The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time, Volume 1Matthew Iley, and sold, 1820 - Anecdotes |
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peat the words , “ With my body I thee worship ; " he said , “ Sir , I am a dissenter ,
and will not repeat these words : ” to which the clergyman replied , “ Sir , I am a
churchman , and will not omit them : ” “ Your servant , Sir , ” and “ Your servant ...
peat the words , “ With my body I thee worship ; " he said , “ Sir , I am a dissenter ,
and will not repeat these words : ” to which the clergyman replied , “ Sir , I am a
churchman , and will not omit them : ” “ Your servant , Sir , ” and “ Your servant ...
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I am honoured , Sir , Your most obsequious humble Servant , Henry TRUCKLE .
Turn - again - Lane , Oct . 12 , 1820 . ir n N . B . I have ten years * of s 2 OR ,
POST - CHAISE COMPANION . 259 accommodation. In passing through the
Palais, ...
I am honoured , Sir , Your most obsequious humble Servant , Henry TRUCKLE .
Turn - again - Lane , Oct . 12 , 1820 . ir n N . B . I have ten years * of s 2 OR ,
POST - CHAISE COMPANION . 259 accommodation. In passing through the
Palais, ...
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... and Lord Hertford not mentioning her in any other letter , his grace began to
suspect a fraud , and ordered his servants ... but she insisted upon seeing his
grace , and having an absolute refusal from himself ; which the servant reporting
to ...
... and Lord Hertford not mentioning her in any other letter , his grace began to
suspect a fraud , and ordered his servants ... but she insisted upon seeing his
grace , and having an absolute refusal from himself ; which the servant reporting
to ...
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ing that she had seen the ghost of a female servant who had lately quitted the
family , but who was still living in London . In spite of all the expostulations and
arguments used to remove this ' mental delusion , she persisted in declaring , that
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ing that she had seen the ghost of a female servant who had lately quitted the
family , but who was still living in London . In spite of all the expostulations and
arguments used to remove this ' mental delusion , she persisted in declaring , that
...
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Page 310 - Up flew the windows all, And every soul cried out, Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin— who but he ; His fame soon spread around — He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound.
Page 310 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Page 306 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Page 307 - So three doors off the chaise was stayed, where they did all get in; Six precious souls, and all agog to dash through thick and thin.
Page 412 - Yet, oh yet, thyself deceive not; Love may sink by slow decay, But by sudden wrench, believe not Hearts can thus be torn away: Still thine own its life retaineth, Still must mine, though bleeding, beat ; And the undying thought which paineth Is — that we no more may meet.
Page 313 - Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before.
Page 308 - John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein.
Page 314 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king...
Page 233 - was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine...
Page 161 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
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| Title | The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time, Volume 1 The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time |
| Publisher | Matthew Iley, and sold, 1820 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2008 |
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