The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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Page 11
... round to " fee what made fuch a lamentable " crash , with the fweep of his but- ❝tock he overset the table , and fent " both it and the defert - glaffes all to " the " the ground together . The captain " then thought [ 11 ] .
... round to " fee what made fuch a lamentable " crash , with the fweep of his but- ❝tock he overset the table , and fent " both it and the defert - glaffes all to " the " the ground together . The captain " then thought [ 11 ] .
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... rounds by him- felf , out of mere good - nature , that every body might , without interrup- tion , fee the elegance of his tafte ; had he joined any body as tall as him- felf , either one fide or the other must have been shaded , and ...
... rounds by him- felf , out of mere good - nature , that every body might , without interrup- tion , fee the elegance of his tafte ; had he joined any body as tall as him- felf , either one fide or the other must have been shaded , and ...
Page 30
... rounds in that horfe- mill , with a long fword on , fays to a mercer , his companion , who was likewife a fwordsman for the night , " Did you " ever , George , fee fuch a pattern as " that there piece of ftuff ? ( meaning our honeft ...
... rounds in that horfe- mill , with a long fword on , fays to a mercer , his companion , who was likewife a fwordsman for the night , " Did you " ever , George , fee fuch a pattern as " that there piece of ftuff ? ( meaning our honeft ...
Page 101
... round , to cool their victuals by faying a long grace for them before dinner , I would not have introduced a fingle quadruped ; because I know how dangerous it is for any of the profound admirers of a black coat to begin to fmell a rat ...
... round , to cool their victuals by faying a long grace for them before dinner , I would not have introduced a fingle quadruped ; because I know how dangerous it is for any of the profound admirers of a black coat to begin to fmell a rat ...
Page 105
... round ftones , the outfides of which " are filled up with mortar , thrown << by the hand against them , in the " fame manner that boys pelt each " other with dirt , but the infides are " quite " quite rough , which leaves excellent ( 6 ...
... round ftones , the outfides of which " are filled up with mortar , thrown << by the hand against them , in the " fame manner that boys pelt each " other with dirt , but the infides are " quite " quite rough , which leaves excellent ( 6 ...
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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