The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... croud meeting them pret- ty thick , they heard him fay , " Avast heaving , coufin Lovely , we shall " never be able to ply up to wind- " ward ; my advice , therefore , look " you 66 66 you do you fee , is , to tack about [ 4 ]
... croud meeting them pret- ty thick , they heard him fay , " Avast heaving , coufin Lovely , we shall " never be able to ply up to wind- " ward ; my advice , therefore , look " you 66 66 you do you fee , is , to tack about [ 4 ]
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... looks of the falt - water " animal , quite confirmed her in her " fufpicion ; this ftruck her as dumb " as the captain , and produced a filent " fcene of aftonishment far beyond " the power of defcription . " " Had Mr. Garrick himfelf ...
... looks of the falt - water " animal , quite confirmed her in her " fufpicion ; this ftruck her as dumb " as the captain , and produced a filent " fcene of aftonishment far beyond " the power of defcription . " " Had Mr. Garrick himfelf ...
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... look after his own con- " cerns for an hour , but he knows " dinner - time ; in the interim , I will " give you the hiftory of this honest " Hibernian , who is the real , origi- " nal inventor of that third motion of " the fun , which ...
... look after his own con- " cerns for an hour , but he knows " dinner - time ; in the interim , I will " give you the hiftory of this honest " Hibernian , who is the real , origi- " nal inventor of that third motion of " the fun , which ...
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... look like putting him in mind of the fmall fum he had gi- ven him ; therefore , that matter , though a matter of fuch confe- quence to the learned world , must remain a profound fecret ; unless one of my fagacious readers happens , by ...
... look like putting him in mind of the fmall fum he had gi- ven him ; therefore , that matter , though a matter of fuch confe- quence to the learned world , must remain a profound fecret ; unless one of my fagacious readers happens , by ...
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... look about you , and grant your licences with a fparing hand ; examine well the looks of eve- ry fellow that applies , and report him to your chairman , if he happens to be blind , or let him hear the rogue fpeak , and he'll fee him ...
... look about you , and grant your licences with a fparing hand ; examine well the looks of eve- ry fellow that applies , and report him to your chairman , if he happens to be blind , or let him hear the rogue fpeak , and he'll fee him ...
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