The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volumen1J.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 |
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... and what elfe I have to offer on any other Subje & t , shall be dated from my own Apartment . I once more defire my Reader to confider , That 1 once 2 N ° 1 . The Tatler . Kind foever that fhall occur to Me, and publish ...
... and what elfe I have to offer on any other Subje & t , shall be dated from my own Apartment . I once more defire my Reader to confider , That 1 once 2 N ° 1 . The Tatler . Kind foever that fhall occur to Me, and publish ...
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... Apartment . I am forry I am oblig'd to trouble the Pub- lick with fo much Difcourfe upon a Matter which I at the very first mentioned as a Trifle , viz . the Death of Mr. Partridge , under whose Name there is an Almanack come out for ...
... Apartment . I am forry I am oblig'd to trouble the Pub- lick with fo much Difcourfe upon a Matter which I at the very first mentioned as a Trifle , viz . the Death of Mr. Partridge , under whose Name there is an Almanack come out for ...
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... it is impoffible for France to find a Way to obtain so much Credit , as to gain any one Potentate of the Allies , or conceive any Hope for Safety from other Prospects . From From my own Apartment , April 13 . I find N ° 2 . 15 The Tatler .
... it is impoffible for France to find a Way to obtain so much Credit , as to gain any one Potentate of the Allies , or conceive any Hope for Safety from other Prospects . From From my own Apartment , April 13 . I find N ° 2 . 15 The Tatler .
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From my own Apartment , April 13 . I find it of very great Use , now I am fet- ting up for a Writer of News , that I am an Adept in Aftrological Speculations ; by which Means , I avoid fpeaking of Things which may offend Great Perfons ...
From my own Apartment , April 13 . I find it of very great Use , now I am fet- ting up for a Writer of News , that I am an Adept in Aftrological Speculations ; by which Means , I avoid fpeaking of Things which may offend Great Perfons ...
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... Apartment , April 15 . It is a very natural Paffion in all good Members of the Commonwealth , to take what Care they can of their Families . There- fore I hope the Reader will forgive me , that I defire he would go to the Play , called ...
... Apartment , April 15 . It is a very natural Paffion in all good Members of the Commonwealth , to take what Care they can of their Families . There- fore I hope the Reader will forgive me , that I defire he would go to the Play , called ...
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Página 294 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
Página 295 - ... accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted, and bellowed, that I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Página 357 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Página 251 - do you think my uncle takes any notice of such a dull rogue as you are?" Mr. William .goes on, " He is the most stupid of all my mother's children: he knows nothing of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is...
Página 289 - To my knowledge of this very hat it may be added, that the covering of straw was never used among the Jews, since it was demanded of them to make bricks without it. Therefore this is really nothing but, under the specious pretence of learning and antiquities, to impose upon the world.
Página 269 - His friend advances, and so on, until they had all saluted her. By this means the poor girl was in the middle of the crowd of these fellows, at a loss what to do, without courage to pass through them ; and the Platonics, at several peep-holes...
Página 371 - ... to benevolence, and tend to a certain manner of being or appearing equal to the rest of the company ; for conversation is composed of an assembly of men, as they are men, and not as they are distinguished by fortune: therefore he who brings his quality with him into conversation, should always pay the reckoning ; for he came to receive homage, and not to meet his friends.
Página 250 - I took three lads, who are under my guardianship, a-rambling, in a hackney-coach, to show them the town; as the lions, the tombs, Bedlam, and the other places which are entertainments to raw minds because they strike forcibly on the fancy.
Página 8 - I have in another place, and in a paper by itself, sufficiently convinced this man that he is dead, and if he has any shame, I don't doubt but that by this time he owns it to all his acquaintance : for though the legs and arms, and whole body of that man may still appear and perform their animal functions ; yet since, as I have elsewhere observed, his art is gone, the man is gone.
Página 159 - There is another sort of gentlemen whom I am much more concerned for, and that is the ingenious fraternity of which I have the honour to be an unworthy member; I mean the news-writers of Great Britain, whether 'Postmen