History, Opinions, and Lucubrations, of Isaac Bickerstaff, EsqLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861 - 304 páginas |
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... given out by Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . , and others , to prevent the sale of this year's almanack , that John Partridge is dead : this may inform all his loving countrymen that he is still living , in health , and they are knaves that ...
... given out by Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . , and others , to prevent the sale of this year's almanack , that John Partridge is dead : this may inform all his loving countrymen that he is still living , in health , and they are knaves that ...
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... given its superior repu- tation to the Spectator ' is , the greater gravity of its pre- tensions , its moral dissertations and critical reasonings , by which I confess myself much less edified than by other things which are thought more ...
... given its superior repu- tation to the Spectator ' is , the greater gravity of its pre- tensions , its moral dissertations and critical reasonings , by which I confess myself much less edified than by other things which are thought more ...
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... given me an averfion to gaming . In my twelfth year , I fuffered very much for two or three falfe concords . At fifteen I was fent to the University , and staid there for fome time ; but a drum paffing by ( being a lover of mufick ) I ...
... given me an averfion to gaming . In my twelfth year , I fuffered very much for two or three falfe concords . At fifteen I was fent to the University , and staid there for fome time ; but a drum paffing by ( being a lover of mufick ) I ...
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... given to drinking : there are abundance of them in and about London . And one thing is very re- markable of this branch , and that is , there are just as many women as men in it . There was a wicked ftick of wood of this name in Harry ...
... given to drinking : there are abundance of them in and about London . And one thing is very re- markable of this branch , and that is , there are just as many women as men in it . There was a wicked ftick of wood of this name in Harry ...
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... given a softer name to it . Since I am engaged unawares in quotations , I muft not omit the fatire which Horace has written against this impertinent talk- ative companion , and which I think is fuller of humour than any other fatire he ...
... given a softer name to it . Since I am engaged unawares in quotations , I muft not omit the fatire which Horace has written against this impertinent talk- ative companion , and which I think is fuller of humour than any other fatire he ...
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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...