The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... greatest pleasures , but the greatest miferies of life , fpring from fuch trifles as these . What fort of remarks the beau's brains might produce , or what kind kind of ideas the captain's figure might create there , [ 22 ]
... greatest pleasures , but the greatest miferies of life , fpring from fuch trifles as these . What fort of remarks the beau's brains might produce , or what kind kind of ideas the captain's figure might create there , [ 22 ]
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... come by , and fee our tar ; because I was cer- tain one short fentence of his , would contain more than the whole collec- tion of these manufacturing wits put together ; together , and have turned my story into an epigram [ 32 ]
... come by , and fee our tar ; because I was cer- tain one short fentence of his , would contain more than the whole collec- tion of these manufacturing wits put together ; together , and have turned my story into an epigram [ 32 ]
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... three large cuts of the outfide of the firloin , with a leg and the fleshy part of the wing of a hare , to keep them- felves company , till he had time to dispatch dispatch half the pudding after them ; these lay very [ 60 ]
... three large cuts of the outfide of the firloin , with a leg and the fleshy part of the wing of a hare , to keep them- felves company , till he had time to dispatch dispatch half the pudding after them ; these lay very [ 60 ]
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Thomas Bridges. dispatch half the pudding after them ; these lay very contentedly , and were fure to be reinforced with a quarter of a peck of potatoes at night , which , repeated morning , noon , and night , on the week - days , brought ...
Thomas Bridges. dispatch half the pudding after them ; these lay very contentedly , and were fure to be reinforced with a quarter of a peck of potatoes at night , which , repeated morning , noon , and night , on the week - days , brought ...
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Thomas Bridges. CHAP . XI . A dreadful fcheme half executed . OX take these quotations , fay Pox , they are good for nothing I , but to mislead people , and fhew , that the writer is a man of reading ; —if I know where to find John and ...
Thomas Bridges. CHAP . XI . A dreadful fcheme half executed . OX take these quotations , fay Pox , they are good for nothing I , but to mislead people , and fhew , that the writer is a man of reading ; —if I know where to find John and ...
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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