History, Opinions, and Lucubrations, of Isaac Bickerstaff, EsqLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861 - 304 páginas |
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... sex ; his three nephews are brought forward for the purpose of introducing his views on education and the training of youth ; and Pacolet , the guardian spirit or familiar , is made the vehicle of communicating a variety of highly ...
... sex ; his three nephews are brought forward for the purpose of introducing his views on education and the training of youth ; and Pacolet , the guardian spirit or familiar , is made the vehicle of communicating a variety of highly ...
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... sex , who are always the best or the worst part of it . It is pity that a paffion , which has in it a capacity of making life happy , fhould not be cultivated to the utmost advantage . Reafon , prudence , and good nature , rightly ...
... sex , who are always the best or the worst part of it . It is pity that a paffion , which has in it a capacity of making life happy , fhould not be cultivated to the utmost advantage . Reafon , prudence , and good nature , rightly ...
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... sex . Be a good girl , and conduct your- felf with honour and virtue when you love one younger than myself . I am , with the greatest tenderness , " Your innocent lover , " I. B. " CHAPTER VII . MARIA'S VISIT TO MR . BICKERSTÅFF , of ...
... sex . Be a good girl , and conduct your- felf with honour and virtue when you love one younger than myself . I am , with the greatest tenderness , " Your innocent lover , " I. B. " CHAPTER VII . MARIA'S VISIT TO MR . BICKERSTÅFF , of ...
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... sex in all the faults our enemies impute to us - he has brought laziness into an opinion , and makes his indolence his philosophy , infomuch that no longer ago than yesterday in the evening he gave me this account of himself : " I am ...
... sex in all the faults our enemies impute to us - he has brought laziness into an opinion , and makes his indolence his philosophy , infomuch that no longer ago than yesterday in the evening he gave me this account of himself : " I am ...
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... sex were wife , a lover fhould have a certificate from the last woman he served , how he was turned away , before he was received into the service of another . But , at present , any vagabond is wel- come , provided he promises to enter ...
... sex were wife , a lover fhould have a certificate from the last woman he served , how he was turned away , before he was received into the service of another . But , at present , any vagabond is wel- come , provided he promises to enter ...
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Página 296 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Página 289 - The Tories carry it among the new members six to one. Mr. Addison's election has passed easy and undisputed ; and I believe if he had a mind to be king, he would hardly be refused.
Página 298 - It is impossible for this ingenious sort of men to subsist after a peace : every one remembers the shifts they were driven to in the reign of king Charles the Second, when they could not furnish out a single paper of news, without lighting up a comet in Germany, or a fire in Moscow.
Página 23 - I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling papa ; for, I know not how, I had some slight idea that he was locked up there.
Página 296 - Immortal Rich! how calm he sits at ease 'Mid snows of paper, and fierce hail of pease; And proud his Mistress' orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Página 288 - And each true Briton is to Ben so civil, He swears the Muses met him at the Devil. Tho' justly Greece her eldest sons admires, Why should not we be wiser than our sires?
Página 23 - The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling Papa...
Página 24 - ... was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo, and receives impressions so forcible that they are as hard to be removed by reason, as any mark with which a child is born is to be taken away by any future application. Hence it is that...
Página 15 - Jeoffery, no longer ago than last night, upon a dispute what day of the month it was then in Holland, pulled his pipe out of his mouth, and cried, 'What does the scholar say to it?
Página 84 - ... therefore he also retired. I was extremely troubled to see the glorious mart of London left with no other guardian but him of credit. But Pacolet told me, ' that traders had nothing to do with the honour or conscience of their...