The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... 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 quarters of a yard long ; his fhoes buckled at the toes with a plain filver buckle that ...
... 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 quarters of a yard long ; his fhoes buckled at the toes with a plain filver buckle that ...
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... coat , to me , feems as if 99 was hung on the yard - arm to dry . " " To be fure , " fays coufin Lovely , " he is not the genteeleft figure you " ever faw ; but , for all that , he has " cut a figure of one fort or another , " in and ...
... coat , to me , feems as if 99 was hung on the yard - arm to dry . " " To be fure , " fays coufin Lovely , " he is not the genteeleft figure you " ever faw ; but , for all that , he has " cut a figure of one fort or another , " in and ...
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... did in fwallowing " half a large plum - pudding , which " the cook had made , without think- 66 ing of any clergyman's dining " there ; and , therefore , the body of " black- 11 " black - coats don't , I hope , fufpect [ 41 ]
... did in fwallowing " half a large plum - pudding , which " the cook had made , without think- 66 ing of any clergyman's dining " there ; and , therefore , the body of " black- 11 " black - coats don't , I hope , fufpect [ 41 ]
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Thomas Bridges. " black - coats don't , I hope , fufpect , " I meant any reflection on the cloth , " by introducing a plum - pudding . " I would avoid giving offence , as " much as lies in my power ; but " fhan't hide the truth to please ...
Thomas Bridges. " black - coats don't , I hope , fufpect , " I meant any reflection on the cloth , " by introducing a plum - pudding . " I would avoid giving offence , as " much as lies in my power ; but " fhan't hide the truth to please ...
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... ner of alteration in his way of life ; " he is the fame induftrious creature " he ever was ; and , so great an ene- 66 my to innovations , that he has nei- " ther changed the fashion of his coat " " coat or fhoes , or loft a fingle [ .57 ]
... ner of alteration in his way of life ; " he is the fame induftrious creature " he ever was ; and , so great an ene- 66 my to innovations , that he has nei- " ther changed the fashion of his coat " " coat or fhoes , or loft a fingle [ .57 ]
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