Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... short jacket of coarse ticking thrown over him , and the messenger with an assistant taking him each under an arm led him into a spacious chamber , where at the head of a long table sate his excellency the inquisidor general with six of ...
... short jacket of coarse ticking thrown over him , and the messenger with an assistant taking him each under an arm led him into a spacious chamber , where at the head of a long table sate his excellency the inquisidor general with six of ...
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... short madness , and I 66 hope allowances will be made by your holy coun- " cil for words spoke in haste to a rebellous mule : " The prophet Balaam was thrown off his guard with " a simple ass , and what is an ass compared to a " mule ...
... short madness , and I 66 hope allowances will be made by your holy coun- " cil for words spoke in haste to a rebellous mule : " The prophet Balaam was thrown off his guard with " a simple ass , and what is an ass compared to a " mule ...
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... short order to the officer commanding on board , instantly dispatched the mid- shipman , who attended him , to the barge with direc tions to make the best of his way back to the frigate and deliver it to the lieutenant : Then turning to ...
... short order to the officer commanding on board , instantly dispatched the mid- shipman , who attended him , to the barge with direc tions to make the best of his way back to the frigate and deliver it to the lieutenant : Then turning to ...
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... short sketch of my origin and present situation , by which you will be enabled to judge of my difficul ties . My father was a farmer of no great prop- erty , and with no other learning than what he had ac- ired at a charity school ; but ...
... short sketch of my origin and present situation , by which you will be enabled to judge of my difficul ties . My father was a farmer of no great prop- erty , and with no other learning than what he had ac- ired at a charity school ; but ...
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... short , he had brought over with him the enormous sum of thirty thousand pounds , and upon this he built his hopes of never - ending happiness . While he was planning schemes of greatness and delight , whether the change of climate ...
... short , he had brought over with him the enormous sum of thirty thousand pounds , and upon this he built his hopes of never - ending happiness . While he was planning schemes of greatness and delight , whether the change of climate ...
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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...