Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... sure I should not be condemned for a few hasty words spoke in passion . " " Sirrah ! " cried one of the puisny judges , " res- pect the decency of the court . " " Produce the " contents of this fellow's pockets before the court ...
... sure I should not be condemned for a few hasty words spoke in passion . " " Sirrah ! " cried one of the puisny judges , " res- pect the decency of the court . " " Produce the " contents of this fellow's pockets before the court ...
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... sure of subsistence for life while many of their fellow - creatures are obliged to wander without a friend to comfort or assist them , and even without shelter from the severity of the sea- I have been led into these reflections from ...
... sure of subsistence for life while many of their fellow - creatures are obliged to wander without a friend to comfort or assist them , and even without shelter from the severity of the sea- I have been led into these reflections from ...
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... sure " Pray , how much may you now earn a week by your business ? " " Why , master , I can make you eighteen shillings a week . " - " Will not you be tired now , do you think , after a little while , in doing nothing every day ? " " I ...
... sure " Pray , how much may you now earn a week by your business ? " " Why , master , I can make you eighteen shillings a week . " - " Will not you be tired now , do you think , after a little while , in doing nothing every day ? " " I ...
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... sure he is the greatest fool of the two . " The soldier then pro- ceeded- When I count the number of dots in a pack of cards , there are 365 ; so many days are there in a year . When I count how many cards , there are in a pack , I find ...
... sure he is the greatest fool of the two . " The soldier then pro- ceeded- When I count the number of dots in a pack of cards , there are 365 ; so many days are there in a year . When I count how many cards , there are in a pack , I find ...
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... Sure there must , be something strangely obstinate in an English patient , who refuses so much health upon such easy terms ! Does he take a pride in being bloat- ed with a dropsy ? Does he find pleasure in the al- ternations of an ...
... Sure there must , be something strangely obstinate in an English patient , who refuses so much health upon such easy terms ! Does he take a pride in being bloat- ed with a dropsy ? Does he find pleasure in the al- ternations of an ...
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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...