 | Charles Moore (rector of Cuxton.) - Dueling - 1790 - 482 pages
...that day. " Madam " (fays he to the firft that appeared before hi'in) you have livad upon earth about fifty years. What " have you been doing there all this while ?" " Doing, Sir, (fays ihe) really I do not know what " I have been doing ; I delire I may have time given me to... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...interrogated each of them feparately. Madam, lays he to the firft of them, you have been upon the earth about fifty years ; what have you been doing there all this while ? Doing ! fays me, really I do not know what I have been doing : I defire I may have time given me to recolleft.... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...interrogated each of ttum ftparatcly. Madam, fays he to the firft of them, you have been upon the earth about fifty years ; what have you been doing there all this while ? Doing ! fays (he, really I do not know what I have been doing : I dtfire I may have time riven me to recollco.... | |
 | 1797 - 550 pages
...knowing what to anfwer. He then interrogated each of them feparately.' Madam/ fays he to the firft of them, ' you have been upon the earth above fifty...have you been doing there all this while ?' ' Doing,' fays fhe, ' really I do not know what I have been doing : I defire I may have time given me to recollect.'... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...each of them «eparately. Madam , says he to the first of them, you have been upou the earth about fifty years : "What have you been doing there all this while ? Doing , says she , really I do not know what I have been' doing : I desire I may have time given me to recollect.... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...upon another, as not knowing what to answer. He then interrogated each of them separately. ' Madam,' says he to the first of them, ' you have been upon...you been doing there all this while ?' — • Doing !' says she, ' really I do not know what I have been doing : I desire I may have time given me to recollect.'... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
...upon another, as not knowing what to answer. He then interrogated each of them separately. 'Madam,' says he, to the first of them, 'you have been upon the earth about fifty years, what have you been doing there all this while?' ' Doing !' My&sfc<v'!iially I do... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pages
...upon another, as not knowing what to answer. He then interrogated each of them separately. * Madam, (says he, to the first of them) you have been upon the earth about fifty years : what have you been doing there all this while ?' ' Doing ! (says she) really I... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 328 pages
...upon another, as not knowing what to answer. He then interrogated each of them separately. ' Madam,' says he, to the first of them, ' you have been upon the earth about fifty years, whathaveyoubeendoing there all this while?' ' Doing !' says she, ' really I do not... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...upon another, as not knowing what to answer. He then interrogated each of them separately. ' Madam,' says he, to the first of them, ' you have been upon the Earth about fifty years: what have yon been doing there all this while — f ' Doing,' says she, ' really... | |
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Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly, they stared one upon another, as not knowing what to answer. He then interrogated each of them separately. 
