The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volumen1J.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 |
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... themselves every Moment ) that in this Gen- tleman , they pitied Mark Anthony of Rome , Hamlett of Denmark , Mithridates of Pontus Theodofius of Greece , and Henry the Eighth of England . It is well known , he has been in the Condition ...
... themselves every Moment ) that in this Gen- tleman , they pitied Mark Anthony of Rome , Hamlett of Denmark , Mithridates of Pontus Theodofius of Greece , and Henry the Eighth of England . It is well known , he has been in the Condition ...
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... themselves upon equal Terms : But the Allies have so just a Sense of their prefent Advantages , that they will not admit of a Treaty , except France of- fers what is more fuitable to her present Con- dition . At the fame Time we make ...
... themselves upon equal Terms : But the Allies have so just a Sense of their prefent Advantages , that they will not admit of a Treaty , except France of- fers what is more fuitable to her present Con- dition . At the fame Time we make ...
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... themselves in the Number of the Deceased . The TATLER . [ N ° 2 . From Tuesday April 12. to Thurfd . Apr. 14. 1709 . TH Will's Coffee - houfe , April 13 . HERE has lain all this Evening on the Table , the following Poem . The Subject of ...
... themselves in the Number of the Deceased . The TATLER . [ N ° 2 . From Tuesday April 12. to Thurfd . Apr. 14. 1709 . TH Will's Coffee - houfe , April 13 . HERE has lain all this Evening on the Table , the following Poem . The Subject of ...
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... themselves Great that Way , by as certain and infallible Rules , as you may be a Joiner or a Mafon . There happens a good Instance of this , in what the Hawker juft now has offer'd to Sale ; to wit , Instructions to Vanderbank ; A ...
... themselves Great that Way , by as certain and infallible Rules , as you may be a Joiner or a Mafon . There happens a good Instance of this , in what the Hawker juft now has offer'd to Sale ; to wit , Instructions to Vanderbank ; A ...
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... themselves against an Invafion , by reason of the general Murmurs of their own People ; which , they find , are no way to be quieted , but by giving them Hopes of a fpee- dy Peace . When thefe Letters were dispatch- ed , the Marshal de ...
... themselves against an Invafion , by reason of the general Murmurs of their own People ; which , they find , are no way to be quieted , but by giving them Hopes of a fpee- dy Peace . When thefe Letters were dispatch- ed , the Marshal de ...
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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