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Here's a John for you ! Is it not pitiful ? wondrous pitiful ? that fuch a heart as John's , fhould be tin & tured with cruelty . Who would not laugh , if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep , if John himself is he ? K 2 CHAP .
Here's a John for you ! Is it not pitiful ? wondrous pitiful ? that fuch a heart as John's , fhould be tin & tured with cruelty . Who would not laugh , if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep , if John himself is he ? K 2 CHAP .
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| Title | The Adventures of a Bank-note ... Volume 4 of The Adventures of a Bank-note, Thomas Bridges |
| Author | Thomas Bridges |
| Publisher | T. Davies, 1771 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jan 9, 2007 |
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