Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... mule at the door of his shop in the Plazuela de los Affligidos , and . pushed through the gate of San Bernardino ... mule's best speed by the way , if cudgelling could beat it out of her . It was plain to Nicolas's convic- tion as ...
... mule at the door of his shop in the Plazuela de los Affligidos , and . pushed through the gate of San Bernardino ... mule's best speed by the way , if cudgelling could beat it out of her . It was plain to Nicolas's convic- tion as ...
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... mule . The fire now flashed from a pair of Andalusian eyes , as black as charcoal and not less inflammable , and taking the segara from his mouth , with which he had vainly hoped to have re- galed his nostrils in a sharp winter's ...
... mule . The fire now flashed from a pair of Andalusian eyes , as black as charcoal and not less inflammable , and taking the segara from his mouth , with which he had vainly hoped to have re- galed his nostrils in a sharp winter's ...
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... mule to a sturdy Arragonese wench , when Don Ignacio de Santos Aparicio , 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 ...
... mule to a sturdy Arragonese wench , when Don Ignacio de Santos Aparicio , 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 ...
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... mule . " And now no sooner had the recollection of the wayward mule crossed the brain of poor Nic olas Pedrosa , than he began to blast her at a furious rate - The scratches and the scab to boot confound . " thy scurvy hide , " quoth he ...
... mule . " And now no sooner had the recollection of the wayward mule crossed the brain of poor Nic olas Pedrosa , than he began to blast her at a furious rate - The scratches and the scab to boot confound . " thy scurvy hide , " quoth he ...
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... mule ? " " Aye , " cried the demon , " and this is only a taste of what is to come , " at the same time slipping his pincers from the screw he was forcing to the head , he caught a piece of flesh in the forceps and wrenched it out of ...
... mule ? " " Aye , " cried the demon , " and this is only a taste of what is to come , " at the same time slipping his pincers from the screw he was forcing to the head , he caught a piece of flesh in the forceps and wrenched it out of ...
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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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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...