The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Volumen31754 |
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... because the World does not fupply Inftances of this Kind to furnish out fufficient Entertainments for fuch an Humanity and Benevolence of Temper , I have ever delighted in reading the Hiftory of Ages paft , which draws together into a ...
... because the World does not fupply Inftances of this Kind to furnish out fufficient Entertainments for fuch an Humanity and Benevolence of Temper , I have ever delighted in reading the Hiftory of Ages paft , which draws together into a ...
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... because I perceive fome little Symptoms in it of a Re- fufcitation ; and having lately seen the Predictions of this Author , which are written in a true Proteftant Spirit of Prophecy , and a particular Zeal against the French King , I ...
... because I perceive fome little Symptoms in it of a Re- fufcitation ; and having lately seen the Predictions of this Author , which are written in a true Proteftant Spirit of Prophecy , and a particular Zeal against the French King , I ...
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... because , as 1 faid , I can do nothing . ' Tis poffible , after this free Confeffion of mine , you may think I don't deferve to be rich ; but I hope you'll likewife obferve , I can ill afford to be poor . My own Opinion is , that I am ...
... because , as 1 faid , I can do nothing . ' Tis poffible , after this free Confeffion of mine , you may think I don't deferve to be rich ; but I hope you'll likewife obferve , I can ill afford to be poor . My own Opinion is , that I am ...
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... because they do no Mischief in their Fits . Abundance of imaginary great " Men are put in Straw to bring them to a right Senfe of themselves . And is it not altogether as reafonable , that an infignificant Man , who has an immoderate ...
... because they do no Mischief in their Fits . Abundance of imaginary great " Men are put in Straw to bring them to a right Senfe of themselves . And is it not altogether as reafonable , that an infignificant Man , who has an immoderate ...
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... because I would not be thought altogether notional in what I have to fay , and pafs only for a Projector in Morality . I could quote Ho- race and Seneca , and fome other antient Writers of good Repute , upon the fame Occafion , and make ...
... because I would not be thought altogether notional in what I have to fay , and pafs only for a Projector in Morality . I could quote Ho- race and Seneca , and fome other antient Writers of good Repute , upon the fame Occafion , and make ...
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Página 283 - She was a very beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport; which...
Página 284 - ... departure. Who can have lived in an army, and in a serious hour reflect upon the many gay and agreeable men that might long have flourished in the arts of peace, and not join with the imprecations of the fatherless and widow on the tyrant to whose ambition they fell sacrifices...
Página 283 - 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.
Página 172 - Postman, and that he would take two or three turns to the other end of the town before his neighbours were up, to see if there were any Dutch mails come in. He had a wife and several children, but was much more inquisitive to know what passed in Poland than in his own family, and was in greater pain and anxiety of mind for king Augustus's welfare than that of his nearest relations.
Página 283 - 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.
Página 282 - ... cast a melancholy thought or two after those with whom, perhaps, we have indulged ourselves in whole nights of mirth and jollity.
Página 134 - Jupiter as he sat upon his throne, and the other on his left. The first was filled with all the blessings, and the other with all the calamities, of human life. Jupiter, in the...
Página 13 - ... height upon such a range of rocks, as would have dashed her into ten thousand pieces had her body been made of adamant. It is much easier for my reader to imagine my state of mind upon such an occasion than for me to express it. I said to myself, It is not in the power of heaven to relieve me! when I awaked, equally transported and astonished, to see myself drawn out of an affliction which, the very moment before, appeared to me altogether inextricable.
Página 39 - ... several days with great toil and uneasiness, and without the necessary refreshments of food and sleep. The only relief they met with, was in a river that ran through the bottom of the valley on a bed of golden sand. They often drank of...
Página 153 - The memory of an old visiting lady is so filled with gloves, silks, and ribbands, that I can look upon it as nothing else but a toy-shop. A matron of my acquaintance, complaining of her daughter's vanity, was observing, that she had all of a...