The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... fide of this face , the 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 ...
... fide of this face , the 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 ...
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... fpruce young gen- tleman dreft a - la - mode de puppy ; his foretop was about nine inches high ; and on each fide of his empty pate hung two large curls , one very near as low low as his fhoulder , and the other above his [ 20 ]
... fpruce young gen- tleman dreft a - la - mode de puppy ; his foretop was about nine inches high ; and on each fide of his empty pate hung two large curls , one very near as low low as his fhoulder , and the other above his [ 20 ]
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... fide or the other must have been shaded , and , of confequence , fome of the company been depriv- . ed of the fuperlative pleasure of view- ing fuch an inimitable coxcomb . This image , although the few fenfes he had , were fufficiently ...
... fide or the other must have been shaded , and , of confequence , fome of the company been depriv- . ed of the fuperlative pleasure of view- ing fuch an inimitable coxcomb . This image , although the few fenfes he had , were fufficiently ...
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... fide of him ; fo that the moment they met , they both ftopt fhort as fuddenly as if they had been thunder - ftruck ; viewing each other , at the fame time , with the moft fovereign contempt , each happy in in his own mind , that he was ...
... fide of him ; fo that the moment they met , they both ftopt fhort as fuddenly as if they had been thunder - ftruck ; viewing each other , at the fame time , with the moft fovereign contempt , each happy in in his own mind , that he was ...
Page 109
... fide the " Tweed , out they jump , and make " their quarters good , in a ftrange << country , with as much ease as their " two - legg'd relations do all the " world over . Now what puzzles me " the most of all is this ; although I ...
... fide the " Tweed , out they jump , and make " their quarters good , in a ftrange << country , with as much ease as their " two - legg'd relations do all the " world over . Now what puzzles me " the most of all is this ; although I ...
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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