The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... agreeable lady and " her husband , who is here himself ; " but he has left them , because he “ knows he cannot give her greater pleasure than to be gallanted by B 3 ( 6 " the " the captain : his uncommon remarks " and the [ 5 ]
... agreeable lady and " her husband , who is here himself ; " but he has left them , because he “ knows he cannot give her greater pleasure than to be gallanted by B 3 ( 6 " the " the captain : his uncommon remarks " and the [ 5 ]
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... give you leave " to keel - haul me , coufin . " " You 66 may give me leave to do that , " re- plies Mrs. Lovely , " for I don't " know what kind of a diverfion it is . " The words were no fooner out of her mouth , but they met lady ...
... give you leave " to keel - haul me , coufin . " " You 66 may give me leave to do that , " re- plies Mrs. Lovely , " for I don't " know what kind of a diverfion it is . " The words were no fooner out of her mouth , but they met lady ...
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... give you the hiftory of this honest " Hibernian , who is the real , origi- " nal inventor of that third motion of " the fun , which every man tells , of " a parfon belonging to his own coun- D 2 « try . 86 " try . What countryman the ...
... give you the hiftory of this honest " Hibernian , who is the real , origi- " nal inventor of that third motion of " the fun , which every man tells , of " a parfon belonging to his own coun- D 2 « try . 86 " try . What countryman the ...
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... give it you verbatim . • " About forty years ago , my fa- " ther being then a batchelor , from " which , as I aver my mother was an " honeft woman , you'll naturally infer " I was not born ; and your inference " will prove juft and true ...
... give it you verbatim . • " About forty years ago , my fa- " ther being then a batchelor , from " which , as I aver my mother was an " honeft woman , you'll naturally infer " I was not born ; and your inference " will prove juft and true ...
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... give fire , the mo- " ment the ' fquire appeared ; and , the " instant he entered the door of his pew , the reverend strange figure began , " I will arife , and go to my " father . " " Will you ! " mutters the 66 68 ઃઃ ' fquire , then ...
... give fire , the mo- " ment the ' fquire appeared ; and , the " instant he entered the door of his pew , the reverend strange figure began , " I will arife , and go to my " father . " " Will you ! " mutters the 66 68 ઃઃ ' fquire , then ...
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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