Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... letter , which the alguazil had overlooked , and which his patient Donna Leon- ora de Casafonda had given him in charge to deliver as directed " Well , well , " cried he , " let it pass ; " there can be no mystery in this harmless ...
... letter , which the alguazil had overlooked , and which his patient Donna Leon- ora de Casafonda had given him in charge to deliver as directed " Well , well , " cried he , " let it pass ; " there can be no mystery in this harmless ...
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... letters , for that the ho ly fathers were in council and demanded him for ex- amination . " This is something extraordinary , ' quoth the tormentor , " I should not have expec ed 22 The " it this twelvemonth to come . " Pedrosa's A 3 ...
... letters , for that the ho ly fathers were in council and demanded him for ex- amination . " This is something extraordinary , ' quoth the tormentor , " I should not have expec ed 22 The " it this twelvemonth to come . " Pedrosa's A 3 ...
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... letter we have before måde mention of : The secretary took it , and by command of the court read as follows : Senor Don Manuel de Herrera , When this letter , which I send by Nicolas Pedrosa , shall reach your hands , you shall know ...
... letter we have before måde mention of : The secretary took it , and by command of the court read as follows : Senor Don Manuel de Herrera , When this letter , which I send by Nicolas Pedrosa , shall reach your hands , you shall know ...
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... letters into Spain , which Don Manuel should be advised to write to his lady and friends at Madrid , and to wait their ... letter from Leonora opened all the horrible transaction to the wretched husband : - The guilty hand of an expiring ...
... letters into Spain , which Don Manuel should be advised to write to his lady and friends at Madrid , and to wait their ... letter from Leonora opened all the horrible transaction to the wretched husband : - The guilty hand of an expiring ...
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... letters came to hand from the British Minister at Lisbon , in answer to a memo- rial , that I should have stated to have been drawn up by the friendly Captain before his departure from that port , with a detail of facts deposed and ...
... letters came to hand from the British Minister at Lisbon , in answer to a memo- rial , that I should have stated to have been drawn up by the friendly Captain before his departure from that port , with a detail of facts deposed and ...
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ADVENTURES alguazil BAGPIPER Balaam beast boatswain bottle British call'd called captain Casafonda CHAMPANTE & WHITROW cheerful cried dinner doctor Dumpling Dick Edmonton EDWARD PERCIVAL MERRITT eyes FAMILIAR PIECES father fellow forceps frigate hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hast heart holy honour husband Igad inquisidor Inquisition Jewry-street John Gilpin king knave KNOTT Lady Fanny Shirely laugh leathern Leonora letter Lisbon live Lombard-street Madrid magistrate master merry mind misfortunes mule never Nicolas de Tolentino Nicolas Pedrosa Nicolas's night nutmeg Palace-street parish pity your soul poor PRINTED BY G prison prize Quito quoth Nicolas replied Nicolas replied Pedrosa ride Saint Nicolas shame shepherd ship Sir John Sir Thomas soldier soon sooner Spain Spaniard Spanish Splendid Shilling stop sure Tagus tell thee thing tion tongue town walk whilst wife wine wretch Xenophon zounds
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Page 2 - My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue !) An horrid chasm disclose, with orifice Wide, discontinuous ; at which the winds Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
Page 4 - I whipped the pudding into my mouth, hot as a burning coal. It was impossible to conceal my agony; my eyes were starting from their sockets. At last, in spite of shame and resolution, I was obliged to drop the cause of torment on my plate. Sir Thomas and the ladies all compassionated my misfortune, and each advised a different application. One recommended oil, another water; but all agreed that wine was best for drawing out fire; and a glass of sherry was brought me from the sideboard, which I snatched...
Page 1 - I fell upon my knees, begged his worship's pardon, and began to give a full account of all that I knew of my breed, seed, and generation; but, though I gave a very...