The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... Pray , Sir , don't go into the dining - room , there is a madman " in it . " The captain , seeing it was his coufin , nimbly advanced , and , fhaking his stick at the footman , 66 66 66 66 66 fays , " You lye , you son of a land ...
... Pray , Sir , don't go into the dining - room , there is a madman " in it . " The captain , seeing it was his coufin , nimbly advanced , and , fhaking his stick at the footman , 66 66 66 66 66 fays , " You lye , you son of a land ...
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... in- " to Ireland ; for he can be no Eng- " lishman , I'll be fworn . " The ' fquire " was quite right in his conjecture ; " but , for all that , Teague read the " prayers D 3 t prayers with fuch becoming decen * cy , that [ 37 ]
... in- " to Ireland ; for he can be no Eng- " lishman , I'll be fworn . " The ' fquire " was quite right in his conjecture ; " but , for all that , Teague read the " prayers D 3 t prayers with fuch becoming decen * cy , that [ 37 ]
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Thomas Bridges. t prayers with fuch becoming decen * cy , that he pleased him greatly ; in " short , when he mounted the ... prayed for the king , queen , and royal family , with " more fincerity than I am apt to " think feveral former ...
Thomas Bridges. t prayers with fuch becoming decen * cy , that he pleased him greatly ; in " short , when he mounted the ... prayed for the king , queen , and royal family , with " more fincerity than I am apt to " think feveral former ...
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... I have heard , that your coun- 66 try is famous for ufquebaugh . " " Yes , very famous , " fays the Hi- bernian . " Pray , doctor , " fays the friend , " what do they make it of ; " for " for I never tasted any . " " Nor [ 61 ]
... I have heard , that your coun- 66 try is famous for ufquebaugh . " " Yes , very famous , " fays the Hi- bernian . " Pray , doctor , " fays the friend , " what do they make it of ; " for " for I never tasted any . " " Nor [ 61 ]
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... , he had a very pretty mixture himself , which had lafted him a- " bove eight years , and always did " him great fervice . " " Pray , Doc- " tor , " fays Mr. Derbyshire , " what " mixture " mixture may it be . " " Your de- [ 62 ]
... , he had a very pretty mixture himself , which had lafted him a- " bove eight years , and always did " him great fervice . " " Pray , Doc- " tor , " fays Mr. Derbyshire , " what " mixture " mixture may it be . " " Your de- [ 62 ]
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