The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... As he " never enjoyed any pleasure fo well " as when the fhared it with him , he begged the captain to tell the story " over again : fhe was a woman of < c 2 " quick , " quick conception , and enjoyed it to the full [ 18 ]
... As he " never enjoyed any pleasure fo well " as when the fhared it with him , he begged the captain to tell the story " over again : fhe was a woman of < c 2 " quick , " quick conception , and enjoyed it to the full [ 18 ]
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... 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 ]
... 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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Thomas Bridges. together , and have turned my story into an epigram , by ending it with a point ; but , unluckily , he was not there that evening : I muft , therefore , beg the favour of every reader to please himself , by fubftituting ...
Thomas Bridges. together , and have turned my story into an epigram , by ending it with a point ; but , unluckily , he was not there that evening : I muft , therefore , beg the favour of every reader to please himself , by fubftituting ...
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... story well worked up , of fome pretty inno- cent virgin , that , at laft , in fpite of all her prayers , tears , and intrea- ties , gets fairly ravished ; there he may eafily keep up the reader's at- tention , and make the poor thing ...
... story well worked up , of fome pretty inno- cent virgin , that , at laft , in fpite of all her prayers , tears , and intrea- ties , gets fairly ravished ; there he may eafily keep up the reader's at- tention , and make the poor thing ...
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... story lay in his manner of fcratching it out . - A lawyer , or a juftice of peace fcratches the crown “ of his head as he talks ; a phyfici- " an fcratches his forehead ; a mufi- < l ઃઃ I. " cian cian fcratches his elbow ; a finical ...
... story lay in his manner of fcratching it out . - A lawyer , or a juftice of peace fcratches the crown “ of his head as he talks ; a phyfici- " an fcratches his forehead ; a mufi- < l ઃઃ I. " cian cian fcratches his elbow ; a finical ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ઃઃ againſt anſwer Arrah becauſe captain cauſe Chalcas CHAP Chriftian cloſe converfation Coppernofe daugh dear defire Derbyshire devil Dinah doctor dram eyes face fafe faid fame faſhion fays Sir Patrick fcratch feemed felf fellow fenfe fent fermon fhall fhew fhins fhort fhould fide fince fingle firſt fmall fome foon footman fore fquire ftand ftill ftory ftrange fubject fuch fure gentleman give grocer's wife half hand head Hibernian himſelf honeft houfe houſe huſband inftead inftrument Jafus John John's Johney juſt laft laſt leaft lefs look Ma'am maid Mifs Wryjaws moft moſt muſt myſelf never faw nofe obferving occafion parfon piece pleaſe pleaſure Pray Ratcatch rats reader reafon reaſon rogue ſaid ſay Scotch ſeen ſhall ſhe Shortpint ſmall ſpeak ſtory ſuch taſte tell thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thought tion unleſs uſed weft whilft word worfe
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