The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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Page 24
... she is a mighty genteel woman , cap- " tain . " " I believe fhe's a fwift fai- " ler , " fays the captain , " because she " keeps company with her drag - fail " over - board ( meaning her train , ) but a fudden fquall , I've a notion ...
... she is a mighty genteel woman , cap- " tain . " " I believe fhe's a fwift fai- " ler , " fays the captain , " because she " keeps company with her drag - fail " over - board ( meaning her train , ) but a fudden fquall , I've a notion ...
Page 31
... She never beheld " fuch a harrabel looking fellar . " Mr. Pepper - box , the filver - fmith , said , " Let him be what countryman he " would , he plainly perceived , he " wanted a great deal of refining . " The feller of ftoves and ...
... She never beheld " fuch a harrabel looking fellar . " Mr. Pepper - box , the filver - fmith , said , " Let him be what countryman he " would , he plainly perceived , he " wanted a great deal of refining . " The feller of ftoves and ...
Page 32
... She was fure his face had never " been clear - ftarched . " Mr. Tripple- ftamp , the attorney , declared , " He " never faw a piece of parchment fo " vilely indented . " And Pinchbeck faid , " He could not guess what me- " tal he was ...
... She was fure his face had never " been clear - ftarched . " Mr. Tripple- ftamp , the attorney , declared , " He " never faw a piece of parchment fo " vilely indented . " And Pinchbeck faid , " He could not guess what me- " tal he was ...
Page 77
... she smelt that it was very well fmoaked with wood , and , therefore , needed none of John's fulphureous sea - coal smoke ; on which fhe replaced it in the cask again , and buried it fnug under ftraw , to imbibe a little of the mofture ...
... she smelt that it was very well fmoaked with wood , and , therefore , needed none of John's fulphureous sea - coal smoke ; on which fhe replaced it in the cask again , and buried it fnug under ftraw , to imbibe a little of the mofture ...
Page 145
... she never could get a certificate of his death ; and some people think her wedding was confummated in the fame country , because she never could get a certificate of her marriage : this widow contracted fo great a friend ship for Miss ...
... she never could get a certificate of his death ; and some people think her wedding was confummated in the fame country , because she never could get a certificate of her marriage : this widow contracted fo great a friend ship for Miss ...
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Page 131 - Tempjars ev'ry fentence raife} And wonder with a foolifh face of praife— Who but muft laugh,- if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What tho...
Page 133 - Chriftians ; there's no objection to their being rogues if they do ; and then, when pork is not forbid, they won't eat a tenth part they do...
Page 71 - Now will I, my learned friend, Mr. Circulating Librarian, indulge you with a chapter of true tragical light reading, to pleafe your tafte ; for John's was a fcheme not only to deftroy, but to make his fellow creatures.
Page 165 - Jacob, ever fold a black-lead " pencil, or a roll of hard pomatum, " or a pair of fleeve buttons in their " jives : then, pray, how could they