The Lounger: A Periodical Paper, Volume 2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1787 |
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... fure enough I found fome of my acquaintance in it , ( for I am the only reader among us ) , and fo I fhall tell Mr John Homespun when I meet him . Only think of a VOL . II . A man man come to his years to go to put himself.
... fure enough I found fome of my acquaintance in it , ( for I am the only reader among us ) , and fo I fhall tell Mr John Homespun when I meet him . Only think of a VOL . II . A man man come to his years to go to put himself.
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A Periodical Paper. man come to his years to go to put himself and his neighbours into print in the manner he has done . But I dare to fay it is all out of fpite and envy at our having grown fo fuddenly rich , by my brother's good ...
A Periodical Paper. man come to his years to go to put himself and his neighbours into print in the manner he has done . But I dare to fay it is all out of fpite and envy at our having grown fo fuddenly rich , by my brother's good ...
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... himself before company . He fought hard . for his pipe and his fpit - box ; but my fifter - in- law would not fuffer the new window - curtains and chair - covers to be put up till he had given over both . And , what do you think , Sir ...
... himself before company . He fought hard . for his pipe and his fpit - box ; but my fifter - in- law would not fuffer the new window - curtains and chair - covers to be put up till he had given over both . And , what do you think , Sir ...
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... himself , ill - treat his friends , and whip all the children round ; and that he was obliged to change his fervants every half - year , except one old crofs devil of a cook- maid , whom she kept to vex and plague him . The lady being ...
... himself , ill - treat his friends , and whip all the children round ; and that he was obliged to change his fervants every half - year , except one old crofs devil of a cook- maid , whom she kept to vex and plague him . The lady being ...
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... himself in the negative ; and clearing his voice with a hem , hobbled out of court in a step fomewhat firmer than that in which he entered , faying , No body could tell which of them might have the benefit of furvivorship . The next ...
... himself in the negative ; and clearing his voice with a hem , hobbled out of court in a step fomewhat firmer than that in which he entered , faying , No body could tell which of them might have the benefit of furvivorship . The next ...
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