The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger Written by Himself: To which is Added, Advice to the Prelates and Legislators, how to Correct the Immorality and Jacobinism of the Present Age, and at the Same Time Increase the Revenue : Advice to the Lovely Cyprians, and to the Fair Sex in General, how to Pass Their Lives in Future to Their Better Satisfaction, and to Enjoy with Discretion the Three Cardinal Virtues : on Matrimony, Compulsive Wedlock, and on Polygamy : on the Misery of Female Prostitution : the History of the Lovely Ægyptia, the Pamela of Norwood, and Paragon of the Ægyptian Race; the Author's Marriage with Her, and Her Cruel Infidelity and Elopement with a Traveling Tinker : and a History of the King's Bench Prison, Written by the Author During His Custody Under the Marshall of that Prison, Descriptive of the Miseries Endured by the Prisoners, and the Extravagent Expence Incident to Their Confinement, Volumen1J. Debrett, 1801 |
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... true , that these charac- ters continue to be insolent and over- bearing at an advanced period of life ; but it is generally to their inferiors , unless they happen to light on some person of consequence who is as noted a coward as ...
... true , that these charac- ters continue to be insolent and over- bearing at an advanced period of life ; but it is generally to their inferiors , unless they happen to light on some person of consequence who is as noted a coward as ...
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... true Briton , to wave every private advantage ; and when my plan shall have been adopted , I shall throw myself on the generosity of my country for a reward . This , I again assert , will be doubly profitable , because a most moral ...
... true Briton , to wave every private advantage ; and when my plan shall have been adopted , I shall throw myself on the generosity of my country for a reward . This , I again assert , will be doubly profitable , because a most moral ...
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... true . One morning I had dressed myself , buttoned the knees of my breeches , put my shoes on , and was going out at the street - door , when my servant re- minded me that I had forgotten my stockings . Another time I had purchased some ...
... true . One morning I had dressed myself , buttoned the knees of my breeches , put my shoes on , and was going out at the street - door , when my servant re- minded me that I had forgotten my stockings . Another time I had purchased some ...
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... true religion which the Americans formerly practised , parti- cularly in New - England , whose inhabit- ants are now so famed for honour , just- ice , sincerity , and piety . In Boston , the Sabbath was held in such reverence , that any ...
... true religion which the Americans formerly practised , parti- cularly in New - England , whose inhabit- ants are now so famed for honour , just- ice , sincerity , and piety . In Boston , the Sabbath was held in such reverence , that any ...
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... True religion is the source of all hap- piness ; and hypocrisy is a base crime , which is detested even by those who practise it . The clergy , who piously exert them- selves to correct the immorality of their flocks , will be objects ...
... True religion is the source of all hap- piness ; and hypocrisy is a base crime , which is detested even by those who practise it . The clergy , who piously exert them- selves to correct the immorality of their flocks , will be objects ...
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Página 269 - And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Página 283 - When nature prompted, and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then Israel's monarch after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves; and, wide as his command, Scatter'd his Maker's image thro
Página 267 - And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
Página 276 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne...
Página 276 - And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Página 153 - How fading and insipid do all objects accost us, that are not conveyed in the vehicle of delusion ! how shrunk is every thing, as it appears in the glass of nature ! so that if it were not for the assistance of artificial mediums, false lights, refracted angles, varnish and tinsel ; there would be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyments of mortal men.
Página 153 - ... whether things that have place in the imagination may not as properly be said to exist as those that are seated in the memory...
Página 126 - Give a dog a bad name and you may as well hang him.
Página 164 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Página 253 - I came not to destroy the law, but to fulfil it," and he taught us how to fulfil it. He said " Love your enemies." It is not sufficient to love your friends because even sinners love their friends, but love your enemies. Generate this harmonious constructive energy not only for those who love us, but direct it toward all mankind. The old thought...