The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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Thomas Bridges. ADVENTURES OF A BANK NOTE . A CHA P. I. The unfortunate captain . FTER being foak'd for two days in the corner of a butch- er's greafy pocket , and paffing two evenings in a room no bigger than a fhip's cabbin , with ...
Thomas Bridges. ADVENTURES OF A BANK NOTE . A CHA P. I. The unfortunate captain . FTER being foak'd for two days in the corner of a butch- er's greafy pocket , and paffing two evenings in a room no bigger than a fhip's cabbin , with ...
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... captain wore a long milk - white Adonis , with a- bout two pound of hair in it ; his coat was of a fuperfine white cloth , with fleeves turned up as high as his el- bows ; the waift was not above a foot , though the skirts were three ...
... captain wore a long milk - white Adonis , with a- bout two pound of hair in it ; his coat was of a fuperfine white cloth , with fleeves turned up as high as his el- bows ; the waift was not above a foot , though the skirts were three ...
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... captain : " on which they tacked about and bore " Lord ! " fays my owner , away . " can no body tell me who that « Ε ftrange fish is , and how he came in- " to the company of that comely wo- " man ? " " I can have the pleasure " of ...
... captain : " on which they tacked about and bore " Lord ! " fays my owner , away . " can no body tell me who that « Ε ftrange fish is , and how he came in- " to the company of that comely wo- " man ? " " I can have the pleasure " of ...
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Thomas Bridges. " the captain : his uncommon remarks " and the uncouth manner of ex- " preffing them are always a high " treat to her . " " You must know , that the captain " is commander of a large fhip that " trades to the coaft of ...
Thomas Bridges. " the captain : his uncommon remarks " and the uncouth manner of ex- " preffing them are always a high " treat to her . " " You must know , that the captain " is commander of a large fhip that " trades to the coaft of ...
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... captain's first in- 66 troducing himself into her acquain- " tance , I fancy , fhe wont eafily for- " get . " " About five years ago , after " captain Copper - phiz had made his " first voyage , wherein he had been 66 very fuccefsful ...
... captain's first in- 66 troducing himself into her acquain- " tance , I fancy , fhe wont eafily for- " get . " " About five years ago , after " captain Copper - phiz had made his " first voyage , wherein he had been 66 very fuccefsful ...
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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