Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... sure the world is wide enough , at least , for two great personages to figure in ; men of science should leave controversy to the little world below them ; and then we might see Rock a Franks walking together , hand in hand , smiling on ...
... sure the world is wide enough , at least , for two great personages to figure in ; men of science should leave controversy to the little world below them ; and then we might see Rock a Franks walking together , hand in hand , smiling on ...
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... sure ! " THE ART OF PUNNING BY RULE . 6 " By rule ? " Yes - thus . A man says , " Mr. Lacke was a great metaphysician . " Oh Lord ! ' say you , that's nothing at all - I met a physician myself yes * terday . The next rule is to lay a ...
... sure ! " THE ART OF PUNNING BY RULE . 6 " By rule ? " Yes - thus . A man says , " Mr. Lacke was a great metaphysician . " Oh Lord ! ' say you , that's nothing at all - I met a physician myself yes * terday . The next rule is to lay a ...
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... sure attendant upon want , ith scanty offals , and small acid tiff , Wretched repast ! ) my meagre corse sustain : hen solitary walk , or doze at home garret vile , and with a warming puff egale chill'd fingers ; or , from tube as black ...
... sure attendant upon want , ith scanty offals , and small acid tiff , Wretched repast ! ) my meagre corse sustain : hen solitary walk , or doze at home garret vile , and with a warming puff egale chill'd fingers ; or , from tube as black ...
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... Sure ruin . So her disembowell'd web Arachne in a hall or kitchen spreads , Obvious to vagrant flies : she secret stands Within her woven cell ; the humming prey , Regardless of their fate , rush on the toils Inextricable , nor will ...
... Sure ruin . So her disembowell'd web Arachne in a hall or kitchen spreads , Obvious to vagrant flies : she secret stands Within her woven cell ; the humming prey , Regardless of their fate , rush on the toils Inextricable , nor will ...
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... Sure , never virtuous love was us'd like mine ! " Oft ' , as the watchful bellman march'd his round , At a fresh bottle gay Sir John he found . By four the knight would get his business done , And only then reel'd off , because alone ...
... Sure , never virtuous love was us'd like mine ! " Oft ' , as the watchful bellman march'd his round , At a fresh bottle gay Sir John he found . By four the knight would get his business done , And only then reel'd off , because alone ...
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...