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" ... gout, rheumatism, or palsy ; three maimed by accident ; and the rest either deaf or blind. One hobbled, another hopped, a third dragged his legs after him like a wounded snake, a fourth straddled betwixt a pair of long crutches, like the mummy of... "
The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D.: The expedition of Humphrey ... - Page 57
by Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820
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The expedition of Humphry Clinker

Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 420 pages
...like a mounted telefcope, fhoved in by a couple of chairmen ; and a fixth was the buft of a man, fet upright in a wheel machine, which the waiter moved from place to place. BEING ftruck with fome of their faces, I confulted the fubfcription-book ; and, perceiving the names of feveral...
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Volume 1

Tobias Smollett - 1793 - 268 pages
...like a mounted telefcope, ihoved in by a couple of chairmen; and a fixth was the buft of a man, fet upright in a wheel machine, which the waiter moved from place to place. Being ftruck with fome.of their faces, I confulted the fubfcriptio'n book; and, perceiving the names of feveral...
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The expedition of Humphry Clinker. By the author of Roderick Random, Volume 1

Tobias George Smollett - 1820 - 280 pages
...betwixt a pair of long crutches, like the mummy of a felon hanging in chains ; a fifth was bent into a horizontal position, like a mounted telescope, shoved in by a couple of chairmen ; and a sixth H 2 was the bust of a man, set upright in a wheel machine, which the waiter moved from place to place....
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The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces ..., Volume 30, Part 1

English literature - 1820 - 280 pages
...betwixt a pair of long crutches, like the mummy of a felon hanging in chains ; a fifth was bent into a horizontal position, like a mounted telescope, shoved in by a couple of chairmen ; and a sixtli H2 was the bust of a man, set upright in a wheel machine, which the waiter moved from place...
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The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, with a life of the author, Volume 11

Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 374 pages
...his legs after him like a wounded snake; a fourth straddled betwixt a pair of long crutches, like a mummy of a felon hanging in chains ; a fifth was bent...telescope, shoved in by a couple of chairmen; and the sixth was the bust of a man, set upright in a wheel machine, which the waiter moved from place...
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - Great Britain - 1831 - 472 pages
...betwixt a pair of long crutches, like the mummy of a felon hanging in chains ; a fifth was bent into a horizontal position, like a mounted telescope, shoved...and a sixth was the bust of a man, set upright in a wheelmachine, which the waiter moved from place to place. Being struck with some of their faces, I...
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Select Works of Tobias Smollett ...: With a Memoir of the Life and ..., Volume 2

Tobias George Smollett, Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 558 pages
...betwixt a pair of long crutches, like the mummy of a felon hanging in chains ; a fifth was bent in an horizontal position, like a mounted telescope,...more attention. At length I discovered Rear-admiral Balderick, the companion of my youth, whom I had not seen since he was appointed lieutenant of the...
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - English fiction - 1836 - 430 pages
...between a pair of long crutches, like the mummy of a felon hanging in chains ; a fifth was bent into a horizontal position, like a mounted telescope, shoved...more attention. At length I discovered Rear-admiral Balderick, the companion of my youth, whom I had not seen since he was appointed lieutenant of the...
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - Great Britain - 1836 - 436 pages
...between a pair of long crutches, like the mummy of a felon hanging in chains ; a fifth was bent into a horizontal position, like a mounted telescope, shoved...Being struck with some of their faces, I consulted the subscription-hook, and, perceiving the names of several old friends, began to consider the group with...
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The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind Analyzed and Illustrated ...

John Dunlop - Associations, institutions, etc - 1840 - 258 pages
...between a pair of long crutches, like the mummy of a felon hung in chains ; a fifth was bent into a horizontal position, like a mounted telescope, shoved...machine, which the waiter moved from place to place." Many better examples indicative of the peculiarities of thought and expression in different circles,...
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