The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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Page 77
... John's patent - hunting head would have ordered it . Two days after , John went into the cellar himself , to draw a pint of fmall beer . When John found he was either hungry or thirsty , he was never above helping himself . - John had ...
... John's patent - hunting head would have ordered it . Two days after , John went into the cellar himself , to draw a pint of fmall beer . When John found he was either hungry or thirsty , he was never above helping himself . - John had ...
Page 80
... John's feelings , he formed the bloodi- eft scheme of revenge that ever en- tered into a chriftian's heart or head ... John , not doubting but the fiell of the straw , which he fuppofed they had been fucking , for the fake of the favour ...
... John's feelings , he formed the bloodi- eft scheme of revenge that ever en- tered into a chriftian's heart or head ... John , not doubting but the fiell of the straw , which he fuppofed they had been fucking , for the fake of the favour ...
Page 85
... John's courage was shewn in an ambufcade , and planned and executed ( not by fix fhips alone , as Vernon did , ) but by himself alone : -now Agamemnon was reproached for never daring to take a part in one . But to the quotation . “ On ...
... John's courage was shewn in an ambufcade , and planned and executed ( not by fix fhips alone , as Vernon did , ) but by himself alone : -now Agamemnon was reproached for never daring to take a part in one . But to the quotation . “ On ...
Page 103
... a difh of coffee . - I was fnug in John's pocket . We were no fooner feated , but a gentleman in the next box , conclud- ed a sentence with the word Scot- land . " Now H 4 " Now you talk of Scotland , " fays his [ 103 ] сн ...
... a difh of coffee . - I was fnug in John's pocket . We were no fooner feated , but a gentleman in the next box , conclud- ed a sentence with the word Scot- land . " Now H 4 " Now you talk of Scotland , " fays his [ 103 ] сн ...
Page 122
... John's fenfe of smelling exceeded moft two - legg'd hounds ; in confequence of which , this qualification directed him imme- diately to a drawer , where he unken- nelled his ham - bone ; -John had for- got it , which made him fleep fo ...
... John's fenfe of smelling exceeded moft two - legg'd hounds ; in confequence of which , this qualification directed him imme- diately to a drawer , where he unken- nelled his ham - bone ; -John had for- got it , which made him fleep fo ...
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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