The Adviser: Or, The Moral and Literary Tribunal ...sold, 1803 |
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Side 9
... half . He felt himself not a little gratified at being thought worthy of receiving the nobleman's words through a strainer , in the shape of a coat duster , and went on his way rejoicing . Not so a little snappish bookseller in a provin ...
... half . He felt himself not a little gratified at being thought worthy of receiving the nobleman's words through a strainer , in the shape of a coat duster , and went on his way rejoicing . Not so a little snappish bookseller in a provin ...
Side 39
... half averted from my father , and , during the discourse , which he almost wholly monopolized , continually slapped his hand on that part of his black - leathern small clothes which concealed the major portion of his posteriors , as if ...
... half averted from my father , and , during the discourse , which he almost wholly monopolized , continually slapped his hand on that part of his black - leathern small clothes which concealed the major portion of his posteriors , as if ...
Side 56
... half which I remained at this blessed seminary , I lost what little classical litera- ture I had before possessed , and gained , as a compensation , an awkward , shy , boor- ish sheepishness of manners , sly downcast look , and a petty ...
... half which I remained at this blessed seminary , I lost what little classical litera- ture I had before possessed , and gained , as a compensation , an awkward , shy , boor- ish sheepishness of manners , sly downcast look , and a petty ...
Side 57
... eloquence , as it is well known , when I served the office of church - warden , I have spoken , for a matter of two minutes and a half , upon lettering the church buckets ; and have , " " once or twice in my life , speechified it a 57.
... eloquence , as it is well known , when I served the office of church - warden , I have spoken , for a matter of two minutes and a half , upon lettering the church buckets ; and have , " " once or twice in my life , speechified it a 57.
Side 81
... half a stone's throw from me . The guide said , that , if I was not afraid of being let down by ropes , I might have a still finer view of it . As I had never experienced the satisfaction of being suspended by hemp , I readily agreed ...
... half a stone's throw from me . The guide said , that , if I was not afraid of being let down by ropes , I might have a still finer view of it . As I had never experienced the satisfaction of being suspended by hemp , I readily agreed ...
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