The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger, 第 2 卷J. Debrett, 1801 |
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第 13 頁
... told in various shapes , respecting an inter- view I once had in Newgate , with a very honourable and brave fellow , Hawkes , the flying highwayman . Honourable and brave did I say ? —Yes ; I repeat it ; nay more , he was humane and ...
... told in various shapes , respecting an inter- view I once had in Newgate , with a very honourable and brave fellow , Hawkes , the flying highwayman . Honourable and brave did I say ? —Yes ; I repeat it ; nay more , he was humane and ...
第 16 頁
... told him , that as the mare was to be sold for the benefit of the captors , I hoped he would not deceive me , but tell me frankly whether he would recommend me to buy her or not . " Sir , " answered he , " it is not likely that a man so ...
... told him , that as the mare was to be sold for the benefit of the captors , I hoped he would not deceive me , but tell me frankly whether he would recommend me to buy her or not . " Sir , " answered he , " it is not likely that a man so ...
第 18 頁
... presented a long horse - pistol at Hawkes , and told him to stand off , or that he would shoot him . Hawkes said he was determined to rob the coach . The lieutenant replied , I have 18 rode off, telling the grateful and astonish- ...
... presented a long horse - pistol at Hawkes , and told him to stand off , or that he would shoot him . Hawkes said he was determined to rob the coach . The lieutenant replied , I have 18 rode off, telling the grateful and astonish- ...
第 20 頁
... told him to throw his arms out of the window , he assured them that he had no arms ; that he was returning from hunting , and that they might with safety advance and take his money . But after robbing him , without the smallest ...
... told him to throw his arms out of the window , he assured them that he had no arms ; that he was returning from hunting , and that they might with safety advance and take his money . But after robbing him , without the smallest ...
第 22 頁
... told me that a woman wanted to speak to me : I ordered her to be shewn up ; and who should this be but the wife of Hawkes , who came with her husband's best gratitude and respects to me , and returned me the fifty - pound note ...
... told me that a woman wanted to speak to me : I ordered her to be shewn up ; and who should this be but the wife of Hawkes , who came with her husband's best gratitude and respects to me , and returned me the fifty - pound note ...
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第 210 頁 - ... and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die...
第 423 頁 - ... to be united under one Government. Just as this war commenced, you were going to fight amongst yourselves, and would have fought, had the British not interfered : you then, one and all, united against us as your common enemy; but one of these days the Northern and Southern powers will fight as vigorously against each other as they both have united to do against the British.
第 156 頁 - The husband also, by the old law, might give his wife moderate correction. For, as he is to answer for her misbehaviour, the law thought it reasonable to intrust him with this power of restraining her, by domestic chastisement, in the same moderation that a man is allowed to correct his apprentices or children; for whom the master or parent is also liable in some cases to answer.
第 212 頁 - London 1 called on Mr. Croucher, a shoemaker in Shepherd's Market, who told me a parcel was left there for me, but what it was he knew not. I opened it, and behold there was a pair of leather breeches with a note in them ! the substance of which was, to the best of my remembrance, as follows : " ' SIR, — I have sent you a pair of breeches, and hope they will fit.
第 212 頁 - Sir, — I have sent you a pair of breeches, and hope they will fit. I beg your acceptance of them ; and, if they want any alteration, leave in a note what the alteration is...
第 211 頁 - I therefore told my most bountiful and ever-adored Master what I wanted; and he, who stripped Adam and Eve of their fig-leaved aprons, and made coats of skins and clothed them; and who clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; must clothe us, or we shall soon go naked; and so Israel found it, when God took away his wool and his flax, which he gave to...
第 212 頁 - I often made very free in my prayers with my invaluable Master for this favour; but he still kept me so amazingly poor that I could not get them at any rate. At last I was determined to go to a friend of mine at Kingston, who is of that branch of business, to bespeak a pair ; and to get him to trust me until my Master sent me money to pay him.
第 210 頁 - And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
第 192 頁 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
第 222 頁 - ... very handsome bed, bedstead, and all its furniture and necessaries, that I might not be under the necessity of walking home in the cold winter nights. — A daughter of mine in the faith gave me a looking-glass for my chapel study. — Another friend gave me my pulpit cushion and a book-case for my study. — Another gave me a bookcase for the vestry. — And my good friend Mr. E. seemed to level all his displeasure at the devil ; for he was in hopes I should be enabled, through the gracious...