Scrapeana. Fugitive miscellanyJohn CROFT (S.A.S.) 1792 |
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... town , enlarged mightily on the first part of the text , Have patience , & c . Now , fays he , I fhould come to the fecond part , and I will pay you all ; but having preft too long on your patience , I must leave that till the next ...
... town , enlarged mightily on the first part of the text , Have patience , & c . Now , fays he , I fhould come to the fecond part , and I will pay you all ; but having preft too long on your patience , I must leave that till the next ...
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... town , London , was afked to take a hand at cards , fhe replied , fhe could not play wifk , but had no objection to kadril . A party fat down . The Alderman's Lady hap pened to be the eldeft hand and began with " I ax ; " the fecond ...
... town , London , was afked to take a hand at cards , fhe replied , fhe could not play wifk , but had no objection to kadril . A party fat down . The Alderman's Lady hap pened to be the eldeft hand and began with " I ax ; " the fecond ...
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... town near Naples , where he found the wine fo excel- lent , that he asked the name of it , and was told it was called Lachrimæ Chrifti ; on which , fall . ing down before a crucifix that was in the room , he uttered this exclamation ...
... town near Naples , where he found the wine fo excel- lent , that he asked the name of it , and was told it was called Lachrimæ Chrifti ; on which , fall . ing down before a crucifix that was in the room , he uttered this exclamation ...
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... town on purpofe to fee Orpheus ; when unluckily his fpurs got entangled in a lady's petty coat , fhe replied , " and Eu - rid - i - ce . " + On its being faid that the Rev. Mr. was not an able divine : " Yes , he is , " replied an old ...
... town on purpofe to fee Orpheus ; when unluckily his fpurs got entangled in a lady's petty coat , fhe replied , " and Eu - rid - i - ce . " + On its being faid that the Rev. Mr. was not an able divine : " Yes , he is , " replied an old ...
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... towns to which they belong , they addreffed one another as Monfieur Paris , Monfieur Lyons , Monfieur Marseilles , & c . when the toaft came to George's turn , being an Englishman and taking him for one of the trade , they faluted him ...
... towns to which they belong , they addreffed one another as Monfieur Paris , Monfieur Lyons , Monfieur Marseilles , & c . when the toaft came to George's turn , being an Englishman and taking him for one of the trade , they faluted him ...
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