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... ftand that she rightly gueffed the situation of his mind ; this at once drew from him a confeffion of his love and his defpair - of the former he spoke little and with no difplay ; he neither fought to recommend his paffion , or excite ...
... ftand that she rightly gueffed the situation of his mind ; this at once drew from him a confeffion of his love and his defpair - of the former he spoke little and with no difplay ; he neither fought to recommend his paffion , or excite ...
Page 58
... ftand was by the aforefaid Greeks called " Orama , by the Latins Vifio , or as we might say " a vifion ; in this cafe take notice you may be " afleep , or you may be awake , or neither , or << as it were between both ; your eyes may be ...
... ftand was by the aforefaid Greeks called " Orama , by the Latins Vifio , or as we might say " a vifion ; in this cafe take notice you may be " afleep , or you may be awake , or neither , or << as it were between both ; your eyes may be ...
Page 97
... ftand in need of Gorgon to paint scenes , which we can act better than he describes neither do we want his effigy of a man under the gallows to remind us of what we must all come to . Your's , CROOK - FINGERED JACK . VOL . V. H The The ...
... ftand in need of Gorgon to paint scenes , which we can act better than he describes neither do we want his effigy of a man under the gallows to remind us of what we must all come to . Your's , CROOK - FINGERED JACK . VOL . V. H The The ...
Page 190
... ftand here before you for no worse CC a crime , than that of cudgelling a refractory « mule ; an animal fo reftive in its nature , ( un- " der correction of your holiness be it spoken ) " that although I were bleft with the forbearance ...
... ftand here before you for no worse CC a crime , than that of cudgelling a refractory « mule ; an animal fo reftive in its nature , ( un- " der correction of your holiness be it spoken ) " that although I were bleft with the forbearance ...
Page 197
... ftand by me " this once , and be friends for ever ! thou art in << good cafe , and if thou wilt put thy best foot " foremost , like a faithful beaft , thou shalt not " want for barley by the way . " . The bargain was foon ftruck between ...
... ftand by me " this once , and be friends for ever ! thou art in << good cafe , and if thou wilt put thy best foot " foremost , like a faithful beaft , thou shalt not " want for barley by the way . " . The bargain was foon ftruck between ...
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