The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... run mad , 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 ]
... run mad , 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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... honeft captain . ) " Faith , " fays the mercer , " I have been looking this " three rounds , and can't make out " whether his fabric is Turkey cot- " ton , or English linfey - woolfey . " Mr. Threetines the cutler , told his lady , who ...
... honeft captain . ) " Faith , " fays the mercer , " I have been looking this " three rounds , and can't make out " whether his fabric is Turkey cot- " ton , or English linfey - woolfey . " Mr. Threetines the cutler , told his lady , who ...
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... honeft creature ; that has just as much learning as is 66 proper to lead a country flock , but " not enough to mislead them . He ❝is gone to look after his own con- " cerns for an hour , but he knows " dinner - time ; in the interim ...
... honeft creature ; that has just as much learning as is 66 proper to lead a country flock , but " not enough to mislead them . He ❝is gone to look after his own con- " cerns for an hour , but he knows " dinner - time ; in the interim ...
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... honeft woman , you'll naturally infer " I was not born ; and your inference " will prove juft and true . My fa- " ther , who , for the reft of the ftory , " I fhall call the ' fquire , for fhortness , Sin 6 " in imitation of the tenants ...
... honeft woman , you'll naturally infer " I was not born ; and your inference " will prove juft and true . My fa- " ther , who , for the reft of the ftory , " I fhall call the ' fquire , for fhortness , Sin 6 " in imitation of the tenants ...
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... honeft curate reached the Hall- " house , that his fermon had given " amazing content . When the par- " fon came in , he made an apology " to him , for the sudden occafion that obliged him to leave church : " But the lofs , " fays he ...
... honeft curate reached the Hall- " house , that his fermon had given " amazing content . When the par- " fon came in , he made an apology " to him , for the sudden occafion that obliged him to leave church : " But the lofs , " fays he ...
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