The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, 第 2 巻G. Risk, 1728 |
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... Soon after this Inftance of his Art , Athens was , by the Treachery of its Enemies , burnt to the Ground . This gave Neftor the greatest Occasion that ever Builder had to render his Name immortal , and his Perfon venerable : For all the ...
... Soon after this Inftance of his Art , Athens was , by the Treachery of its Enemies , burnt to the Ground . This gave Neftor the greatest Occasion that ever Builder had to render his Name immortal , and his Perfon venerable : For all the ...
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... Soon after the Receipt of this News , the Cannon on each Side began to play . There are two Attacks against the Citadel , commanded by General Lottum and General . Schuylemberg , which are both carried on with great Suc- cefs ; and it ...
... Soon after the Receipt of this News , the Cannon on each Side began to play . There are two Attacks against the Citadel , commanded by General Lottum and General . Schuylemberg , which are both carried on with great Suc- cefs ; and it ...
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... soon pla- ced himself in the Condition of that unhappy Man , who was to lose fo charming a Bride ; and tho ' a Youth , a Batchelor , a Lover , and a Conqueror , immediately refolved to refign all the Invitations of his Paffion , and the ...
... soon pla- ced himself in the Condition of that unhappy Man , who was to lose fo charming a Bride ; and tho ' a Youth , a Batchelor , a Lover , and a Conqueror , immediately refolved to refign all the Invitations of his Paffion , and the ...
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... Soon after , he began to recollect many Stories he had formerly heard of Perfons who had been poffeffed with Imagi- nations and Appearances which had no Foundation in Nature , but had been taken with fudden Madness in the Midst of a ...
... Soon after , he began to recollect many Stories he had formerly heard of Perfons who had been poffeffed with Imagi- nations and Appearances which had no Foundation in Nature , but had been taken with fudden Madness in the Midst of a ...
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... Soon after the Receipt of this Epiftle , I heard a very gentle Knock at my Door : My Maid went down , and brought up Word , That a tall , lean , black Man , well dreffed , who faid he had not the Honour to be acquain ted with me ...
... Soon after the Receipt of this Epiftle , I heard a very gentle Knock at my Door : My Maid went down , and brought up Word , That a tall , lean , black Man , well dreffed , who faid he had not the Honour to be acquain ted with me ...
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225 ページ - I will bear no frowns, even from ladies ; and if any woman pretends to look scornfully at me, I shall demand satisfaction of the next of kin of the masculine gender.
84 ページ - ... of Longinus, an action which would have been approved by Demosthenes. He has a peculiar force in his way, and has many of his audience, who could not be intelligent hearers of his discourse, were there not explanation as well as grace in his action. This art of his is used with the most exact and honest skill. He never attempts your passions until he has convinced your reason.
234 ページ - ... and that these diversions might turn to some profit, I found the boy had made remarks, which might be of service to him during the course of his whole life. He would tell you the mismanagements of John Hickerthrift, find fault with the passionate temper in Bevis of Southampton, and loved St.
275 ページ - Our curiosity was immediately raised, so that we went to the place where the sexton had been at work, and found a great concourse of people about the grave. Among the rest, there was an old woman, who told us, the person buried there was a lady whose name...
242 ページ - We know by the life of this memorable hero, to which of these two ladies he gave up his heart ; and I believe, every one who reads this will do him the justice to approve his choice.
292 ページ - The finest authors of antiquity have taken him on the more advantageous side. They cultivate the natural grandeur of the soul, raise in her a generous ambition, feed her with hopes of immortality and perfection, and do all they can to widen the partition between the virtuous and the vicious, by making the difference betwixt them as great as between gods and brutes.
225 ページ - ... afterwards hanged for it. But no more of this at present. As things stand, I shall put up no more affronts ; and I shall be so far from taking ill words, that I will not take ill looks.
10 ページ - ... insomuch that it was said by an old sage, ' Sure, Nestor will now be famous, for the habitations of gods, as well as men, are built by his contrivance.' But this bashful quality still put a damp upon his great knowledge, which has as fatal an effect upon men's reputations as poverty; for as it was...
270 ページ - whether he wore it at his breast to have it in readiness when that period should arrive?" My young lawyer immediately told me, he had a property in it, and a right to hang it where he...
84 ページ - But of all the people on the earth, there are none who puzzle me so much as the clergy of Great Britain, who are, I believe, the most learned body...