Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... shame , hat , on the smallest subject of confusion , my blood all rushes into my cheeks , and I appear a perfect full- blown rose . The consciousness of this unhappy fail- ing , made me avoid society , and I became enamour- ed of a ...
... shame , hat , on the smallest subject of confusion , my blood all rushes into my cheeks , and I appear a perfect full- blown rose . The consciousness of this unhappy fail- ing , made me avoid society , and I became enamour- ed of a ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... shame which I must vel , whenever this adventure shall be mentioned . From VARIETY , a Collection of Essays , written in the Year 1787 . Humourous , and Familiar Pieces , Prose . ............... THE A BASHFUL MAN . 7.
... shame which I must vel , whenever this adventure shall be mentioned . From VARIETY , a Collection of Essays , written in the Year 1787 . Humourous , and Familiar Pieces , Prose . ............... THE A BASHFUL MAN . 7.
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... shame , his neighbour's scoff , a walking swill - bowl , the pic- ture of a beast , and the monster of a man . " Now to , " & c . He then concluded in the usual form ; and the young men , pleased with his ingenuity , not only sincerely ...
... shame , his neighbour's scoff , a walking swill - bowl , the pic- ture of a beast , and the monster of a man . " Now to , " & c . He then concluded in the usual form ; and the young men , pleased with his ingenuity , not only sincerely ...
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... shame on them ! them . THE EXPEDITIOUS PAINTER . A certain nobleman having built a chapel , had a mind the stair case leading to it should be ornamented with some scripture history - which he at last determined should be the Children of ...
... shame on them ! them . THE EXPEDITIOUS PAINTER . A certain nobleman having built a chapel , had a mind the stair case leading to it should be ornamented with some scripture history - which he at last determined should be the Children of ...
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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...
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