The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... Doctor , " says he ( I call you doc- " tor , because I don't defign to leave " till I have made you one ; and , adds " he , I don't see any reason why an " honeft man fhould not be made a " doctor now and then ) take great " care how ...
... Doctor , " says he ( I call you doc- " tor , because I don't defign to leave " till I have made you one ; and , adds " he , I don't see any reason why an " honeft man fhould not be made a " doctor now and then ) take great " care how ...
Page 60
... doctor Teague , fent down fuch a quantity , that I foon perceived he made ufe of Sunday , to furnish his ftore - room with flesh pro- vifions for the whole week ; and then he had nothing to do , but stuff in po- tatoes by way of bread ...
... doctor Teague , fent down fuch a quantity , that I foon perceived he made ufe of Sunday , to furnish his ftore - room with flesh pro- vifions for the whole week ; and then he had nothing to do , but stuff in po- tatoes by way of bread ...
Page 61
... doctor for a Sunday's campaign again . I faid I would not mention any thing of the converfation ; but I can- not forbear one little article , as it hews our doctor's artless ideas . " Doctor , " fays Mr. ' Derbyshire's friend , " I have ...
... doctor for a Sunday's campaign again . I faid I would not mention any thing of the converfation ; but I can- not forbear one little article , as it hews our doctor's artless ideas . " Doctor , " fays Mr. ' Derbyshire's friend , " I have ...
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... doctor , " but I fancy they can make it of no- 66 66 thing but butter - milk and fugar , " and red French claret wine ; because they fay it is fuch very good stuff . " " It can't be that , doctor , " fays Mr. Derbyshire , " be- " cause ...
... doctor , " but I fancy they can make it of no- 66 66 thing but butter - milk and fugar , " and red French claret wine ; because they fay it is fuch very good stuff . " " It can't be that , doctor , " fays Mr. Derbyshire , " be- " cause ...
Page 63
... myself to pafs over in fi- lence ; although , as my reader was not with me to fee the grave face with which he pronounced it , he may poffibly find no meaning at all in it ; but but all the joke might lay in the doctor's folemn [ 63 ]
... myself to pafs over in fi- lence ; although , as my reader was not with me to fee the grave face with which he pronounced it , he may poffibly find no meaning at all in it ; but but all the joke might lay in the doctor's folemn [ 63 ]
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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