Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... night of the best sieve - meat that Estramadura can furnish : we are now in a country where the scattered flock of Israel fold thick and " fare well . " He now began to chaunt the song of Solomon , and gently ambled on in the joy of his ...
... night of the best sieve - meat that Estramadura can furnish : we are now in a country where the scattered flock of Israel fold thick and " fare well . " He now began to chaunt the song of Solomon , and gently ambled on in the joy of his ...
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... night , as I was asleep on the bed of boards , with a warm blank- et about me , for I always loved to lie well , I was a- wakened by the boatswain , who had a dark lanthorn in his hand : Jack , ' says he to me , ' will you knock out the ...
... night , as I was asleep on the bed of boards , with a warm blank- et about me , for I always loved to lie well , I was a- wakened by the boatswain , who had a dark lanthorn in his hand : Jack , ' says he to me , ' will you knock out the ...
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... night , accompanied with a dead palsy in his tongue : St. Anthony's fire has visibly settled in his face , and so terribly does the ague shake his hand , that he can- not lift a glass of gin to his head . The pawn - broker is his banker ...
... night , accompanied with a dead palsy in his tongue : St. Anthony's fire has visibly settled in his face , and so terribly does the ague shake his hand , that he can- not lift a glass of gin to his head . The pawn - broker is his banker ...
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... night , Darkling I sigh , and feed with dismal thoughts My anxious mind ; or sometimes mournful verse Indite , and sing of groves and myrtle shades , Or desperate lady near a purling stream , Or lover pendent on a willow - tree ...
... night , Darkling I sigh , and feed with dismal thoughts My anxious mind ; or sometimes mournful verse Indite , and sing of groves and myrtle shades , Or desperate lady near a purling stream , Or lover pendent on a willow - tree ...
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... night , th ' eternal larum rung , Which often lost those hearts her eyes had won . Sir John was smitten and confess'd his flame , Sigh'd out the usual time , then wed the dame ; Possess'd , he thought of every joy of life ; But his dear ...
... night , th ' eternal larum rung , Which often lost those hearts her eyes had won . Sir John was smitten and confess'd his flame , Sigh'd out the usual time , then wed the dame ; Possess'd , he thought of every joy of life ; But his dear ...
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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...