Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... never be a- mended ... You must know that in my person I am tall and thin , with a fair complexion , and light flaxen hair ; but of such extreme susceptibility of shame , hat , on the smallest subject of confusion , my blood all rushes ...
... never be a- mended ... You must know that in my person I am tall and thin , with a fair complexion , and light flaxen hair ; but of such extreme susceptibility of shame , hat , on the smallest subject of confusion , my blood all rushes ...
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... never - ending happiness . While he was planning schemes of greatness and delight , whether the change of climate might affect him , or what other cause I know not , but he was snatched from all his dreams of joy by a short illness , of ...
... never - ending happiness . While he was planning schemes of greatness and delight , whether the change of climate might affect him , or what other cause I know not , but he was snatched from all his dreams of joy by a short illness , of ...
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... never be fore heard of such a thing ) greatly excited my curi- osity , and I rose up to examine what it could be : Sir Thomas saw what I was about , and ( as I suppose ) willing to save me trouble , rose to take down the book , which ...
... never be fore heard of such a thing ) greatly excited my curi- osity , and I rose up to examine what it could be : Sir Thomas saw what I was about , and ( as I suppose ) willing to save me trouble , rose to take down the book , which ...
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... never find his way home . He is a post - boy's horn to alarm a quiet neighbourhood at the unseasonable hour of one in the morning ; a brewer's pump to keep store cel- lars dry . He is a lawyer , for he understands convey- ancing ...
... never find his way home . He is a post - boy's horn to alarm a quiet neighbourhood at the unseasonable hour of one in the morning ; a brewer's pump to keep store cel- lars dry . He is a lawyer , for he understands convey- ancing ...
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... never so desperate or radical , you will find numbers in every street , who , by levelling a pill at the part affected , promise a certain cure without loss of time , knowledge of a bed fellow , or hinderance of business . When I ...
... never so desperate or radical , you will find numbers in every street , who , by levelling a pill at the part affected , promise a certain cure without loss of time , knowledge of a bed fellow , or hinderance of business . When I ...
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...