Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... Don Manuel should be advised to write to his lady and friends at Madrid , and to wait their answer be- fore any further discoveries were imparted to him re- specting the blacker circumstances of the case the mean time it was resolved to ...
... Don Manuel should be advised to write to his lady and friends at Madrid , and to wait their answer be- fore any further discoveries were imparted to him re- specting the blacker circumstances of the case the mean time it was resolved to ...
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... Don Manuel gave the first symptoms of a possible recovery . At the period of a few tranquillizing weeks here passed in the bosom of humanity , letters came to hand from the British Minister at Lisbon , in answer to a memo- rial , that I ...
... Don Manuel gave the first symptoms of a possible recovery . At the period of a few tranquillizing weeks here passed in the bosom of humanity , letters came to hand from the British Minister at Lisbon , in answer to a memo- rial , that I ...
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... Don Manuel , it could not more effectually have stopt its motions , than the perusal of this fatal writing : He dropped lifeless on the couch , and but for the care and assistance of the Captain and Pedrosa in that posture he had ...
... Don Manuel , it could not more effectually have stopt its motions , than the perusal of this fatal writing : He dropped lifeless on the couch , and but for the care and assistance of the Captain and Pedrosa in that posture he had ...
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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...