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... servants , which has brought great incumbrances upon them ; at the same time , their not abating of their expensive way of living has forced them to mortgage their best manors : it is credibly reported , that the butchers ' and bakers ...
... servants , which has brought great incumbrances upon them ; at the same time , their not abating of their expensive way of living has forced them to mortgage their best manors : it is credibly reported , that the butchers ' and bakers ...
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... servants . This was occasioned by his being a boon companion , loving his bottle and his diversion ; for , to say truth , no man kept a better house than John , nor spent his money more generously . By plain and fair dealing , John had ...
... servants . This was occasioned by his being a boon companion , loving his bottle and his diversion ; for , to say truth , no man kept a better house than John , nor spent his money more generously . By plain and fair dealing , John had ...
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... servants , he tore off their clothes : now and then you would see them come home naked , without shoes , stockings , and linen . As for old Lewis Baboon , he was reduced to his last shift , though he had as many as any other : his ...
... servants , he tore off their clothes : now and then you would see them come home naked , without shoes , stockings , and linen . As for old Lewis Baboon , he was reduced to his last shift , though he had as many as any other : his ...
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Jonathan Swift sir Walter Scott (bart). to doily stuffs , his servants in rags , and bare - footed : instead of good victuals , they now lived upon neck - beef , and bullock's liver in short , nobody got much by the matter , but the men ...
Jonathan Swift sir Walter Scott (bart). to doily stuffs , his servants in rags , and bare - footed : instead of good victuals , they now lived upon neck - beef , and bullock's liver in short , nobody got much by the matter , but the men ...
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... servants are mutinous and quarrelsome , and cheat you most abominably ; your cook - maid is in a combination with your butcher , poulterer , and fish- monger ; your butler purloins your liquor , and the brewer sells you hogwash ; your ...
... servants are mutinous and quarrelsome , and cheat you most abominably ; your cook - maid is in a combination with your butcher , poulterer , and fish- monger ; your butler purloins your liquor , and the brewer sells you hogwash ; your ...
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Página 431 - And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
Página 485 - They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries : but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Página 377 - Your paragraph relates further, that sir Isaac Newton reported an assay taken at the Tower of Wood's metal, by which it appears that Wood had in all respects performed his contract. His contract! — With whom ? Was it with the parliament or people of Ireland ? are not they to be the purchasers ? But they detest, abhor, and reject it, as corrupt, fraudulent, mingled with dirt and trash.
Página 272 - After his trial, the jury brought him in not guilty, although they had been culled with the utmost industry : the chief-justice sent them back nine times, and kept them eleven hours, until, being perfectly tired out, they were forced to leave the matter to the mercy of the judge, by what they call a special verdict.
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