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A Female Adventurer, about three weeks ago, pafled through Gloucefter, on a tour to raife contributions on the ..

... nnc:flu._ On ber arrival here fhe ove into t nn in an e ate tended by her maid and a fm'wm back. The fervaat fl'll:d_ ber Lady Hall. When Mr Philpotts fhewed her into the parlour, fhe eaquired for Mr Pitt the Member, afked if he was in Gloucefter, adding ...

Published: Monday 16 March 1789
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 129 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MOST DARITSG RGSBEHY

... for a ?? occurred. teveiiing, a little after nine o'clock, Mrs El- k» two lifters, fitting in her parlour, a rap came ter, which was anfwered by the maid 'errant. Knired if Mrs Elliot was at home, and being [in tie affirmative, he faid he had a letter ...

Published: Saturday 10 February 1798
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 585 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Law Intelligence

... fifders, fitting in her parlour, a rap came to the door, which was anfwered by the maid fervant. A man inquired -if Mts Elliot was j at home, and being anfwered in the affirma- n tive, he 'faid he had a letter for her i the i maid took the letter, and turning ...

Anecdote of Cafimir 11. King 0/Poland

... her eyes beat out, and wound in her nead fo violent, that the flcujl was beat into the brain. Mary Sweet, her maid, was found in the back parlour, with her head almoft fevered from her body, her jaw broke, violent blow on her forehead, and her (kull cleaved ...

Published: Monday 22 October 1764
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 519 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

OLD LAI..FY

... two trunks cut of the coach, and aficed the landlady for her permiilion to go into the back parlour She anfwered them iliortly, that the would not have her parlour made a warehoufe of. However, they were (hewn into another room, where company was occafionally ...

Published: Monday 26 February 1798
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1138 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... and that was ecither melted, or {o battered, that it is little better than old filver ; every glafs 1 'in the north-eaft parlour below was fhattered into millions of pieces ; the cieling and walls of the north-weft, rooms, below and above, were likewife ...

Published: Monday 13 January 1772
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 583 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ourina i

... before-mentioned) l)ging fet on atable on the parlour, flew off to the diftance of nine feet and broke; a tumbler, with a little rum and water in it, ftanding upon a waiter on a table in the fame parlour, jumped about ten fect, and broke; the table then ...

Published: Monday 27 January 1772
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2291 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The Idler, No 27

... while mafter lived on truft alehoufe. You may be fure, that of the fufferers the maid fuffered mod ; and I left them, after three months, rather than be ftarved. was then maid to hatter's wife. There was no want to be dreaded, for they lived in perpetual ...

Published: Sunday 01 October 1758
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1098 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

MODERN TIMES

... faid the cool: with a f.r. air — it's my opinion that fho was Oliver ■- well. She w_3 rather the Pretender, faid the S ?? maid. J No, rejoined the footman, (lie was a WW? it was difcovered. Well, and what did they do with her ? J They took her, replied ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1786
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 635 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

The Coquet reformed; a true '/lory; from the.French

... compleat the mifery of the Marquis. He went home immediately to wait the retuin of the cham- ber-maid ; and, when (he entered, called her into the low parlour, where, after having demanded, with an abfolute tone, the billet, which the Baron had delivered ...

Published: Saturday 17 December 1768
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1168 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

The IDLER

... tbat no body would now accept a lower Title than that of a waiting Maid, or fomething that might qua- lify her to wear laced Shoes and long Ruffles, and to fit at work in the Parlour Window. But fhe was refolved, for her Parr, to fpoil no more Girls ; ...

Published: Tuesday 24 October 1758
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1227 | Page: 1 | Tags: none