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Pagina 28
... streets in little covered rooms by a couple of porters who are hired for that service . Their dress 30 is likewise very barbarous , for they almost strangle them- selves about the neck , and bind their bodies with many liga- tures ...
... streets in little covered rooms by a couple of porters who are hired for that service . Their dress 30 is likewise very barbarous , for they almost strangle them- selves about the neck , and bind their bodies with many liga- tures ...
Pagina 29
... streets , and are as proud of it as if it was of their own growth . " We were invited to one of their public diversions , where we hoped to have seen the great men of their country run- ning down a stag or pitching a bar , that we might ...
... streets , and are as proud of it as if it was of their own growth . " We were invited to one of their public diversions , where we hoped to have seen the great men of their country run- ning down a stag or pitching a bar , that we might ...
Pagina 87
... a body of Smiglesians half the length of High - street , till they had dispersed themselves for shelter into their respective garrisons . This humour , I find , went very far in VARIOUS WAYS OF MANAGING A DEBATE . 87.
... a body of Smiglesians half the length of High - street , till they had dispersed themselves for shelter into their respective garrisons . This humour , I find , went very far in VARIOUS WAYS OF MANAGING A DEBATE . 87.
Pagina 91
... street , for an hour together , with the twanking of a brass - kettle or a frying - pan . The watchman's thump at midnight startles us in our beds as much as the breaking in of a thief . The sow - gelder's horn has indeed something ...
... street , for an hour together , with the twanking of a brass - kettle or a frying - pan . The watchman's thump at midnight startles us in our beds as much as the breaking in of a thief . The sow - gelder's horn has indeed something ...
Pagina 92
Joseph Addison. of them never to come into the street where he lived but what was the effect of this contract ? why ... streets in turnip season ; and which are more inexcusable , because these are wares which are in no danger of cooling ...
Joseph Addison. of them never to come into the street where he lived but what was the effect of this contract ? why ... streets in turnip season ; and which are more inexcusable , because these are wares which are in no danger of cooling ...
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