The Adventurer: Volume the First [-second].J. Payne, at Pope's Head in Pater-noster row, 1788 |
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... fhall give them . NOR does he fear that this boaft fhould draw upon him the imputation of arrogance or of vanity ; for the Knight when he challenged an army , was not thought either arrogant or vain ; and yet as every challenge is a ...
... fhall give them . NOR does he fear that this boaft fhould draw upon him the imputation of arrogance or of vanity ; for the Knight when he challenged an army , was not thought either arrogant or vain ; and yet as every challenge is a ...
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... fhall do , and of what we have done . A boaft when we enter the lifts , is a defiance of danger ; it claims attention , and it raises expectation but a boaft when we re- turn , is only an exultation in safety , and a de- mand of praise ...
... fhall do , and of what we have done . A boaft when we enter the lifts , is a defiance of danger ; it claims attention , and it raises expectation but a boaft when we re- turn , is only an exultation in safety , and a de- mand of praise ...
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... fhall be united that is either the delight or aftonishment of the prefent age I have not only ranfacked the fairs . of Bartholomew and Southwark , but picked up every uncommon animal , every amazing prodigy of nature , and every ...
... fhall be united that is either the delight or aftonishment of the prefent age I have not only ranfacked the fairs . of Bartholomew and Southwark , but picked up every uncommon animal , every amazing prodigy of nature , and every ...
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... fhall call my entertainment by the name of HARLEQUIN HERCULES . In the original ftory , as a prelude to his future victories , we are told that HERCULES ftrangled two ferpents in the cradle : I fhall therefore open with this ...
... fhall call my entertainment by the name of HARLEQUIN HERCULES . In the original ftory , as a prelude to his future victories , we are told that HERCULES ftrangled two ferpents in the cradle : I fhall therefore open with this ...
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... fhall arm him , in conformity to his character , with a huge cork club . 1 THE firft labour is the killing the Nemean Lion , who , in imitation of the fable , fhall drop from an oiled - paper moon . We have been long accustomed to ...
... fhall arm him , in conformity to his character , with a huge cork club . 1 THE firft labour is the killing the Nemean Lion , who , in imitation of the fable , fhall drop from an oiled - paper moon . We have been long accustomed to ...
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