The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... paid a quarter's " wages , when it was earned . Mer- 66 lin , the conjurer of all conjurers , " could not have divined better than " the ' fquire did , though he never " studied a single line of the black " art in his life . " Before ...
... paid a quarter's " wages , when it was earned . Mer- 66 lin , the conjurer of all conjurers , " could not have divined better than " the ' fquire did , though he never " studied a single line of the black " art in his life . " Before ...
Page 47
Thomas Bridges. " be paid by the parishioners to their " teacher ; then , defiring him not to " trouble his head about any knotty 66 points of religion , but to preach " the golden rule to his tenants , of " doing to all men as they ...
Thomas Bridges. " be paid by the parishioners to their " teacher ; then , defiring him not to " trouble his head about any knotty 66 points of religion , but to preach " the golden rule to his tenants , of " doing to all men as they ...
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... paid to a fharp - looking , flim animal , to whom his neighbours had given the name of John the Rat- catcher . John *** , furnamed the Ratcatch- er , is an honeft toyman at this end VOL . IV . F of of the town , and a very great genius ...
... paid to a fharp - looking , flim animal , to whom his neighbours had given the name of John the Rat- catcher . John *** , furnamed the Ratcatch- er , is an honeft toyman at this end VOL . IV . F of of the town , and a very great genius ...
Page 116
... of the gen- tleman , and being in no humour for another fray , or even an altercation , having fucceeded fo indifferently in his laft trials of fkill that way , he , therefore , therefore , paid his three pence for his difh of [ 116 ]
... of the gen- tleman , and being in no humour for another fray , or even an altercation , having fucceeded fo indifferently in his laft trials of fkill that way , he , therefore , therefore , paid his three pence for his difh of [ 116 ]
Page 117
Thomas Bridges. therefore , paid his three pence for his difh of coffee , and was out of the room before I was fenfible he had left his feat , and was ftill liftening for Mr. Bailbond's account of this good year ; when , looking about me ...
Thomas Bridges. therefore , paid his three pence for his difh of coffee , and was out of the room before I was fenfible he had left his feat , and was ftill liftening for Mr. Bailbond's account of this good year ; when , looking about me ...
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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...
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