The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, that Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, Том 1Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott James Ridgway, 1799 Being an impartial selection of the most exquisite essays and jeux d'esprits, principally prose, that appear in the newspapers and other publications. |
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... asked him if he knew who he was ? " O yes , " replied the Minifter , " perfectly well ; you are the tame magpye that flew out of Sheridan's parlour into Lord Hawkesbury's pantry + . " Upon this , poor Mr. Canning fell a crying , and ...
... asked him if he knew who he was ? " O yes , " replied the Minifter , " perfectly well ; you are the tame magpye that flew out of Sheridan's parlour into Lord Hawkesbury's pantry + . " Upon this , poor Mr. Canning fell a crying , and ...
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... asked him if he was afraid to die . The Minifter made no answer , but only fhook his head , and wept . The Divine was exceedingly moved to obferve fuch fymptoms of apprehenfion , and began to inquire if any thing troubled his confcience ...
... asked him if he was afraid to die . The Minifter made no answer , but only fhook his head , and wept . The Divine was exceedingly moved to obferve fuch fymptoms of apprehenfion , and began to inquire if any thing troubled his confcience ...
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... asked Mr. Pitt if he would join in the Lord's prayer . But the Premier , mistaking his meaning , warmly anfwered , that he hoped neither Lords nor Com- mons would join in any prayer or remonftrance without his confent . The right ...
... asked Mr. Pitt if he would join in the Lord's prayer . But the Premier , mistaking his meaning , warmly anfwered , that he hoped neither Lords nor Com- mons would join in any prayer or remonftrance without his confent . The right ...
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... asked him , why he had not brought a hamper of wine with the reft of his luggage ? when another archly obferved , that he fuppofed he had been refused a permit ! The wretched Premier , aggravated aggravated by thefe multiplied ...
... asked him , why he had not brought a hamper of wine with the reft of his luggage ? when another archly obferved , that he fuppofed he had been refused a permit ! The wretched Premier , aggravated aggravated by thefe multiplied ...
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... asked him , if the red men had killed them , as they did fome of the tribe of Comeringal in our country ; and to my great aftonishment , he told me , that the red men had left all these mischievous men juft as they were , and had gone ...
... asked him , if the red men had killed them , as they did fome of the tribe of Comeringal in our country ; and to my great aftonishment , he told me , that the red men had left all these mischievous men juft as they were , and had gone ...
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