The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... fore told them in one of his bet- " ter - best sermons , that , provided they led a godly life , and bore their " hardships with Chriftian patience , 66 they would certainly go to that part " of heaven , where they would " have ...
... fore told them in one of his bet- " ter - best sermons , that , provided they led a godly life , and bore their " hardships with Chriftian patience , 66 they would certainly go to that part " of heaven , where they would " have ...
Page 54
... fore , fays the ' fquire , " to take << great care never to cook them " up a new dish of either pud- ding , or any thing elfe . " Indeed " I will not , my dear honey , " fays Teague ; " fince that is the cafe , " there fhall not a ...
... fore , fays the ' fquire , " to take << great care never to cook them " up a new dish of either pud- ding , or any thing elfe . " Indeed " I will not , my dear honey , " fays Teague ; " fince that is the cafe , " there fhall not a ...
Page 75
... fore , was plagued with them to fuch a degree , that he bore the whole race ** does as great a grudge as *** ****** , for which reafon revenge took poffeffion of his whole frame , and his mind was continually at work , how to wreak his ...
... fore , was plagued with them to fuch a degree , that he bore the whole race ** does as great a grudge as *** ****** , for which reafon revenge took poffeffion of his whole frame , and his mind was continually at work , how to wreak his ...
Page 78
... to rally , and do him any service at all ; he , there- fore , let both mug and fmall - beer fall ; and , as the failors fay , tumbled up ftairs in a hurry . Don't think the worfe 4 worfe of his courage , my dear rea- ders , [ 78 ]
... to rally , and do him any service at all ; he , there- fore , let both mug and fmall - beer fall ; and , as the failors fay , tumbled up ftairs in a hurry . Don't think the worfe 4 worfe of his courage , my dear rea- ders , [ 78 ]
Page 85
... fore . But I have no business with any part , except what gives a hint to an ambuscade . - John's courage was shewn in an ambufcade , and planned and executed ( not by fix fhips alone , as Vernon did , ) but by himself alone : -now ...
... fore . But I have no business with any part , except what gives a hint to an ambuscade . - John's courage was shewn in an ambufcade , and planned and executed ( not by fix fhips alone , as Vernon did , ) but by himself alone : -now ...
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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