Jesu - Maria , " quoth Pedrosa , " is all this fallen upon me for only cudgel- ❝ling a restive ...
... telling him with a truly diabolic grin , whilst he was rivetting it on , that it was a proper cravat for the throat of a blasphemer.- - " Jesu - Maria , " quoth Pedrosa , " is all this fallen upon me for only cudgel- ❝ling a restive ...
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... tell us for what offence or offences , you are here standing a prisoner before us : examine your own heart , and speak the truth from your conscience " without prevarication or disguise . ' " May it " please your excellency , " replied ...
... tell us for what offence or offences , you are here standing a prisoner before us : examine your own heart , and speak the truth from your conscience " without prevarication or disguise . ' " May it " please your excellency , " replied ...
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... tell thee , " Nicolas , it is the illustrious Donna Leonora de " Casafonda ; her husband is the president of Quito , " and daily expected with the next arrivals from the " South Seas ; now , though measures have been taken " for ...
... tell thee , " Nicolas , it is the illustrious Donna Leonora de " Casafonda ; her husband is the president of Quito , " and daily expected with the next arrivals from the " South Seas ; now , though measures have been taken " for ...
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... tell him this casket contains my jewels ; they " are valuable ; let him present them as a lawful prize , which will enrich the captor ; his superi- or will not hesitate to take them from me . " - If they are your excellency's private ...
... tell him this casket contains my jewels ; they " are valuable ; let him present them as a lawful prize , which will enrich the captor ; his superi- or will not hesitate to take them from me . " - If they are your excellency's private ...
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... tell thee I have borne a child to the monster , whose poison runs in my veins , thou wilt abhor thy faithless Leonora ; had I strength to relate to thee the subtle machinations , which be- trayed me to disgrace , thou wouldst pity and ...
... tell thee I have borne a child to the monster , whose poison runs in my veins , thou wilt abhor thy faithless Leonora ; had I strength to relate to thee the subtle machinations , which be- trayed me to disgrace , thou wouldst pity and ...
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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...