Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... turning on the left down the hill to- wards the Prado was the 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 ...
... turning on the left down the hill to- wards the Prado was the 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 ...
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... turn over all the resources of his invention for some happy fetch , if any such might occur , for helping him out of the dismal limbo he was in : He was not long to seek for the cause of his misfortune ; T his adventure with the ...
... turn over all the resources of his invention for some happy fetch , if any such might occur , for helping him out of the dismal limbo he was in : He was not long to seek for the cause of his misfortune ; T his adventure with the ...
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... owest me a good " turn , methinks , stand by me this once , and be " friends for ever ! thou art in good case , and if " thou wilt put thy best foot foremost , like a faith- $ 4.4 . " Brava ! " ful beast , - 10 NICOLAS PEDROSA .
... owest me a good " turn , methinks , stand by me this once , and be " friends for ever ! thou art in good case , and if " thou wilt put thy best foot foremost , like a faith- $ 4.4 . " Brava ! " ful beast , - 10 NICOLAS PEDROSA .
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... turning to Pedrosa , said aloud- " Con- vince this gentleman he is fallen into the hands of 66 an honourable enemy . " - " . " " Is it possible ! " cried Don Manuel , and lifting up his streaming eyes to the countenance of the British ...
... turning to Pedrosa , said aloud- " Con- vince this gentleman he is fallen into the hands of 66 an honourable enemy . " - " . " " Is it possible ! " cried Don Manuel , and lifting up his streaming eyes to the countenance of the British ...
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... turning to Pedrosa , who at that moment entered the cabin , " this gentleman , " whom I take to be a Spaniard , may have heard the " name of Donna Leonora de Casafonda ; if he has " been at Madrid , it is possible he may have seen " her ...
... turning to Pedrosa , who at that moment entered the cabin , " this gentleman , " whom I take to be a Spaniard , may have heard the " name of Donna Leonora de Casafonda ; if he has " been at Madrid , it is possible he may have seen " her ...
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...