Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... call'd A Catchpole , whose polluted hands the gods With force incredible , and magic charms , Erst have endu'd ; if he his ample palm Should haply on ill - fated shoulder lay Of debtor , straight his body , to the touch Obsequious ...
... call'd A Catchpole , whose polluted hands the gods With force incredible , and magic charms , Erst have endu'd ; if he his ample palm Should haply on ill - fated shoulder lay Of debtor , straight his body , to the touch Obsequious ...
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... call'd ; but worth its weight in wine . " If , in his sullen airs , Sir John should come , [ mum " Three spoonfuls take , hold in your mouth - then " Smile , and look pleas'd , when he shall rage & scold , " Still in your mouth the ...
... call'd ; but worth its weight in wine . " If , in his sullen airs , Sir John should come , [ mum " Three spoonfuls take , hold in your mouth - then " Smile , and look pleas'd , when he shall rage & scold , " Still in your mouth the ...
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... call'd you goose ; Which , and I am sure I have been his servant four years since October , And he never call'd me worse than sweet - heart , drunk or sober : Not that I know his reverence was ever concern'd to my knowledge , Though you ...
... call'd you goose ; Which , and I am sure I have been his servant four years since October , And he never call'd me worse than sweet - heart , drunk or sober : Not that I know his reverence was ever concern'd to my knowledge , Though you ...
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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...