The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger Written by Himself: To which is Added, Advice to the Prelates and Legislators, how to Correct the Immorality and Jacobinism of the Present Age, and at the Same Time Increase the Revenue : Advice to the Lovely Cyprians, and to the Fair Sex in General, how to Pass Their Lives in Future to Their Better Satisfaction, and to Enjoy with Discretion the Three Cardinal Virtues : on Matrimony, Compulsive Wedlock, and on Polygamy : on the Misery of Female Prostitution : the History of the Lovely Ægyptia, the Pamela of Norwood, and Paragon of the Ægyptian Race; the Author's Marriage with Her, and Her Cruel Infidelity and Elopement with a Traveling Tinker : and a History of the King's Bench Prison, Written by the Author During His Custody Under the Marshall of that Prison, Descriptive of the Miseries Endured by the Prisoners, and the Extravagent Expence Incident to Their Confinement, Volumen2J. Debrett, 1801 |
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... America very shortly after . Had I re- mained in the first regiment of guards , I should at this moment have had the honour of commanding that regiment for above a twelvemonth ; which the rotation of names here mentioned will plainly ...
... America very shortly after . Had I re- mained in the first regiment of guards , I should at this moment have had the honour of commanding that regiment for above a twelvemonth ; which the rotation of names here mentioned will plainly ...
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... America . I gave in my resignation , but never mentioned my intentions to any soul living , except to . my worthy , old , and dear friend and pro- tector , Lord Southampton , then General Fitzroy . I cannot pass over in silence the many ...
... America . I gave in my resignation , but never mentioned my intentions to any soul living , except to . my worthy , old , and dear friend and pro- tector , Lord Southampton , then General Fitzroy . I cannot pass over in silence the many ...
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... America , in the hands of so honest and able a man : but , alas ! cruel Fate , which has destined me to suffer misfortunes and misery in various shapes , had decreed it otherwise , by the sudden death of my friend a short time after I ...
... America , in the hands of so honest and able a man : but , alas ! cruel Fate , which has destined me to suffer misfortunes and misery in various shapes , had decreed it otherwise , by the sudden death of my friend a short time after I ...
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... America . I should be guilty of ingratitude if I did not acknowledge the singular kind- ness which Lord North shewed me when I first resolved on quitting the British service . I had the honour of being as well acquainted with him as his ...
... America . I should be guilty of ingratitude if I did not acknowledge the singular kind- ness which Lord North shewed me when I first resolved on quitting the British service . I had the honour of being as well acquainted with him as his ...
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... America , that I should mention , on account of the ruin which soon after- wards overtook me , that I went to every public place in London , for near three months , and dressed in my foreign uni- form . My departure for the war was ...
... America , that I should mention , on account of the ruin which soon after- wards overtook me , that I went to every public place in London , for near three months , and dressed in my foreign uni- form . My departure for the war was ...
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able acquaintance American army arrived attention attorney Bank of Faith bill breeches British called Captain church clothes Coleraine Colonel compelled confined corps costs creditors debt debtor endeavour England expence favour fleet Fleet Prison fortune frigate gave gentleman George Hanger give hand fast happiness Hessian highwayman honour horse House of Bourbon hundred pounds informed island justice King's Bench King's Bench prison knew labour land liberty live London Lord Lord Cornwallis's Lord Rawdon ment morning neral never night officer opinion paid parish person pious pleasure prayer prison racters reader received regiment seduced seduced and abandoned sent shew shillings sinful age Sir Henry Clinton sixpence soldier suffered surrendered test-oath thing thousand pounds tion tipstaff told took town tradesman trust walk woman women worthy writ Wyatt ye lovely Cyprians
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Página 210 - ... 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...
Página 423 - ... 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.
Página 156 - 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.
Página 212 - 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.
Página 212 - 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...
Página 211 - 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...
Página 212 - 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.
Página 210 - 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.
Página 192 - 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.
Página 222 - ... 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...