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Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea, Vol. 1 of 4: Wherein Are Exhibited Views of Several Striking Scenes, With Curious and Interesting Anecdotes, ... It Passed Through, in America, England, Holla

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Charles Johnstone

Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea, Vol. 1 of 4: Wherein Are Exhibited Views of Several Striking Scenes, With Curious and Interesting Anecdotes, ... It Passed Through, in America, England, Holla

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Excerpt from Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea, Vol. 1 of 4: Wherein Are Exhibited Views of Several Striking Scenes, With Curious and Interesting Anecdotes, of the Most Noted Persons in Every Rank of Life, Whose Hands It Passed Through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and PortugalThis wasa foredifappointment to me, not to men tion the lofs of my mother, to whom he owed a quar ter's rent, befides an account ofnear twenty {hillings in the {hop and (even flaillings and two-pence half penny was all the money in his pocket nor did we everfind one penny more after him, though we {catch cd clofe enough Well patience is a remedy for all things, but death We were forced to fubmit; though I cannot help grieving, when I'thinlt ofit to this day, efpecially when I fee Peg Sprout, the green woman's daughter from Wapping, that fad Tea]? Married out of defpair, when I refufed him, ride by in her chaife like a lady and it is now thirty years ago 1 No let me fee it will be exaétly twenty nine years come next Micbaelmas I am fure I have reafon to remember it well, for my poor mother took it (o to heart, that {he never held up her head after, till it finilhed her, in about nine years, though I cannot fay but fomething elfe might have helped, for lhe took cruelly to drinking drams, tho' as {he began it, to comfort her for thismisfortune, it was all owing to that and poor filter Bett to.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
ISBN
0282996710 / 9780282996710
Pages
438
Weight
20.8 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.9 in.

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