Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... soon after came aboard with an officer in the stern - sheets , and the crew in their white shirts and velvet caps , to escort the governor and the ship's captain on board the frigate , which lay with her sails to the mast awaiting their ...
... soon after came aboard with an officer in the stern - sheets , and the crew in their white shirts and velvet caps , to escort the governor and the ship's captain on board the frigate , which lay with her sails to the mast awaiting their ...
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... soon as the frigate and her prize cast anchor in the Tagus , Don Manuel de Casa- fonda impatiently reminded our captain of his prom- ised parole . The painful moment was now come , when an explanation of some sort became unavoid- able ...
... soon as the frigate and her prize cast anchor in the Tagus , Don Manuel de Casa- fonda impatiently reminded our captain of his prom- ised parole . The painful moment was now come , when an explanation of some sort became unavoid- able ...
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... soon as this re quisition was explained to our worthy captain , with- out condescending to a word in reply he called for pen and ink , and writing a short order to the officer commanding on board , instantly dispatched the mid- shipman ...
... soon as this re quisition was explained to our worthy captain , with- out condescending to a word in reply he called for pen and ink , and writing a short order to the officer commanding on board , instantly dispatched the mid- shipman ...
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... soon as I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy kind of life for five years . I only wrought ten hours in the day , and had my meat and drink provided for my labour . It is true , I was not suffered to stir out of the ...
... soon as I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy kind of life for five years . I only wrought ten hours in the day , and had my meat and drink provided for my labour . It is true , I was not suffered to stir out of the ...
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... soon made me well again . • When the " no peace came on I was discharged ; and , as I could not work , because my wound was sometimes trouble- some , I listed for a landman in the East India com pany's service . I have fought the French ...
... soon made me well again . • When the " no peace came on I was discharged ; and , as I could not work , because my wound was sometimes trouble- some , I listed for a landman in the East India com pany's service . I have fought the French ...
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...