Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... face , and so terribly does the ague shake his hand , that he can- not lift a glass of gin to his head . The pawn - broker is his banker , and the publican his chief creditor . In short , while he's alive , he is worthy any person's no ...
... face , and so terribly does the ague shake his hand , that he can- not lift a glass of gin to his head . The pawn - broker is his banker , and the publican his chief creditor . In short , while he's alive , he is worthy any person's no ...
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... face than doctor Franks . And yet the great have their foibles as well as the little ; -I am almost ashamed to mention it . - Let the foibles of the great rest in peace . - Yet I must impart the whole . These two great men are actually ...
... face than doctor Franks . And yet the great have their foibles as well as the little ; -I am almost ashamed to mention it . - Let the foibles of the great rest in peace . - Yet I must impart the whole . These two great men are actually ...
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... face ; And stop and eat for well you may Be in a hungry case . Said John , It is my wedding - day , And all the world would stare , If wife should dine at Edmonton , And I should dine at Ware . So turning to his horse he said , I am in ...
... face ; And stop and eat for well you may Be in a hungry case . Said John , It is my wedding - day , And all the world would stare , If wife should dine at Edmonton , And I should dine at Ware . So turning to his horse he said , I am in ...
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... face , Ah ! pity your soul , come , be of our sect , For then you are safe , and may plead you're elect ; As it stands in the Acts , we can prove ourselves saints , Being Christ's little flock ev'ry where spoke against . Said a jolly ...
... face , Ah ! pity your soul , come , be of our sect , For then you are safe , and may plead you're elect ; As it stands in the Acts , we can prove ourselves saints , Being Christ's little flock ev'ry where spoke against . Said a jolly ...
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...