Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... answer to a memorial , that I should have stated to have been drawn up by the friendly Captain before his departure from that port , with a detail of facts dcposed and sworn to by Nicolas Pedrosa , which memorial with the doçu . er ...
... answer to a memorial , that I should have stated to have been drawn up by the friendly Captain before his departure from that port , with a detail of facts dcposed and sworn to by Nicolas Pedrosa , which memorial with the doçu . er ...
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... answered the shepherd , that clothed you , the parish . The par- son , nettled at this , rode on , murmuring , a little way , and then bade his man go back , and ask the shepherd if he would go live with him , for he wanted a fool . The ...
... answered the shepherd , that clothed you , the parish . The par- son , nettled at this , rode on , murmuring , a little way , and then bade his man go back , and ask the shepherd if he would go live with him , for he wanted a fool . The ...
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... answered the organist ; I think ' t was I performed , or I am much mistaken . Shortly after , another celebrated piece of music was to be played . In the middle of the anthem , the organ stops all a The organist cries out in a passion ...
... answered the organist ; I think ' t was I performed , or I am much mistaken . Shortly after , another celebrated piece of music was to be played . In the middle of the anthem , the organ stops all a The organist cries out in a passion ...
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...