Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... cried Don Manuel , and lifting up his streaming eyes to the countenance of the British officer , saw humanity , valour , and generous pity so strongly charactered in his youthful features , that the conviction was irresist- ible ...
... cried Don Manuel , and lifting up his streaming eyes to the countenance of the British officer , saw humanity , valour , and generous pity so strongly charactered in his youthful features , that the conviction was irresist- ible ...
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... cried Don Manuel , " would to Heaven it were in 66 my power to have the honour of presenting my be- " loved Leonora to you on our landing at Lisbon- " Perhaps , " added he , turning to Pedrosa , who at that moment entered the cabin ...
... cried Don Manuel , " would to Heaven it were in 66 my power to have the honour of presenting my be- " loved Leonora to you on our landing at Lisbon- " Perhaps , " added he , turning to Pedrosa , who at that moment entered the cabin ...
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... cried the astonished Spaniard , " who can " be those enemies I have to fear , and what can I " have done to deserve them ? " - " So far I will open " myself to you , " answered the captain , " as to " point out the principal to you ...
... cried the astonished Spaniard , " who can " be those enemies I have to fear , and what can I " have done to deserve them ? " - " So far I will open " myself to you , " answered the captain , " as to " point out the principal to you ...
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... cried 6 re se 66 17 to : de ho no fa " H 44 8 #his the quisition having at last traced Pedrosa to Lisbon , and there gained intelligence of his having entered on board the frigate , our captain had no sooner turned into the porch of the ...
... cried 6 re se 66 17 to : de ho no fa " H 44 8 #his the quisition having at last traced Pedrosa to Lisbon , and there gained intelligence of his having entered on board the frigate , our captain had no sooner turned into the porch of the ...
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... cried the afflicted Spaniard , " is a stroke I was in no respect prepared for ; I had fondly persuaded my- " self there was not in the whole empire of Spain a " more friendly heart than that of the Inquisidor's ; 66 66 to my beloved ...
... cried the afflicted Spaniard , " is a stroke I was in no respect prepared for ; I had fondly persuaded my- " self there was not in the whole empire of Spain a " more friendly heart than that of the Inquisidor's ; 66 66 to my beloved ...
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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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