The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... she is a mighty genteel woman , cap- " tain . " " I believe fhe's a fwift fai- " ler , " fays the captain , " because she " keeps company with her drag - fail " over - board ( meaning her train , ) but a fudden fquall , I've a notion ...
... she is a mighty genteel woman , cap- " tain . " " I believe fhe's a fwift fai- " ler , " fays the captain , " because she " keeps company with her drag - fail " over - board ( meaning her train , ) but a fudden fquall , I've a notion ...
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... She never beheld " fuch a harrabel looking fellar . " Mr. Pepper - box , the filver - fmith , said , " Let him be what countryman he " would , he plainly perceived , he " wanted a great deal of refining . " The feller of ftoves and ...
... She never beheld " fuch a harrabel looking fellar . " Mr. Pepper - box , the filver - fmith , said , " Let him be what countryman he " would , he plainly perceived , he " wanted a great deal of refining . " The feller of ftoves and ...
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... She was fure his face had never " been clear - ftarched . " Mr. Tripple- ftamp , the attorney , declared , " He " never faw a piece of parchment fo " vilely indented . " And Pinchbeck faid , " He could not guess what me- " tal he was ...
... She was fure his face had never " been clear - ftarched . " Mr. Tripple- ftamp , the attorney , declared , " He " never faw a piece of parchment fo " vilely indented . " And Pinchbeck faid , " He could not guess what me- " tal he was ...
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... she smelt that it was very well fmoaked with wood , and , therefore , needed none of John's fulphureous sea - coal smoke ; on which fhe replaced it in the cask again , and buried it fnug under ftraw , to imbibe a little of the mofture ...
... she smelt that it was very well fmoaked with wood , and , therefore , needed none of John's fulphureous sea - coal smoke ; on which fhe replaced it in the cask again , and buried it fnug under ftraw , to imbibe a little of the mofture ...
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... she gave her confent , the fin would be half her own but to let her keep praying , and turning up the whites of her eyes all the time , as if she was do- ing a godly action , whilft he knew the devil was close at both their elbows , is ...
... she gave her confent , the fin would be half her own but to let her keep praying , and turning up the whites of her eyes all the time , as if she was do- ing a godly action , whilft he knew the devil was close at both their elbows , is ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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