Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... alguazil mayor of the supreme and general inquisition , put an order into his hand , signed and sealed by the inquisidor general , for the conveyance of his body to the Casa , whose formidable door presents itself in the street ...
... alguazil mayor of the supreme and general inquisition , put an order into his hand , signed and sealed by the inquisidor general , for the conveyance of his body to the Casa , whose formidable door presents itself in the street ...
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... alguazil , who first arrested him , - " and let " him make the most of them , " said he to himself , " they can never prove me an Israelite by a case of razors . " Upon a closer rummage however he dis- covered in a secret pocket a ...
... alguazil , who first arrested him , - " and let " him make the most of them , " said he to himself , " they can never prove me an Israelite by a case of razors . " Upon a closer rummage however he dis- covered in a secret pocket a ...
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... alguazil mayor , a secretary and two notories with other officers of the holy council were attending in their places . The prisoner was placed behind a bar at the foot of the table between the messengers who brought him in , and having ...
... alguazil mayor , a secretary and two notories with other officers of the holy council were attending in their places . The prisoner was placed behind a bar at the foot of the table between the messengers who brought him in , and having ...
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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...