The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 1J. Limbird, 1823 |
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... shillings ; went home late , but got excused , as they entertained a good opinion of my father . " Monday , December 28 , went to Bath ; met Sir John Horner ; we were chosen by the citizens to serve for the city . The mayor and citizens ...
... shillings ; went home late , but got excused , as they entertained a good opinion of my father . " Monday , December 28 , went to Bath ; met Sir John Horner ; we were chosen by the citizens to serve for the city . The mayor and citizens ...
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... shilling freeholders in three or four counties ; and if , on any occasion , the success of the court candidate was doubtful , a batch of those forty - shilling voters was manufactured for the occasion , and the same identical acre was ...
... shilling freeholders in three or four counties ; and if , on any occasion , the success of the court candidate was doubtful , a batch of those forty - shilling voters was manufactured for the occasion , and the same identical acre was ...
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... shilling each to see a disgusting sort of a compound animal , which con- tains in itself every thing that is odious and disagreeable . But the curiosity to see a real Mermaid , after all the fic- tions that have been related respecting ...
... shilling each to see a disgusting sort of a compound animal , which con- tains in itself every thing that is odious and disagreeable . But the curiosity to see a real Mermaid , after all the fic- tions that have been related respecting ...
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... shilling whist , and talk a deal of scandal . The chair it eame , and in they went , to- 6 As closely pack'd as all the threads they gether sideways sitting , just before were knitting . In minutes three they safe arriv'd , the double ...
... shilling whist , and talk a deal of scandal . The chair it eame , and in they went , to- 6 As closely pack'd as all the threads they gether sideways sitting , just before were knitting . In minutes three they safe arriv'd , the double ...
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... shilling whist , with Mrs. Prim , and lo ! a foreign Count , too ! Who , as Dame Fortune will'd it , soon became her partner chosen ; While Mr. Prim , congenial man ! sat opposite Miss Frozen , * Around the room , in various parts ...
... shilling whist , with Mrs. Prim , and lo ! a foreign Count , too ! Who , as Dame Fortune will'd it , soon became her partner chosen ; While Mr. Prim , congenial man ! sat opposite Miss Frozen , * Around the room , in various parts ...
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