History, Opinions, and Lucubrations, of Isaac Bickerstaff, EsqLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861 - 304 páginas |
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... called , " The whole Art of Life ; or , The Introduction to great Men , illustrated in a Pack of Cards . " But , being a novice at all manner of play , I declined the offer . Another advised me , for want of money , to set up my coach ...
... called , " The whole Art of Life ; or , The Introduction to great Men , illustrated in a Pack of Cards . " But , being a novice at all manner of play , I declined the offer . Another advised me , for want of money , to set up my coach ...
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... called Bickerstaff , quafi Bigger- staff ; as much as to fay , the Great Staff , or Staff of Staffs ; and that it has applied itself to aftronomy with great fuccess , after the example of our aforefaid forefather . The defcend- ants ...
... called Bickerstaff , quafi Bigger- staff ; as much as to fay , the Great Staff , or Staff of Staffs ; and that it has applied itself to aftronomy with great fuccess , after the example of our aforefaid forefather . The defcend- ants ...
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... called himself Distaff , or Twiceftaff . He was not very rich , fo he put his children out to trades ; and the Distaffs have ever fince been employed in the woollen and linen manu- factures , except myself , who am a genealogist ...
... called himself Distaff , or Twiceftaff . He was not very rich , fo he put his children out to trades ; and the Distaffs have ever fince been employed in the woollen and linen manu- factures , except myself , who am a genealogist ...
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... called expletives , which they brought into their difcourfes both in verfe and profe , for no other purpose but for the better grace and found of their fentences and periods . I know no example but this which can authorize the use of ...
... called expletives , which they brought into their difcourfes both in verfe and profe , for no other purpose but for the better grace and found of their fentences and periods . I know no example but this which can authorize the use of ...
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... his tongue under that kind of bribery which the ancients called bos in lingua . If I can once extirpate the race of solid and substantial hum- drums , I hope by my wholesome and repeated advices of Ifaac Bickerstaff , Esq . 19.
... his tongue under that kind of bribery which the ancients called bos in lingua . If I can once extirpate the race of solid and substantial hum- drums , I hope by my wholesome and repeated advices of Ifaac Bickerstaff , Esq . 19.
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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...