The Projector: A Periodical Paper, Originally Published in Monthly Numbers, from January 1802 to November 1809T. Payne, 1811 |
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... ther of the same school . One Ames , in later times , wrote a book expressly in favour of their doctrines , which he called a Catalogue ; as the French Illuminati chose to disperse their principles in a Dictionary , or Encyclopædia , It ...
... ther of the same school . One Ames , in later times , wrote a book expressly in favour of their doctrines , which he called a Catalogue ; as the French Illuminati chose to disperse their principles in a Dictionary , or Encyclopædia , It ...
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... ther 66 puts them out of temper . " This last expres- sion , with others in colloquial use , seems to imply that temper is removeable by accident , and returnable by degrees ; and it is certain that , from observing the various periods ...
... ther 66 puts them out of temper . " This last expres- sion , with others in colloquial use , seems to imply that temper is removeable by accident , and returnable by degrees ; and it is certain that , from observing the various periods ...
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... ther singular ; but what is there that custom will not sanction ? And when was custom better employed than in the service of such candid confessions ? When any thing odd , whimsical , and extravagant , in dress or man- ners , is ...
... ther singular ; but what is there that custom will not sanction ? And when was custom better employed than in the service of such candid confessions ? When any thing odd , whimsical , and extravagant , in dress or man- ners , is ...
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... ther , mother , son , or daughter , and to hear nothing but the doleful answer , " They are all gone , Sir ! " With regard to the termination of the disease , it is various in various years , because , as al- ready observed , it depends ...
... ther , mother , son , or daughter , and to hear nothing but the doleful answer , " They are all gone , Sir ! " With regard to the termination of the disease , it is various in various years , because , as al- ready observed , it depends ...
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... ther they have depth to contain the articles necessary to crown their favourite wishes and pursuits . For though this knowledge may , in some cases , be acquired by experience , yet experience , to answer the purpose effectually , must ...
... ther they have depth to contain the articles necessary to crown their favourite wishes and pursuits . For though this knowledge may , in some cases , be acquired by experience , yet experience , to answer the purpose effectually , must ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 147 - At Crawley's Booth, over against the Crown Tavern in Smithfield, during the time of Bartholomew Fair, will be presented a little Opera, called the Old Creation of the World, yet newly revived ; with the addition of Noah's flood.
Página 345 - Perhaps, if skill could distant times explore, New Behns, new Durfeys, yet remain in store ; Perhaps where Lear has rav'd, and Hamlet died, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride ; Perhaps (for who can guess th' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet* may dance.
Página 122 - Sir Balaam now, he lives like other folks, He takes his chirping pint, and cracks his jokes : " Live like yourself," was soon my Lady's word ; And lo ! two puddings smoked upon the board.
Página 362 - Thus journals are daily multiplied without increase of knowledge. The tale of the morning paper is told again in the evening, and the narratives of the evening are bought again in the morning.
Página 348 - For he that shall well consider the errors and obscurity, the mistakes and confusion, that are spread in the world by an ill use of words, will find some reason to doubt whether language, as it has been employed, has contributed more to the improvement or hindrance of knowledge amongst mankind.
Página 346 - Song confirm'd her sway. But who the coming changes can presage, And mark the future periods of the stage? Perhaps if skill could distant times explore, New Behns, new Durfeys, yet remain in store; Perhaps where Lear has rav'd, and Hamlet dy'd, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride; Perhaps (for who can guess th' effects of chance) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet may dance.
Página 362 - Thus, journals are daily multiplied without increase of knowledge. The tale of the morning paper is told again in the evening, and the narratives of the evening are bought again in the morning. These repetitions, indeed, waste time, but they do not shorten it. The most eager peruser of news is tired before he has completed his labour ; and many a man, who enters the coffee-house in his nightgown and slippers, is called away to his shop, or his dinner, before he has well considered the state of Europe.
Página 148 - ... a double rank, which presents a double prospect, one for the sun, the other for a palace, where will be seen six Angels ringing of bells. — Likewise Machines descend from above, double and treble, with Dives rising out of Hell, and Lazarus seen in Abraham's bosom, besides several figures dancing jiggs, sarabands, and country dances, to the admiration of the spectators; with the merry conceits of squire Punch and sir John Spendall.
Página 290 - If dress were only authorized in men of ingenuity, we should find many aiming at the previous merit, in hopes of the subsequent distinction. The finery of an empty fellow would render him as ridiculous as a star and garter would one never knighted : and men would use as commendable a diligence to qualify themselves for a brocaded waistcoat, or a gold snuff-box, as they now do to procure themselves a right of investing their limbs in lawn or ermine. We should not esteem a man a coxcomb for his dress,...
Página 1 - ... male necne Lepos saltet; sed quod magis ad nos pertinet et nescire malum est agitamus: utrumne divitiis homines an sint virtute beati; quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne, trahat nos; 75 et quae sit natura boni summumque quid eius.