The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... a bench at Rane- lagh , and making remarks on the cu- rious figures that kept continually paffing by , the most contemptible of which feemed to be moft in its own good good graces , they fpied an agreeable , genteel , [ 2 ]
... a bench at Rane- lagh , and making remarks on the cu- rious figures that kept continually paffing by , the most contemptible of which feemed to be moft in its own good good graces , they fpied an agreeable , genteel , [ 2 ]
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... moft fovereign contempt , each happy in in his own mind , that he was not the despicable animal he was looking at . How contemptible a figure muft a man make in his own eye , would he but seriously reflect , that not only the greatest ...
... moft fovereign contempt , each happy in in his own mind , that he was not the despicable animal he was looking at . How contemptible a figure muft a man make in his own eye , would he but seriously reflect , that not only the greatest ...
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... moft barba- rous , moft dreadful , moft aftonish- ing , moft fhocking , moft inhuman , and most bloody refolution , the vigi- lant hero furveyed the out - works of his wooden caftle ten times a day , with a lighted candle , to try if ...
... moft barba- rous , moft dreadful , moft aftonish- ing , moft fhocking , moft inhuman , and most bloody refolution , the vigi- lant hero furveyed the out - works of his wooden caftle ten times a day , with a lighted candle , to try if ...
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... moft plentiful year , nothing can get fat there , not " even their sheep , which is the rea- " fon the parchment - makers give fo good a price for Scotch fkins , be- " cause they have no trouble in ex- " tracting the greafe ; therefore ...
... moft plentiful year , nothing can get fat there , not " even their sheep , which is the rea- " fon the parchment - makers give fo good a price for Scotch fkins , be- " cause they have no trouble in ex- " tracting the greafe ; therefore ...
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... moft of them << are , for the rogues , in general , bring fharp intellects from the freez- << 66 ing north . Johney came from that 66 very part of the country where your " rats first drew breath ; and I have " heard him say , that he ...
... moft of them << are , for the rogues , in general , bring fharp intellects from the freez- << 66 ing north . Johney came from that 66 very part of the country where your " rats first drew breath ; and I have " heard him say , that he ...
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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