Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?]. |
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And now , behold me at the age of twenty - five , well stock ed with Latin , Greek , and Mathematics , possessed of an ample fortune , but so aukward and ...
And now , behold me at the age of twenty - five , well stock ed with Latin , Greek , and Mathematics , possessed of an ample fortune , but so aukward and ...
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... and five daughters , all grown up , and living with their motherand a maiden sister of Sir Thomas's , at Friendlyall , dependant on their father .
... and five daughters , all grown up , and living with their motherand a maiden sister of Sir Thomas's , at Friendlyall , dependant on their father .
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I was born in Shropshire ; my father was a labourer , and died when I was five years old ; so tha I was put upon the parish . As he had been a wan . dering ...
I was born in Shropshire ; my father was a labourer , and died when I was five years old ; so tha I was put upon the parish . As he had been a wan . dering ...
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... but the master of the workhouse put me to business as soon as I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy kind of life for five years .
... but the master of the workhouse put me to business as soon as I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy kind of life for five years .
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This kind of life was too good to last for ever ; so I was taken out of prison , after five months , part on board a ship , and sent off , with two hundred ...
This kind of life was too good to last for ever ; so I was taken out of prison , after five months , part on board a ship , and sent off , with two hundred ...
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Página 1 - Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song. Away went Gilpin out of breath, And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's His horse at last stood still.
Página 1 - And till he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay. And there he threw the wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. Stop, stop, John Gilpin! — Here's the house...
Página 9 - 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...
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| Título | Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?]. Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?] |
| Editor | G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 19 Feb. 2008 |
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