The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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Page 68
... laft ; then , if you have your pencil in your hand , or your pen full of ink , you may fall to work directly . I own I fhould like to work with my pen full of ink , because the effects of fuch memorandums often appear for fifty or fixty ...
... laft ; then , if you have your pencil in your hand , or your pen full of ink , you may fall to work directly . I own I fhould like to work with my pen full of ink , because the effects of fuch memorandums often appear for fifty or fixty ...
Page 75
... makes me the more furprifed , that he fhould not think of a patent ; but people's over eagerness to execute a fcheme , makes them often overlook the only means means of accomplishing it however , chance at laft furnished [ 75 ]
... makes me the more furprifed , that he fhould not think of a patent ; but people's over eagerness to execute a fcheme , makes them often overlook the only means means of accomplishing it however , chance at laft furnished [ 75 ]
Page 76
Thomas Bridges. means of accomplishing it however , chance at laft furnished John with an opportunity not only of revenge , but of fhewing the barbarity of his difpo- fition , in his mode of revenge : here again would my nerves give way ...
Thomas Bridges. means of accomplishing it however , chance at laft furnished John with an opportunity not only of revenge , but of fhewing the barbarity of his difpo- fition , in his mode of revenge : here again would my nerves give way ...
Page 97
... laft , in fpite of all her prayers , tears , and intrea- ties , gets fairly ravished ; there he may eafily keep up the reader's at- tention , and make the poor thing VOL . IV . H full " full amends , by her ravisher's lik- ing her fo [ 97 ]
... laft , in fpite of all her prayers , tears , and intrea- ties , gets fairly ravished ; there he may eafily keep up the reader's at- tention , and make the poor thing VOL . IV . H full " full amends , by her ravisher's lik- ing her fo [ 97 ]
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... laft week of my laft " year's clerkship . " " Neddy , " fays " he , & c he , fhaking me by the hand , [ 112 ]
... laft week of my laft " year's clerkship . " " Neddy , " fays " he , & c he , fhaking me by the hand , [ 112 ]
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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