The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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Page 65
... John the Rat- catcher . John *** , furnamed the Ratcatch- er , is an honeft toyman at this end VOL . IV . F of of the town , and a very great genius in [ 65 ] CHAP. VII. ...
... John the Rat- catcher . John *** , furnamed the Ratcatch- er , is an honeft toyman at this end VOL . IV . F of of the town , and a very great genius in [ 65 ] CHAP. VII. ...
Page 66
... John's inftrument , if they are in the right place or not , I won't pretend to affert , having never read the royal piece of parchment ; but I know , if I was a king , and poffeffed of that power , I would never have granted it away to ...
... John's inftrument , if they are in the right place or not , I won't pretend to affert , having never read the royal piece of parchment ; but I know , if I was a king , and poffeffed of that power , I would never have granted it away to ...
Page 67
... John outwitted his maf ter , or not , in gaining fuch a patent , by reprefenting matters as the law- yers do in Weftminster - hall , in a quite different light from what they ought to be ; or his M- -y did it out of the regard he bears ...
... John outwitted his maf ter , or not , in gaining fuch a patent , by reprefenting matters as the law- yers do in Weftminster - hall , in a quite different light from what they ought to be ; or his M- -y did it out of the regard he bears ...
Page 68
... John only the fum of five fhillings for his inftrument ; when you have had your fingers at any cer- tain place , if in an hour's time , or two or three , no matter which , the fame thought , or fomething border- ing upon it , should ...
... John only the fum of five fhillings for his inftrument ; when you have had your fingers at any cer- tain place , if in an hour's time , or two or three , no matter which , the fame thought , or fomething border- ing upon it , should ...
Page 69
... John , or the proper John , whoever he is , out of pure good - will to all en- terprising geniuses , and defire he will not fail to enlarge upon fo fhining a discovery , F 3 difcovery , in a front advertise- ment , in the [ 69 ]
... John , or the proper John , whoever he is , out of pure good - will to all en- terprising geniuses , and defire he will not fail to enlarge upon fo fhining a discovery , F 3 difcovery , in a front advertise- ment , in the [ 69 ]
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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...
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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