Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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Side 3
... , if any such might occur , for helping him out of the dismal limbo he was in : He was not long to seek for the cause of his misfortune ; T his adventure with the barefooted friars was a ready solution NIICOLAS PEDROSA .
... , if any such might occur , for helping him out of the dismal limbo he was in : He was not long to seek for the cause of his misfortune ; T his adventure with the barefooted friars was a ready solution NIICOLAS PEDROSA .
Side 19
... misfortune hath befallen my Leonora ! " surely she cannot have offended him and forfeited 66 his favour . " - " As I know him not , " replied the Captain , " I can form no judgment of his mo- " tives ; but this I know , that if a man's ...
... misfortune hath befallen my Leonora ! " surely she cannot have offended him and forfeited 66 his favour . " - " As I know him not , " replied the Captain , " I can form no judgment of his mo- " tives ; but this I know , that if a man's ...
Side 6
... misfortune , and each advised a different application ; one recommended oil , another water , but all agreed that wine was best for drawing out the fire ; and a glass of sherry was brought me from the sideboard , which I snatched up ...
... misfortune , and each advised a different application ; one recommended oil , another water , but all agreed that wine was best for drawing out the fire ; and a glass of sherry was brought me from the sideboard , which I snatched up ...
Side 1
... misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention ; are enlarged upon in tones of declamation ; and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers : the great , under the pressure of calamity , are conscious of sev ...
... misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention ; are enlarged upon in tones of declamation ; and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers : the great , under the pressure of calamity , are conscious of sev ...
Side 2
... misfortunes and hardships , whose greatest calamity was that of being unable to visit a certain spot of earth , to which they had foolishly attached an idea of happiness ! Their distresses were pleasures , compared to what many of the ...
... misfortunes and hardships , whose greatest calamity was that of being unable to visit a certain spot of earth , to which they had foolishly attached an idea of happiness ! Their distresses were pleasures , compared to what many of 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...