The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... people fmoaking in it , I was delivered into the hands of a Smithfield falefman , for fat sheep ; with him I drank fix bowls Myers 26 May 1943-4 Vol VOL . IV . B bowls of punch at the Grey - hound , in THE ADVENTURES ...
... people fmoaking in it , I was delivered into the hands of a Smithfield falefman , for fat sheep ; with him I drank fix bowls Myers 26 May 1943-4 Vol VOL . IV . B bowls of punch at the Grey - hound , in THE ADVENTURES ...
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... , and not honeft " feamen . " Then , fhaking his coufin by the hand , who recollected him by his voice , elfe would never have gueffed who he was , they both en- ❝tered 66 66 " tered the dining - room ; on feeing " [ 16 ]
... , and not honeft " feamen . " Then , fhaking his coufin by the hand , who recollected him by his voice , elfe would never have gueffed who he was , they both en- ❝tered 66 66 " tered the dining - room ; on feeing " [ 16 ]
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... hand a top- " fail , or even take in a reef , the ship " was laid on her broadfide , and all " this mifchief done . " He then told " him the whole affair fo comically in " the fea dialect , that his coufin en- joyed it beyond measure ...
... hand a top- " fail , or even take in a reef , the ship " was laid on her broadfide , and all " this mifchief done . " He then told " him the whole affair fo comically in " the fea dialect , that his coufin en- joyed it beyond measure ...
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... hands : this figure was taking two or three rounds by him- felf , out of mere good - nature , that every body might , without interrup- tion , fee the elegance of his tafte ; had he joined any body as tall as him- felf , either one fide ...
... hands : this figure was taking two or three rounds by him- felf , out of mere good - nature , that every body might , without interrup- tion , fee the elegance of his tafte ; had he joined any body as tall as him- felf , either one fide ...
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... hands of Mr. Derbyshire , who carried me , and a friend , down to his feat in Sur- ry ; the afternoon , it being Saturday , they spent in fishing . And on Sun- day morning they attended divine fervice . Mr. Derbyshire never fail- ed ...
... hands of Mr. Derbyshire , who carried me , and a friend , down to his feat in Sur- ry ; the afternoon , it being Saturday , they spent in fishing . And on Sun- day morning they attended divine fervice . Mr. Derbyshire never fail- ed ...
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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