Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... whole world is look- ng on men in such circumstances will act bravely , ven from motives of vanity ; but he who , in the vale of obscurity , can brave adversity ; who , without friends to encourage , acquaintances to pity , or even ...
... whole world is look- ng on men in such circumstances will act bravely , ven from motives of vanity ; but he who , in the vale of obscurity , can brave adversity ; who , without friends to encourage , acquaintances to pity , or even ...
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... whole house , and the yard before the door , and that was enough for me . I was then bound out to a farmer , where I was up both early and late ; but I ate and drank well , and liked my business well enough , till he died , when I was ...
... whole house , and the yard before the door , and that was enough for me . I was then bound out to a farmer , where I was up both early and late ; but I ate and drank well , and liked my business well enough , till he died , when I was ...
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... whole nation are phy sicians , for the first question they always ask me , is , How I do ? I have this question put to me above a hundred times a day . Nay , they are not only thes inquisitive after my health , but wish it in a more sol ...
... whole nation are phy sicians , for the first question they always ask me , is , How I do ? I have this question put to me above a hundred times a day . Nay , they are not only thes inquisitive after my health , but wish it in a more sol ...
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... then called his sere ants , ordered them to entertain the soldier well , gave him a piece of money , and said he was the cleverest fellow in the whole regiment . A SERMON ON THE WORD MALT . Preached by the Humourous , & c . pieces .
... then called his sere ants , ordered them to entertain the soldier well , gave him a piece of money , and said he was the cleverest fellow in the whole regiment . A SERMON ON THE WORD MALT . Preached by the Humourous , & c . pieces .
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... whole . These two great men are actually now at va- riance , like mere men , mere common mortals . Rock advises the world to beware of bog - trotting quacks ; Franks retorts the wit and the sarcasm , by fixing on his rival the odious ...
... whole . These two great men are actually now at va- riance , like mere men , mere common mortals . Rock advises the world to beware of bog - trotting quacks ; Franks retorts the wit and the sarcasm , by fixing on his rival the odious ...
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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...