Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... some happy fetch , if any such might occur , for helping him out of the dismal limbo he was in : He was not long to seek for the cause of his misfortune ; T his adventure with the barefooted friars was a ready solution NIICOLAS PEDROSA .
... some happy fetch , if any such might occur , for helping him out of the dismal limbo he was in : He was not long to seek for the cause of his misfortune ; T his adventure with the barefooted friars was a ready solution NIICOLAS PEDROSA .
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... cause to complain of ; they will restore Nature to " it's proper state in all decent time . " - " Thou " talkest like a fool , friend Nicolas , " interrupting him , said the inquisidor ; " what tellest thou me of " thy swathings and ...
... cause to complain of ; they will restore Nature to " it's proper state in all decent time . " - " Thou " talkest like a fool , friend Nicolas , " interrupting him , said the inquisidor ; " what tellest thou me of " thy swathings and ...
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... cause of all my unhappi- ness , and which I now begin to fear can never be a- mended ... You must know that in my person I am tall and thin , with a fair complexion , and light flaxen hair ; but of such extreme susceptibility of shame ...
... cause of all my unhappi- ness , and which I now begin to fear can never be a- mended ... You must know that in my person I am tall and thin , with a fair complexion , and light flaxen hair ; but of such extreme susceptibility of shame ...
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... cause I know not , but he was snatched from all his dreams of joy by a short illness , of which he died , leaving me heir to all his property . And now , behold me at the age of twenty - five , well stock- ed with Latin , Greek , and ...
... cause I know not , but he was snatched from all his dreams of joy by a short illness , of which he died , leaving me heir to all his property . And now , behold me at the age of twenty - five , well stock- ed with Latin , Greek , and ...
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... cause of torment on my plate Sir Thomas and the ladies all compassionated my misfortune , and each advised a ... caused , without considering what I did , I wiped my face with that ill - fated handkerchief , which was still wet from the ...
... cause of torment on my plate Sir Thomas and the ladies all compassionated my misfortune , and each advised a ... caused , without considering what I did , I wiped my face with that ill - fated handkerchief , which was still wet from the ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...