A Journal of a Voyage to LisbonJ. Wenman, 1785 - 149 páginas |
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Página 67
... Humphrys no fooner received the news of our intended arrival , than fhe confidered more the gentility than the humanity of her guests , and applied herself not to that which kindles , but to that which extinguishes fire , and forget ...
... Humphrys no fooner received the news of our intended arrival , than fhe confidered more the gentility than the humanity of her guests , and applied herself not to that which kindles , but to that which extinguishes fire , and forget ...
Página 68
... Humphrys having received her orders , without making any an- fwer , fnatched the fide from the floor , which re ... Humphrys , and pro- vided against its ill confequences . She had found , though not under the fame roof , a very fnug ...
... Humphrys having received her orders , without making any an- fwer , fnatched the fide from the floor , which re ... Humphrys , and pro- vided against its ill confequences . She had found , though not under the fame roof , a very fnug ...
Página 69
... Humphrys , who could not truft her own ears , or could not believe a footman in fo ex- traordinary a phænomenon , followed my wife , and asked her if the had indeed ordered the cloth to be laid in the barn : fhe answered in the af ...
... Humphrys , who could not truft her own ears , or could not believe a footman in fo ex- traordinary a phænomenon , followed my wife , and asked her if the had indeed ordered the cloth to be laid in the barn : fhe answered in the af ...
Página 70
... Humphrys fhould be fo negligent of providing for her guests , as the may feem to be thus inat- tentive to her own interest : but this was not the cafe ; for having clapt a poll - tax on our heads at our arrival , and determined at what ...
... Humphrys fhould be fo negligent of providing for her guests , as the may feem to be thus inat- tentive to her own interest : but this was not the cafe ; for having clapt a poll - tax on our heads at our arrival , and determined at what ...
Página 72
... Humphrys , in order to pay her the preceding day's account . As I could recollect only two or three articles , I thought there was no neceflity of pen and ink . In a fingle inftance only we had exceeded what the law allows gratis to a ...
... Humphrys , in order to pay her the preceding day's account . As I could recollect only two or three articles , I thought there was no neceflity of pen and ink . In a fingle inftance only we had exceeded what the law allows gratis to a ...
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