The Miseries of Human Life, Or, The Groans of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy: With a Few Supplementary Sighs from Mrs. Testy : in Twelve DialoguesWilliam Miller, 1807 - 220 pages |
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Page 38
... door of a meeting - house , in a poor country town , on a wet week - day - having before . your eyes the depressing spectacle of a handful of dried - up old maids , with sallow hatchet faces , in rumpled , faded , old - fashioned little ...
... door of a meeting - house , in a poor country town , on a wet week - day - having before . your eyes the depressing spectacle of a handful of dried - up old maids , with sallow hatchet faces , in rumpled , faded , old - fashioned little ...
Page 42
... doors . Sen. Yes , truly , my dear friend : I , for my part , have been sporting , and dancing , and singing , with tears in my eyes , ever since we parted ; and have brought you a pocket full of pains , composed entirely of pleasures ...
... doors . Sen. Yes , truly , my dear friend : I , for my part , have been sporting , and dancing , and singing , with tears in my eyes , ever since we parted ; and have brought you a pocket full of pains , composed entirely of pleasures ...
Page 45
... door amusements ; ❞ — one Groan for every princi- pal field - sport may serve for a sample : - sportsmen could produce a thousand more ; but all men are not sportsmen ; and we , you know , have only to do with general Miseries— the ...
... door amusements ; ❞ — one Groan for every princi- pal field - sport may serve for a sample : - sportsmen could produce a thousand more ; but all men are not sportsmen ; and we , you know , have only to do with general Miseries— the ...
Page 54
... door to open under your feet . 27. ( T. ) A pack of cards which stick so abominably in dealing , that you unavoidably throw out three or four at once , and so lose your time , your patience , and the deal . Sen. Music ? 28. ( S. ) To be ...
... door to open under your feet . 27. ( T. ) A pack of cards which stick so abominably in dealing , that you unavoidably throw out three or four at once , and so lose your time , your patience , and the deal . Sen. Music ? 28. ( S. ) To be ...
Page 56
... door , ) is devouring the last corner of the paper . Ned Tes . " Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus " Tam cari capitis ? " 35. ( T. ) HOR . In fitting a drawing to its frame , becoming so tired of your own timidity in paring the paper ...
... door , ) is devouring the last corner of the paper . Ned Tes . " Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus " Tam cari capitis ? " 35. ( T. ) HOR . In fitting a drawing to its frame , becoming so tired of your own timidity in paring the paper ...
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