Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... look- ng on men in such circumstances will act bravely , ven from motives of vanity ; but he who , in the vale of obscurity , can brave adversity ; who , without friends to encourage , acquaintances to pity , or even without hope to ...
... look- ng on men in such circumstances will act bravely , ven from motives of vanity ; but he who , in the vale of obscurity , can brave adversity ; who , without friends to encourage , acquaintances to pity , or even without hope to ...
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... look on- a two , or a three , the former puts me in mind of the Father and Son , and the latter of the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost . A four calls to my remembrance the four evangelists , Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John ; a five , the ...
... look on- a two , or a three , the former puts me in mind of the Father and Son , and the latter of the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost . A four calls to my remembrance the four evangelists , Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John ; a five , the ...
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... look for - T , torment ; thirdly , by way of caution , take this : a drunkard is the annoyance of modesty , the spoil of civility , the destruction of reas- On an , the brewer's agent , the alehouse benefactor , his wife's sorrow , his ...
... look for - T , torment ; thirdly , by way of caution , take this : a drunkard is the annoyance of modesty , the spoil of civility , the destruction of reas- On an , the brewer's agent , the alehouse benefactor , his wife's sorrow , his ...
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... a The organist cries out in a passion , why don ' you blow ? The fellow on that pops out his head from behind the organ , and said - shall it be we then ? once . PARISH - JOBBING . T Look up at the inscription Humourous , & c . Pieces .
... a The organist cries out in a passion , why don ' you blow ? The fellow on that pops out his head from behind the organ , and said - shall it be we then ? once . PARISH - JOBBING . T Look up at the inscription Humourous , & c . Pieces .
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Prose [No] 1-[2?]. PARISH - JOBBING . T Look up at the inscription on that venerable build- ing , defaced with plaister ; what does it record ? " Beautified by Samuel Smears and Daniel Daub , churchwardens . " And so these honest ...
Prose [No] 1-[2?]. PARISH - JOBBING . T Look up at the inscription on that venerable build- ing , defaced with plaister ; what does it record ? " Beautified by Samuel Smears and Daniel Daub , churchwardens . " And so these honest ...
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