The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... eyes off the gazing captain , for fear " he fhould make a fpring at her , " he in return ftared with all his might at her ; at last ( however im- probable the ladies may think it , ) " the captain found his tongue first , 66 .. and ...
... eyes off the gazing captain , for fear " he fhould make a fpring at her , " he in return ftared with all his might at her ; at last ( however im- probable the ladies may think it , ) " the captain found his tongue first , 66 .. and ...
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... eye , would he but seriously reflect , that not only the greatest pleasures , but the greatest miferies of life , fpring from fuch trifles as these . What fort of remarks the beau's brains might produce , or what kind kind of ideas the ...
... eye , would he but seriously reflect , that not only the greatest pleasures , but the greatest miferies of life , fpring from fuch trifles as these . What fort of remarks the beau's brains might produce , or what kind kind of ideas the ...
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... eye , was Mifs *** , with a cap on her head about the fize of a bufhel - measure . " If that was my 86 wife , " fays the captain , " run me " down in fifty fathom water , if I would " not bleach all my old main - fails , " to find ...
... eye , was Mifs *** , with a cap on her head about the fize of a bufhel - measure . " If that was my 86 wife , " fays the captain , " run me " down in fifty fathom water , if I would " not bleach all my old main - fails , " to find ...
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... eye , was the charming duchefs of Ar , to whom that line of Mil- ton's may be properly applied . " Grace was in all her fteps , " & c . & c . The dignity and ease with which the duchefs moved , had an instantaneous effect on our artlefs ...
... eye , was the charming duchefs of Ar , to whom that line of Mil- ton's may be properly applied . " Grace was in all her fteps , " & c . & c . The dignity and ease with which the duchefs moved , had an instantaneous effect on our artlefs ...
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... eyes " on fuch an unnegotiable piece of " paper . " Mr. Quarto , the book- feller , faid , " He never faw a man fo " oddly bound up in his life . " Mr. Single - eye , the great tellefcope - ma- ker , said , " He never espied such a ...
... eyes " on fuch an unnegotiable piece of " paper . " Mr. Quarto , the book- feller , faid , " He never faw a man fo " oddly bound up in his life . " Mr. Single - eye , the great tellefcope - ma- ker , said , " He never espied such a ...
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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