The Nic-nac: Or, Literary Cabinet, Volum 1T. Wallis, 1823 |
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... person convicted of coining to swallow the base metal in a state of fusion ! $ Women , for coining and destroying their husbands , were formerly burnt alive , as was the case of Mary Nor- wood , for poisoning her husband , at Axbridge ...
... person convicted of coining to swallow the base metal in a state of fusion ! $ Women , for coining and destroying their husbands , were formerly burnt alive , as was the case of Mary Nor- wood , for poisoning her husband , at Axbridge ...
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... person . The Archbishop had re- ceived a considerable sum that very day , the stranger knew it , and pro- ducing a pistol by way of receipt , the prelate found himself under the necessity of giving up his cash , and by this time ...
... person . The Archbishop had re- ceived a considerable sum that very day , the stranger knew it , and pro- ducing a pistol by way of receipt , the prelate found himself under the necessity of giving up his cash , and by this time ...
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... person named Pruszynoki was pro- ceeding to Leopol on a sledge , drawn by six horses ; in the vicinity of the town ... persons who have been de- prived both of nose and ears by the fiend of frost . A young traveller * Printed and ...
... person named Pruszynoki was pro- ceeding to Leopol on a sledge , drawn by six horses ; in the vicinity of the town ... persons who have been de- prived both of nose and ears by the fiend of frost . A young traveller * Printed and ...
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... person who comes by in a carriage incurs some risk . Should he be disposed to dispnte the pass , after enduring a comfortable portion of blackguard and indecent abuse ( especially if there should hap- pen to be ladies ) , he is perhaps ...
... person who comes by in a carriage incurs some risk . Should he be disposed to dispnte the pass , after enduring a comfortable portion of blackguard and indecent abuse ( especially if there should hap- pen to be ladies ) , he is perhaps ...
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... person who put great faith in them , observed , that some- thing serious was likely to befal him- self , for the night before he had dreamed of lice . Bannister replied that that was not at all wonderful , as people generally dreamed at ...
... person who put great faith in them , observed , that some- thing serious was likely to befal him- self , for the night before he had dreamed of lice . Bannister replied that that was not at all wonderful , as people generally dreamed at ...
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Side 387 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Side 104 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
Side 308 - Network: anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances with interstices between the intersections.
Side 307 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Side 371 - One day a great feast was held, and after dinner the representation of Solomon, his temple, and the coming of the queen of Sheba, was made, or, as I may better say, was meant to have been made before their majesties, by device of the earl of Salisbury and others.
Side 48 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
Side 371 - Queen which had been bestowed on his garments, such as wine, cream, jelly, beverage, cakes, spices and other good matters. The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down, wine did so occupy their upper chambers. Now did appear, in rich dress, Hope...
Side 365 - When a negro is so fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo (17^ carats), much ceremony takes place; he is crowned with a wreath of flowers and carried in procession to the administrator, who gives him his freedom, by paying his owner for it.
Side 279 - ... the different places they had been accustomed to visit ; such as the Bay, the Old Head or Man, the Windmill, &c. at Boulogne ; St. Vallery, and other places on the coast of Picardy ; which they afterwards confirmed, when they viewed them through their telescopes.
Side 171 - The after-part of the day is chiefly spent in dancing round a tall pole, which is called a May-pole ; which, being placed in a convenient part of the village, stands there, as it were, consecrated to the goddess of flowers, without the least violation offered it in the whole circle of the year.