Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... hand , signed and sealed by the inquisidor general , for the conveyance of his body to the Casa , whose formidable door presents itself in the street adjoining to the square , in which Nicolas's brazen basin hung forth the emblem of his ...
... hand , signed and sealed by the inquisidor general , for the conveyance of his body to the Casa , whose formidable door presents itself in the street adjoining to the square , in which Nicolas's brazen basin hung forth the emblem of his ...
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... hands and face were washed , and a short jacket of coarse ticking thrown over him , and the messenger with an assistant taking him each under an arm led him into a spacious chamber , where at the head of a long table sate his excellency ...
... hands and face were washed , and a short jacket of coarse ticking thrown over him , and the messenger with an assistant taking him each under an arm led him into a spacious chamber , where at the head of a long table sate his excellency ...
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... hands , you shall know that I am safely deliver- ed of a lovely boy after a dangerous labour , in considera- tion of which I pray you to pay to the said Nicolas Pedrosa the sum of twenty gold pistoles , which sum his excellency " Hold ...
... hands , you shall know that I am safely deliver- ed of a lovely boy after a dangerous labour , in considera- tion of which I pray you to pay to the said Nicolas Pedrosa the sum of twenty gold pistoles , which sum his excellency " Hold ...
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... hand well filled with doubloons , he bade him be gone about his business , and not see his face again till he had executed his commands . " " Nicolas boulted out of the porch without taking leave of the altar , and never checked his ...
... hand well filled with doubloons , he bade him be gone about his business , and not see his face again till he had executed his commands . " " Nicolas boulted out of the porch without taking leave of the altar , and never checked his ...
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... hands at work , and a few hours brought them near enough to discern that she was a Spanish frigate , and seem- ingly from a long voyage : little Pedrosa , as alert as the rest , stript himself for his work , and repaired to his post in ...
... hands at work , and a few hours brought them near enough to discern that she was a Spanish frigate , and seem- ingly from a long voyage : little Pedrosa , as alert as the rest , stript himself for his work , and repaired to his post in ...
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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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