The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... please , captain : " on which they tacked about and bore " Lord ! " fays my owner , away . " can no body tell me who that « Ε ftrange fish is , and how he came in- " to the company of that comely wo- " man ? " " I can have the pleasure ...
... please , captain : " on which they tacked about and bore " Lord ! " fays my owner , away . " can no body tell me who that « Ε ftrange fish is , and how he came in- " to the company of that comely wo- " man ? " " I can have the pleasure ...
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... please himself , by fubftituting fome- thing of his own , in lieu of what he thinks Mr. Foote would have faid . If a reader can't please himself with his own thoughts , I am fure it would be out of my power to do it ; but , per contra ...
... please himself , by fubftituting fome- thing of his own , in lieu of what he thinks Mr. Foote would have faid . If a reader can't please himself with his own thoughts , I am fure it would be out of my power to do it ; but , per contra ...
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... please any ❝ cloth . 166 The ' fquire had heard , before the " honeft curate reached the Hall- " house , that his fermon had given " amazing content . When the par- " fon came in , he made an apology " to him , for the sudden occafion ...
... please any ❝ cloth . 166 The ' fquire had heard , before the " honeft curate reached the Hall- " house , that his fermon had given " amazing content . When the par- " fon came in , he made an apology " to him , for the sudden occafion ...
Page 71
... please your taste ; for John's was a fcheme not only to destroy , but to make his fellow crea- tures , eat each other : the dreadful thought has affected my nerves fo much already , that I am obliged to lay out a penny for a dram , to ...
... please your taste ; for John's was a fcheme not only to destroy , but to make his fellow crea- tures , eat each other : the dreadful thought has affected my nerves fo much already , that I am obliged to lay out a penny for a dram , to ...
Page 98
... let me advise you , never to mention him again , but when you are in the pulpit ; -there he gains you great respect , because you can kick him about as you please ; you 8 can can either bind him in chains , or fend him [ 98 ]
... let me advise you , never to mention him again , but when you are in the pulpit ; -there he gains you great respect , because you can kick him about as you please ; you 8 can can either bind him in chains , or fend him [ 98 ]
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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