Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... five , well stock- ed with Latin , Greek , and Mathematics , possessed of an ample fortune , but so aukward and unversed in every gentleman - like accomplishment , that I am pointed at by all who see me , as the wealthy learned clown ...
... five , well stock- ed with Latin , Greek , and Mathematics , possessed of an ample fortune , but so aukward and unversed in every gentleman - like accomplishment , that I am pointed at by all who see me , as the wealthy learned clown ...
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... five daughters , all grown up , and living with their mother and a maiden sister of Sir Thomas's , at Friendly- Hall , dependant on their father . Conscious of my un- polished gait , I have for some time past , taken private lessons of ...
... five daughters , all grown up , and living with their mother and a maiden sister of Sir Thomas's , at Friendly- Hall , dependant on their father . Conscious of my un- polished gait , I have for some time past , taken private lessons of ...
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... and died when I was five years old ; so that I was put upon the parish . As he had been a wan dering sort of a man , the parishioners were not able to tell to what parish I belonged , or where 2 Goldsmith . Humourous , & c . Pieces .
... and died when I was five years old ; so that I was put upon the parish . As he had been a wan dering sort of a man , the parishioners were not able to tell to what parish I belonged , or where 2 Goldsmith . Humourous , & c . Pieces .
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... five years . I only wrought ten hours in the day , and had my meat and drink provided for my labour . It is true , I was not suffered to stir out of the house , for fear , as they said , I should run away ; but what of that , I had the ...
... five years . I only wrought ten hours in the day , and had my meat and drink provided for my labour . It is true , I was not suffered to stir out of the house , for fear , as they said , I should run away ; but what of that , I had the ...
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... five months , pu on board a ship , and sent off , with two hundred more , to the plantations . We had but an indifferent pas sage , for being all confined in the hold , more than a hundred of our people died for want of sweet air and ...
... five months , pu on board a ship , and sent off , with two hundred more , to the plantations . We had but an indifferent pas sage , for being all confined in the hold , more than a hundred of our people died for want of sweet air and ...
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...