History, Opinions, and Lucubrations, of Isaac Bickerstaff, EsqLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861 - 304 páginas |
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... allowed to the whole body of perfons he represents , were they actually in the company which they divert by proxy , -provided , however , that the faid pantomime do not , upon any pretence whatsoever , utter anything in his own ...
... allowed to the whole body of perfons he represents , were they actually in the company which they divert by proxy , -provided , however , that the faid pantomime do not , upon any pretence whatsoever , utter anything in his own ...
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... allowed that they have greater pains , without the compenfation of fuch exquifite pleasures as those we find in love . The great skill is to heighten the fatisfactions , and deaden the forrows of it , which has been the end of many of ...
... allowed that they have greater pains , without the compenfation of fuch exquifite pleasures as those we find in love . The great skill is to heighten the fatisfactions , and deaden the forrows of it , which has been the end of many of ...
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... allowed that I have no authority for affuming this important appellation , and that I am cenfor of these nations juft as one is chofen king at the game of questions and com- mands . But if , in the execution of this fantastical dignity ...
... allowed that I have no authority for affuming this important appellation , and that I am cenfor of these nations juft as one is chofen king at the game of questions and com- mands . But if , in the execution of this fantastical dignity ...
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... well treated , while every one that is able is allowed to set up an equipage . As for my part , I cannot but admire how perfons , conscious to themselves of no manner of fuperiority above others , of Ifaac Bickerstaff , Efq . 59.
... well treated , while every one that is able is allowed to set up an equipage . As for my part , I cannot but admire how perfons , conscious to themselves of no manner of fuperiority above others , of Ifaac Bickerstaff , Efq . 59.
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... allowed familiarity of thefe places , on a bench , at the other end of which fat a venerable gentleman , who , fpeaking with a very affable air , " Mr. Bickerstaff , " said he , " I take it for a very great piece of good fortune that ...
... allowed familiarity of thefe places , on a bench , at the other end of which fat a venerable gentleman , who , fpeaking with a very affable air , " Mr. Bickerstaff , " said he , " I take it for a very great piece of good fortune that ...
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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...