Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... SOLDIER . CHARACTER OF A SOT . THE CONTENTED PORTER , by Richardson . AMBASSADOR OF BANTAM'S LETTER . THE CARDS SPIRITUALIZED . A SERMON ON THE WORD MALT . ON QUACKS , by Dr. Goldsmith . PARISH JOBBING . THE ART OF PUNNING . & c ...
... SOLDIER . CHARACTER OF A SOT . THE CONTENTED PORTER , by Richardson . AMBASSADOR OF BANTAM'S LETTER . THE CARDS SPIRITUALIZED . A SERMON ON THE WORD MALT . ON QUACKS , by Dr. Goldsmith . PARISH JOBBING . THE ART OF PUNNING . & c ...
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Prose [No] 1-[2?]. THE DISABLED SOLDIER . BY DR . GOLDSMITH . No observation is more common , and at the same time more true , than , That one half of the world are ignorant how the other half lives . The misfortunes of the ... SOLDIER. ...
Prose [No] 1-[2?]. THE DISABLED SOLDIER . BY DR . GOLDSMITH . No observation is more common , and at the same time more true , than , That one half of the world are ignorant how the other half lives . The misfortunes of the ... SOLDIER. ...
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... soldier , for such he was , though dressed in a sailor's habit , scratching his head , and leaning on his crutch , put himself into an attitude to comply with my re- quest , and gave me his history as follows : As for my misfortunes ...
... soldier , for such he was , though dressed in a sailor's habit , scratching his head , and leaning on his crutch , put himself into an attitude to comply with my re- quest , and gave me his history as follows : As for my misfortunes ...
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... at sessions , found guilty of being poor , and sent up to London to Newgate , in order to be transported as a vaga- bond . People may say this and that of be- 6 ing in jail , but , for my part , Goldsmith . THE DISABLED SOLDIER . 3.
... at sessions , found guilty of being poor , and sent up to London to Newgate , in order to be transported as a vaga- bond . People may say this and that of be- 6 ing in jail , but , for my part , Goldsmith . THE DISABLED SOLDIER . 3.
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