The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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Page 110
... Johney " Grot's house , declares , that he has " feen them leap out of the manes " and tails of his runts by dozens and " fcores , when he got into England ; yet , in going north , he never fo much as faw or heard of one.- ' Pray ...
... Johney " Grot's house , declares , that he has " feen them leap out of the manes " and tails of his runts by dozens and " fcores , when he got into England ; yet , in going north , he never fo much as faw or heard of one.- ' Pray ...
Page 111
... Johney M'Bellclapper , my fmith ; he is a " fenfible fellow , as moft of them << are , for the rogues , in general , bring fharp intellects from the freez- << 66 ing north . Johney came from that 66 very part of the country where your ...
... Johney M'Bellclapper , my fmith ; he is a " fenfible fellow , as moft of them << are , for the rogues , in general , bring fharp intellects from the freez- << 66 ing north . Johney came from that 66 very part of the country where your ...
Page 112
... Johney might fcratch as long as " he pleased , because Englishmen on- ly fcratch in common with all the " nations in the world , ( the nations " of African and American monkeys " and baboons not excepted ) , but to " mention fcratching ...
... Johney might fcratch as long as " he pleased , because Englishmen on- ly fcratch in common with all the " nations in the world , ( the nations " of African and American monkeys " and baboons not excepted ) , but to " mention fcratching ...
Page 113
... kindness . " " But , " fays the first speaker , " I am " afraid you have forgot Johney < 6 my " 6 M Bellclapper . " " Not I , in- " deed , " replies the limb of the law , VOL . IV . " he I " he is the main point ; and I always [ 113 ]
... kindness . " " But , " fays the first speaker , " I am " afraid you have forgot Johney < 6 my " 6 M Bellclapper . " " Not I , in- " deed , " replies the limb of the law , VOL . IV . " he I " he is the main point ; and I always [ 113 ]
Page 114
... Johney M'Bellclap- " per . " << " What I call a good year , " fays Johney , ( without fcratching ) - " Now do I plainly forefee , that this flory will be but a flat one , if you " won't let Johney fcratch ; because " his fcratching was ...
... Johney M'Bellclap- " per . " << " What I call a good year , " fays Johney , ( without fcratching ) - " Now do I plainly forefee , that this flory will be but a flat one , if you " won't let Johney fcratch ; because " his fcratching was ...
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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 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