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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... himself into her acquain- " tance , I fancy , fhe wont eafily for- " get . " " About five years ago , after " captain Copper - phiz had made his " first voyage , wherein he had been 66 very fuccefsful , hearing that his " coufin had ...
... himself into her acquain- " tance , I fancy , fhe wont eafily for- " get . " " About five years ago , after " captain Copper - phiz had made his " first voyage , wherein he had been 66 very fuccefsful , hearing that his " coufin had ...
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... himself , which he did once " a month at leaft , knew no more of " his own person than he did of the " cham of Tartary ; therefore , perceiv- ing an odd dreft fellow ftaring 66 ftrangely at him , he was rather puz- " zled , and walked ...
... himself , which he did once " a month at leaft , knew no more of " his own person than he did of the " cham of Tartary ; therefore , perceiv- ing an odd dreft fellow ftaring 66 ftrangely at him , he was rather puz- " zled , and walked ...
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... himself down into an arm- " chair in such a hurry , that he made " the back and belly of a guitar 66 meet , this caufed him to recover " his legs as nimbly as if he had fquatted upon the point of a cobler's 66 ઃઃ " awl , and turning ...
... himself down into an arm- " chair in such a hurry , that he made " the back and belly of a guitar 66 meet , this caufed him to recover " his legs as nimbly as if he had fquatted upon the point of a cobler's 66 ઃઃ " awl , and turning ...
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... himself , went and first " opened the street - door , then the " dining - room door , hoping the mad- " man , like a wild cat , or strange " dog , would be glad to make his " efcape after his mifchief , but he himself , retreated to the ...
... himself , went and first " opened the street - door , then the " dining - room door , hoping the mad- " man , like a wild cat , or strange " dog , would be glad to make his " efcape after his mifchief , but he himself , retreated to the ...
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