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Page 76
... see me the oftener . " By this time , we were arrived as high as would permit us to afcend , till we came t was facetioufly pleafed to call the first floor chimney ; and , knocking at the door , a voi Scotch accent , from within ...
... see me the oftener . " By this time , we were arrived as high as would permit us to afcend , till we came t was facetioufly pleafed to call the first floor chimney ; and , knocking at the door , a voi Scotch accent , from within ...
Page 89
... seeing them ; vifits them from habit , and parts from them with reluctance . From hence proceeds the avarice of the old in every kind of poffeffion : they love the world , and all that it produces ; they love life and all its advantages ...
... seeing them ; vifits them from habit , and parts from them with reluctance . From hence proceeds the avarice of the old in every kind of poffeffion : they love the world , and all that it produces ; they love life and all its advantages ...
Page 97
... See how The's dreffed , as fine as hands and pins can make her , while her two marriageable daughters , like " bunters in ftuff gowns , are now taking fixpenny- " worth of tea at the White - conduit - house . Odius 66 ་ ་ " 6 16 pufs ...
... See how The's dreffed , as fine as hands and pins can make her , while her two marriageable daughters , like " bunters in ftuff gowns , are now taking fixpenny- " worth of tea at the White - conduit - house . Odius 66 ་ ་ " 6 16 pufs ...
Page 109
... seeing better com- pany while young , and of fooner wearing off those prejudices young men are apt to imbibe even in the best regulated universities , and which may be juftly termed the vulgar errors of the wife . Yet , with all thefe ...
... seeing better com- pany while young , and of fooner wearing off those prejudices young men are apt to imbibe even in the best regulated universities , and which may be juftly termed the vulgar errors of the wife . Yet , with all thefe ...
Page 124
... See , my very friends have fcarce " manhood enough to fit it till eleven ; and I only " am left to make a night on't . Pr'ythee do me the " favour to confole me a little for their abfence , by the ftory of your own adventures , or the ...
... See , my very friends have fcarce " manhood enough to fit it till eleven ; and I only " am left to make a night on't . Pr'ythee do me the " favour to confole me a little for their abfence , by the ftory of your own adventures , or the ...
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Page 170 - Frenchmen : we had no arms ; but one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time : so we went down to the door, where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence, nine of us ran together to the quay...
Page xi - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.