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... keep himself on the fpot , where alone he could hope for an opportunity of obtaining a more advantageous fituation . Thefe particulars were precisely fuch as the noble lord defired ; and he immediately began to prepare them for the ...
... keep himself on the fpot , where alone he could hope for an opportunity of obtaining a more advantageous fituation . Thefe particulars were precisely fuch as the noble lord defired ; and he immediately began to prepare them for the ...
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... keep my fecret as you tender your own life : doft thou know the name and condition of the lady , whom thou haft delivered ? " Nicholas affured him he did not , and his excellency proceeded as follows- " Then I tell thee , Nicholas , it ...
... keep my fecret as you tender your own life : doft thou know the name and condition of the lady , whom thou haft delivered ? " Nicholas affured him he did not , and his excellency proceeded as follows- " Then I tell thee , Nicholas , it ...
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... keep both themfelves and contention alive , In compaffion , good Sir ! give them fomething to fay , And your Honor's Petitioners ever fhall pray . ODE . On a LARK perifhing at Sea . Written during a Storm in February 1775 . ( Never ...
... keep both themfelves and contention alive , In compaffion , good Sir ! give them fomething to fay , And your Honor's Petitioners ever fhall pray . ODE . On a LARK perifhing at Sea . Written during a Storm in February 1775 . ( Never ...
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... keep no English gentlemen company ; becaufe , firft and foremost , they spend there money at no rate , and I do not defire fuch converfation , because I know it argi- ' fies nothing , and their pretences to friendship is nothing but ...
... keep no English gentlemen company ; becaufe , firft and foremost , they spend there money at no rate , and I do not defire fuch converfation , because I know it argi- ' fies nothing , and their pretences to friendship is nothing but ...
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... difmally afraid of fpirits and of things walking , because he cannot speak a bit of Latin : and , for my own part , I refolve ( as the faying is ) to keep only the best of company C 2 ( 35 ) officer; the fecond was a rope-dancer; ...
... difmally afraid of fpirits and of things walking , because he cannot speak a bit of Latin : and , for my own part , I refolve ( as the faying is ) to keep only the best of company C 2 ( 35 ) officer; the fecond was a rope-dancer; ...
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Page 14 - than I can say ; I never remember any weather that was not too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Page 95 - Though art's hid caufes are not found, All is not fweet, all is not found. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes fimplicity a grace ; Robes loofely flowing, hair as free : Such fweet neglecT: more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art ; They ftrike mine eyes, but not my heart.
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Page 122 - ... that he communicated to me afterwards a method of curing corns by applying a piece of oiled silk.
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Page 22 - I humbly pray your excellency,' answered the prisoner, ' to recollect that anger is a short madness, and I hope allowances will be made by your holy council for words spoken in haste to a rebellious mule : the prophet Balaam was thrown off his guard with a simple ass, and what is an ass compared to a mule : if your excellency had seen the lovely creature that was screaming in...