Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... manner in which he was reduced to his present distress . The disabled soldier , for such he was , though dressed in a sailor's habit , scratching his head , and leaning on his crutch , put himself into an attitude to comply with my re ...
... manner in which he was reduced to his present distress . The disabled soldier , for such he was , though dressed in a sailor's habit , scratching his head , and leaning on his crutch , put himself into an attitude to comply with my re ...
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... manner I went from town to town , work- ed when I could get employment , and starved when I could get none : when happening one day to go through a field belonging to a justice of peace , I spy'd a hare crossing the path just before me ...
... manner I went from town to town , work- ed when I could get employment , and starved when I could get none : when happening one day to go through a field belonging to a justice of peace , I spy'd a hare crossing the path just before me ...
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... manner with a full glass in their hands , every time I sit with them at table , though at the same time they would persuade me to drink their liquors in such quantities as I have found by experience will make me sick . They often ...
... manner with a full glass in their hands , every time I sit with them at table , though at the same time they would persuade me to drink their liquors in such quantities as I have found by experience will make me sick . They often ...
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... manner in which the sick are invited to be well ? The doctor first begs the most earnest attention of the public to what he is going to propose ; he solemnly affirms the pill was never found to want success ; he produces a list of these ...
... manner in which the sick are invited to be well ? The doctor first begs the most earnest attention of the public to what he is going to propose ; he solemnly affirms the pill was never found to want success ; he produces a list of these ...
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...