The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... pieces : amazed " at the mischief he had done , he * clapt himself down into an arm- " chair in such a hurry , that he made " the back and belly of a guitar 66 meet , this caufed him to recover " his legs as nimbly as if he had fquatted ...
... pieces : amazed " at the mischief he had done , he * clapt himself down into an arm- " chair in such a hurry , that he made " the back and belly of a guitar 66 meet , this caufed him to recover " his legs as nimbly as if he had fquatted ...
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... piece of falt beef that " has made two voyages to the East- " Indies , than tafte that paint and 66 putty of hers ; why , it would fet the " chain - pump of my bowels a - going , " and not only bring up all my bilge- " water , but fend ...
... piece of falt beef that " has made two voyages to the East- " Indies , than tafte that paint and 66 putty of hers ; why , it would fet the " chain - pump of my bowels a - going , " and not only bring up all my bilge- " water , but fend ...
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... folks wear them no big- ger than a crown piece , that's her " ftandard ; when other ladies in- " crease , theirs in bulk , I don't doubt but hers will be as near the fize of " a fugar- " a fugar - hogfhead as the milliners can " [ 27 ]
... folks wear them no big- ger than a crown piece , that's her " ftandard ; when other ladies in- " crease , theirs in bulk , I don't doubt but hers will be as near the fize of " a fugar- " a fugar - hogfhead as the milliners can " [ 27 ]
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... piece of ftuff ? ( meaning our honeft captain . ) " Faith , " fays the mercer , " I have been looking this " three rounds , and can't make out " whether his fabric is Turkey cot- " ton , or English linfey - woolfey . " Mr. Threetines ...
... piece of ftuff ? ( meaning our honeft captain . ) " Faith , " fays the mercer , " I have been looking this " three rounds , and can't make out " whether his fabric is Turkey cot- " ton , or English linfey - woolfey . " Mr. Threetines ...
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... piece of " paper . " Mr. Quarto , the book- feller , faid , " He never faw a man fo " oddly bound up in his life . " Mr. Single - eye , the great tellefcope - ma- ker , said , " He never espied such a fpectacle fince he first peeped ...
... piece of " paper . " Mr. Quarto , the book- feller , faid , " He never faw a man fo " oddly bound up in his life . " Mr. Single - eye , the great tellefcope - ma- ker , said , " He never espied such a fpectacle fince he first peeped ...
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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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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