Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... officers of the holy council were attending in their places . The prisoner was placed behind a bar at the foot of the table between the messengers who brought him in , and having made his obeisance to the awful presence in the most ...
... officers of the holy council were attending in their places . The prisoner was placed behind a bar at the foot of the table between the messengers who brought him in , and having made his obeisance to the awful presence in the most ...
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... at an event they were in no degree pre- pared for , not having received any intimation of a war . He found the officers in general , and the pas sengers without exception , under the most horrid impressions of 14 NICOLAS PEDROSA .
... at an event they were in no degree pre- pared for , not having received any intimation of a war . He found the officers in general , and the pas sengers without exception , under the most horrid impressions of 14 NICOLAS PEDROSA .
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... officer , saw humanity , valour , and generous pity so strongly charactered in his youthful features , that the conviction was irresist- ible . " Will he not accept my sword ? " cried the Spaniard . " He desires you to wear it , till he ...
... officer , saw humanity , valour , and generous pity so strongly charactered in his youthful features , that the conviction was irresist- ible . " Will he not accept my sword ? " cried the Spaniard . " He desires you to wear it , till he ...
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... officer in the stern - sheets , and the crew in their white shirts and velvet caps , to escort the governor and the ship's captain on board the frigate , which lay with her sails to the mast awaiting their arrival ; the accommoda- tion ...
... officer in the stern - sheets , and the crew in their white shirts and velvet caps , to escort the governor and the ship's captain on board the frigate , which lay with her sails to the mast awaiting their arrival ; the accommoda- tion ...
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... officer commanding on board , instantly dispatched the mid- shipman , who attended him , to the barge with direc tions to make the best of his way back to the frigate and deliver it to the lieutenant : Then turning to the messenger , he ...
... officer commanding on board , instantly dispatched the mid- shipman , who attended him , to the barge with direc tions to make the best of his way back to the frigate and deliver it to the lieutenant : Then turning to the messenger , he ...
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