Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... short , while he's alive , he is worthy any person's no- tice , but after his death , there will be no traces found of his memory , except on the chalked walls of ale- houses . པཱ་ པ་ ་་་ ་་་ INSCRIPTION ON A SIGN - BOARD THE CHARACTER ...
... short , while he's alive , he is worthy any person's no- tice , but after his death , there will be no traces found of his memory , except on the chalked walls of ale- houses . པཱ་ པ་ ་་་ ་་་ INSCRIPTION ON A SIGN - BOARD THE CHARACTER ...
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... short warning , to preach a short ser- mon , from a small subject , in an unworthy pulpit , to a small congregation . Beloved , my text is MALT ; I cannot divide it into words , it being but one ; nor into syllables , it being but one ...
... short warning , to preach a short ser- mon , from a small subject , in an unworthy pulpit , to a small congregation . Beloved , my text is MALT ; I cannot divide it into words , it being but one ; nor into syllables , it being but one ...
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... short and whimsical ser- mon , than by any serious discourse they had ever heard . THE SCOTCH BAGPIPER . A Scotch bagpiper travelling in Germany , opened his wallet by a wood side , and sat down to dinner . No sooner had he said grace ...
... short and whimsical ser- mon , than by any serious discourse they had ever heard . THE SCOTCH BAGPIPER . A Scotch bagpiper travelling in Germany , opened his wallet by a wood side , and sat down to dinner . No sooner had he said grace ...
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... in this honourable profession . The first up- on the list of glory , is doctor Richard Rock , F. U. N. This great man is short of stature , is fat , and waddles ...... . 4. 4 . as he walks . He Humourous , & c . Pieces . Gold-
... in this honourable profession . The first up- on the list of glory , is doctor Richard Rock , F. U. N. This great man is short of stature , is fat , and waddles ...... . 4. 4 . as he walks . He Humourous , & c . Pieces . Gold-
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... short space , The toll - men thinking , as before , That Gilpin rode a race . And so he did , and won it too ! For he got first to town ; Nor stopp'd ' till where he first got up He did again get down . Now let us sing , Long live the ...
... short space , The toll - men thinking , as before , That Gilpin rode a race . And so he did , and won it too ! For he got first to town ; Nor stopp'd ' till where he first got up He did again get down . Now let us sing , Long live the ...
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