A Supplement to Dr. Swift's Works: Containing, I. Miscellanies, by Dr. Arbuthnot. II. Several Pieces, by Dr. Swift and Mr. Pope. III. Poems on Several OccasionsG. Hamilton and J. Balfour., 1753 - 347 páginas |
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... thee ; not a fous . to fave me from goal , I trow . Look ye , gentlemen , I have lived with credit in the world , and it grieves my heart never to ftir out of my doors , but to be pulled by the fleeve by fome rafcally dun or other ...
... thee ; not a fous . to fave me from goal , I trow . Look ye , gentlemen , I have lived with credit in the world , and it grieves my heart never to ftir out of my doors , but to be pulled by the fleeve by fome rafcally dun or other ...
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... thee jealous of thy old friend Nicholas ? haft thou for- got how , fome years ago , he took thee out of the + fpunging - houfe ? " [ " Tis true , my friend Nic . did fo , and I thank him : but he made me pay a fwinging reckoning ...
... thee jealous of thy old friend Nicholas ? haft thou for- got how , fome years ago , he took thee out of the + fpunging - houfe ? " [ " Tis true , my friend Nic . did fo , and I thank him : but he made me pay a fwinging reckoning ...
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... thee to purchase for me , ' till I fay it is enough ? " Are not these words plain . I fay it is not enough . " Doft thou think thy friend Nicholas Frog made a " child's bargain ? Mark the words of thy contract , “ tota pecunia , with ...
... thee to purchase for me , ' till I fay it is enough ? " Are not these words plain . I fay it is not enough . " Doft thou think thy friend Nicholas Frog made a " child's bargain ? Mark the words of thy contract , “ tota pecunia , with ...
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... thee ? " [ Very pleasant ! because a man has a good attorney , he must never make an end of his law - fuit : ] " Ah John ! " John ! I with thou knewest thy own mind . Thou " art as fickle as the wind . I tell thee , thou hadft " better ...
... thee ? " [ Very pleasant ! because a man has a good attorney , he must never make an end of his law - fuit : ] " Ah John ! " John ! I with thou knewest thy own mind . Thou " art as fickle as the wind . I tell thee , thou hadft " better ...
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... thee , Nic . but I fhall make " thee fpeak before I go . " Then Nic . put his finger in his cheek , and made it cry buck ; which was as much as to fay , I care not a farthing for thee . [ John Bull . ] " I have done , Nic . if thou wilt ...
... thee , Nic . but I fhall make " thee fpeak before I go . " Then Nic . put his finger in his cheek , and made it cry buck ; which was as much as to fay , I care not a farthing for thee . [ John Bull . ] " I have done , Nic . if thou wilt ...
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