Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... poor lady to rest with your damned sedative , my " tongue must be stopt next to prevent its blabbing : " but I'll shew you I was not born in Andalusia for " nothing . " Nicolas now opened a secret drawer , and took out a few pieces of ...
... poor lady to rest with your damned sedative , my " tongue must be stopt next to prevent its blabbing : " but I'll shew you I was not born in Andalusia for " nothing . " Nicolas now opened a secret drawer , and took out a few pieces of ...
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... poor father's ignorance , and vulgar language , had often made me blush to think I was his son ; and at his death I was not inconsolable for the loss of that , which I was not unfrequently asham ed to own . My uncle was but little ...
... poor father's ignorance , and vulgar language , had often made me blush to think I was his son ; and at his death I was not inconsolable for the loss of that , which I was not unfrequently asham ed to own . My uncle was but little ...
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... poor Sir Thomas , who had followed close at my heels , to be the Nomenclator of the fam ily . The confusion this occasioned in me is hardly to be conceived , since none but bashful men can judge of my distress , and of that description ...
... poor Sir Thomas , who had followed close at my heels , to be the Nomenclator of the fam ily . The confusion this occasioned in me is hardly to be conceived , since none but bashful men can judge of my distress , and of that description ...
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... poor are entirely disregarded , and yet some of the lower ranks of people undergo more real hardships in one day than those of a more exalted sta- tion suffer in their whole lives . It is inconceivable what difficulties the meanest of ...
... poor are entirely disregarded , and yet some of the lower ranks of people undergo more real hardships in one day than those of a more exalted sta- tion suffer in their whole lives . It is inconceivable what difficulties the meanest of ...
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... poor every day endure without mur muring . They ate , drank , and slept ; they had slaves to attend them ; and were sure of subsistence for life while many of their fellow - creatures are obliged to wander without a friend to comfort or ...
... poor every day endure without mur muring . They ate , drank , and slept ; they had slaves to attend them ; and were sure of subsistence for life while many of their fellow - creatures are obliged to wander without a friend to comfort or ...
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...