Men and Manners in Britain: Or, A Bone to Gnaw for the Trollopes, Fidlers, &c. Being Notes from a Journal, on Sea and on Land, in 1833-4Wiley & Long, 1834 - 187 páginas |
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... give up the dead that are in her . If you have a friend in the world whom you wish bet- ter than another , if he wants to see Liverpool , tell him to wait for the George Washington , Captain Holdredge and crew . We are now nine days out ...
... give up the dead that are in her . If you have a friend in the world whom you wish bet- ter than another , if he wants to see Liverpool , tell him to wait for the George Washington , Captain Holdredge and crew . We are now nine days out ...
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... give as much as you please , but not less than one shilling to each . In fifty miles more the same beggarly farce is acted over again . Between London and Liverpool , 200 miles , I paid twelve shillings sterling to guards and drivers ...
... give as much as you please , but not less than one shilling to each . In fifty miles more the same beggarly farce is acted over again . Between London and Liverpool , 200 miles , I paid twelve shillings sterling to guards and drivers ...
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... give his name , I shall know how to take my measures . " Here he was again drowned by the hears , the bahs , the hurrahs , and a universal laugh , in which the speaker of the house , the clerks , door - keepers and strangers joined . In ...
... give his name , I shall know how to take my measures . " Here he was again drowned by the hears , the bahs , the hurrahs , and a universal laugh , in which the speaker of the house , the clerks , door - keepers and strangers joined . In ...
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... give twenty guineas to see all the kings in Christendom . Ah , says he , you are a true Scot . On the whole , I thought the speakers in the House of Commons were very com- mon - place speakers , not to be compared ( in my opinion ) with ...
... give twenty guineas to see all the kings in Christendom . Ah , says he , you are a true Scot . On the whole , I thought the speakers in the House of Commons were very com- mon - place speakers , not to be compared ( in my opinion ) with ...
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... give up the profits of his own profession for the sake of serving the public ; and men without principle , knowing the uncertain tenor by which they hold their office , will make the most of it , ( as many of them have done , ) and so ...
... give up the profits of his own profession for the sake of serving the public ; and men without principle , knowing the uncertain tenor by which they hold their office , will make the most of it , ( as many of them have done , ) and so ...
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