Journal of a Voyage to LisbonCambridge University Press, 1913 - 116 páginas |
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... shilling from a man who most undoubtedly would not have had another left , I had reduced an income of about £ 5001 a year of the dirtiest money 1 A predecessor of mine used to boast that he made £ 1,000 a year in his office : but how he ...
... shilling from a man who most undoubtedly would not have had another left , I had reduced an income of about £ 5001 a year of the dirtiest money 1 A predecessor of mine used to boast that he made £ 1,000 a year in his office : but how he ...
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... shilling for going less way than he would row in London for three - pence ; and , at Deal , a boat often brings more profit in a day , than it can produce in London in a week , or , perhaps , in a month : in both places , the owner of ...
... shilling for going less way than he would row in London for three - pence ; and , at Deal , a boat often brings more profit in a day , than it can produce in London in a week , or , perhaps , in a month : in both places , the owner of ...
Página 54
... her own pocket ; and it was better to get twelve - pence in a shilling than ten - pence , which latter would be the case if she afforded us fish at any rate . Thus we past a most agreeable day , owing to 54 JOURNAL OF A.
... her own pocket ; and it was better to get twelve - pence in a shilling than ten - pence , which latter would be the case if she afforded us fish at any rate . Thus we past a most agreeable day , owing to 54 JOURNAL OF A.
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... shilling , to - morrow at eighteenpence ; and if she drest us two dishes for two shillings on Saturday , we paid half a crown for the cookery of one on the Sunday ; and wherever she was paid , she never left the room without lamenting ...
... shilling , to - morrow at eighteenpence ; and if she drest us two dishes for two shillings on Saturday , we paid half a crown for the cookery of one on the Sunday ; and wherever she was paid , she never left the room without lamenting ...
Página 63
... of the furies in some of the classical poets , or of the stoic philosophers in the works of Lucian . Monday , July 20. This day nothing remarkable passed ; Mrs Humphrys levied a tax of fourteen shillings VOYAGE TO LISBON 63.
... of the furies in some of the classical poets , or of the stoic philosophers in the works of Lucian . Monday , July 20. This day nothing remarkable passed ; Mrs Humphrys levied a tax of fourteen shillings VOYAGE TO LISBON 63.
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act of parliament Aeneid agreeable anchor appear apprehend assistance attended Axylus believe boat cabin called captain carried chearfulness convey deck declared degree dinner Diodorus Siculus distemper doth dropsy Dunciad endeavours enjoy entertainment entirely evil expence favour Fielding Fielding's fish former gentlemen Gilbert Burnet give Gravesend hath honour human humour Humphrys immediately Jonathan Wild July justice justice of peace kind labour ladies land latter least likewise live London magistrates Marshall Saxe means miles Minorca morning never novel obliged observation passengers perhaps person pleasant pleasure poor port present reader returned Ryde sail sailors scarce seemed seldom shew shillings ship shore sight society soon Spithead sufficient superior sure tar-water taste thing thought Tom Jones traveller true truth utmost venison vessel VOYAGE TO LISBON whole wife wind wind-bound Zachary Grey