Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... dinner , not doubting but my new acquirements would enable me to see the ladies with tolerable intrepidity : but alas ! how vain are all the hopes of theory , when unsupport- ed by habitual practice . As I approached the house , dinner ...
... dinner , not doubting but my new acquirements would enable me to see the ladies with tolerable intrepidity : but alas ! how vain are all the hopes of theory , when unsupport- ed by habitual practice . As I approached the house , dinner ...
Side 5
... dinner was served up , and I with joy perceived that the bell , which at first had so alarmed my fears , was only the half hour din- ner bell . In walking through the hall , and suite of apartments to the dining - room , I had time to ...
... dinner was served up , and I with joy perceived that the bell , which at first had so alarmed my fears , was only the half hour din- ner bell . In walking through the hall , and suite of apartments to the dining - room , I had time to ...
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... dinner . " " And what will you have for dinner ? " " Why , I will have a good dinner ; I will have good roast and boil- ed beef , and some carrots and greens ; -and I will have a full pot every day , -and then I will smoke a ipe ...
... dinner . " " And what will you have for dinner ? " " Why , I will have a good dinner ; I will have good roast and boil- ed beef , and some carrots and greens ; -and I will have a full pot every day , -and then I will smoke a ipe ...
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... dinner . No sooner had he said grace , than three wolves came about him ; to one he threw bread , to another cheese , till his provender was all gone . - At length he took up his pipes , and began to play ; at which the wolve all ran ...
... dinner . No sooner had he said grace , than three wolves came about him ; to one he threw bread , to another cheese , till his provender was all gone . - At length he took up his pipes , and began to play ; at which the wolve all ran ...
Side 6
... dinner ! is ready ? " I really don't know , " says one of the company , " I am going to see . " Oh , to sea , are you ! ' say you , I wish you a good voyage .'- Or the -say you what do you think of this business of the Empress and the ...
... dinner ! is ready ? " I really don't know , " says one of the company , " I am going to see . " Oh , to sea , are you ! ' say you , I wish you a good voyage .'- Or the -say you what do you think of this business of the Empress and the ...
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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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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...