The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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Page 31
... faid , " He never fet his 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 ...
... faid , " He never fet his 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 ...
Page 32
... faid , " Not only his hat , but his " whole body was ftrangely cocked . ” Mifs Blondlace , the milliner , faid , " She was fure his face had never " been clear - ftarched . " Mr. Tripple- ftamp , the attorney , declared , " He " never ...
... faid , " Not only his hat , but his " whole body was ftrangely cocked . ” Mifs Blondlace , the milliner , faid , " She was fure his face had never " been clear - ftarched . " Mr. Tripple- ftamp , the attorney , declared , " He " never ...
Page 33
... faid . If a reader can't please himself with his own thoughts , I am fure it would be out of my power to do it ; but , per contra , if he can please himself , he will be much better satisfied , than if even a genuine bon mot from that ...
... faid . If a reader can't please himself with his own thoughts , I am fure it would be out of my power to do it ; but , per contra , if he can please himself , he will be much better satisfied , than if even a genuine bon mot from that ...
Page 48
... as much certainty as a great church- mán has the Divine Legation . 66 " The ' fquire , " fays Mr. Derbyshire , finding the honeft parfon bottled up every word he faid to him , as care- " carefully as if it had been true " Irish [ 48 ]
... as much certainty as a great church- mán has the Divine Legation . 66 " The ' fquire , " fays Mr. Derbyshire , finding the honeft parfon bottled up every word he faid to him , as care- " carefully as if it had been true " Irish [ 48 ]
Page 61
... 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 heard , that your coun- 66 try is famous ...
... 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 heard , that your coun- 66 try is famous ...
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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