The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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Page 6
... matters as any of his brother " inhabitants of the great deep ; he is " first cousin to this lady's husband , " who was bred up to the law , but , " getting a large fortune with her , " and having no children , he has left " the roguery ...
... matters as any of his brother " inhabitants of the great deep ; he is " first cousin to this lady's husband , " who was bred up to the law , but , " getting a large fortune with her , " and having no children , he has left " the roguery ...
Page 16
... matter with the fellow ? " quoth " he : inftantly a voice withinthe room " anfwers , " Upon my foul it was " none of my fault . " On which the footman , feeing his mafter going to " the dining - room , runs to stop him , crying , " Pray ...
... matter with the fellow ? " quoth " he : inftantly a voice withinthe room " anfwers , " Upon my foul it was " none of my fault . " On which the footman , feeing his mafter going to " the dining - room , runs to stop him , crying , " Pray ...
Page 17
... matter , when the ho- " neft captain_told him it was all his " own doing . " Which way , for " God's fake , " fays his kinfman ; " I " can hardly tell myself , " fays the 66 captain : " I have been taken fhort " in a gale at fea many ...
... matter , when the ho- " neft captain_told him it was all his " own doing . " Which way , for " God's fake , " fays his kinfman ; " I " can hardly tell myself , " fays the 66 captain : " I have been taken fhort " in a gale at fea many ...
Page 48
... 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 the dint of his own fuperior under- ftanding to find it out , and fix it with as much ...
... 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 the dint of his own fuperior under- ftanding to find it out , and fix it with as much ...
Page 67
... matters as the law- yers do in Weftminster - hall , in a quite different light from what they ought to be ; or his M- -y did it out of the regard he bears to John's fharp phiz ; or the clerks did it , for the fake of an article , called ...
... matters as the law- yers do in Weftminster - hall , in a quite different light from what they ought to be ; or his M- -y did it out of the regard he bears to John's fharp phiz ; or the clerks did it , for the fake of an article , called ...
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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