Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... father was a farmer of no great prop- erty , and with no other learning than what he had ac- ired at a charity school ; but my mother being dead , and I an only child , he determined to give me that advantage , which he fancied would ...
... father was a farmer of no great prop- erty , and with no other learning than what he had ac- ired at a charity school ; but my mother being dead , and I an only child , he determined to give me that advantage , which he fancied would ...
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... father's family were lit tle calculated to improve my outward conduct ; ! therefore had resolved on living at the university and taking pupils , when two unexpected events greatly altered the posture of my affairs , viz . my father ...
... father's family were lit tle calculated to improve my outward conduct ; ! therefore had resolved on living at the university and taking pupils , when two unexpected events greatly altered the posture of my affairs , viz . my father ...
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... father . Conscious of my un- polished gait , I have for some time past , taken private lessons of a professor , who teaches " grown gentlemen " to dance , " and though I at first found wonderous difficulty in the art he taught , my ...
... father . Conscious of my un- polished gait , I have for some time past , taken private lessons of a professor , who teaches " grown gentlemen " to dance , " and though I at first found wonderous difficulty in the art he taught , my ...
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... father was a la- bourer , 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 ...
... father was a la- bourer , 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 ...
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... Father and Son , and the latter of the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost . A four calls to my remembrance the four evangelists , Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John ; a five , the five wise virgins who were ordered to trim their lamps , there ...
... Father and Son , and the latter of the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost . A four calls to my remembrance the four evangelists , Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John ; a five , the five wise virgins who were ordered to trim their lamps , there ...
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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...