The Comical History of Estevanille Gonzales, Surnamed the Merry FellowW. Mears, and sold, 1735 - 270 pages |
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... better for me to follow his own Profeffion than that of my Father , who , notwithstanding his Reputation , did not die rich , removed me from School , and took me Apprentice to himself . They obliged me at first , as B 2 they they do ...
... better for me to follow his own Profeffion than that of my Father , who , notwithstanding his Reputation , did not die rich , removed me from School , and took me Apprentice to himself . They obliged me at first , as B 2 they they do ...
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... better placed . than with Mafter Damien Carnicero to be- come a good Butcher rather than a good Surgeon , and have been often aftonished that he found Patients mad enough to come under his Hands . As he was pre- poffefs'd in Favour of ...
... better placed . than with Mafter Damien Carnicero to be- come a good Butcher rather than a good Surgeon , and have been often aftonished that he found Patients mad enough to come under his Hands . As he was pre- poffefs'd in Favour of ...
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... better , he made ufe of the Thorns that are in the Tail of a Thorn- back . His Method to ftop Bleeding at the Nofe was very fingular : He made a tranfverfe Incifion from one Angle of the Forehead to the other , or two Incifions in the ...
... better , he made ufe of the Thorns that are in the Tail of a Thorn- back . His Method to ftop Bleeding at the Nofe was very fingular : He made a tranfverfe Incifion from one Angle of the Forehead to the other , or two Incifions in the ...
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... better than to go and finish my Studies at Salamanca , and pass through a Course of Philofophy . I fhall there make the Figure of a Prince ; and it is better for me to profecute this Refo- lution than to follow that villainous Em- ploy ...
... better than to go and finish my Studies at Salamanca , and pass through a Course of Philofophy . I fhall there make the Figure of a Prince ; and it is better for me to profecute this Refo- lution than to follow that villainous Em- ploy ...
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... better Appearance you have laid your Claw upon the old Man's Hoard . You are mistaken in your No- tion , fays I , my Father and Mother are dead , and the Doublons you see were given me by Uncles and Aunts , who have contributed toward ...
... better Appearance you have laid your Claw upon the old Man's Hoard . You are mistaken in your No- tion , fays I , my Father and Mother are dead , and the Doublons you see were given me by Uncles and Aunts , who have contributed toward ...
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