The British Essayists;: ConnoisseurJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 |
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... expect that sometimes a principle should be confirmed , as well as a laugh provoked ; and although they are not unwilling to unbend with the gay and the frivolous , where gaiety and frivolity are seasonable and mode- rate , they ...
... expect that sometimes a principle should be confirmed , as well as a laugh provoked ; and although they are not unwilling to unbend with the gay and the frivolous , where gaiety and frivolity are seasonable and mode- rate , they ...
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... expect to see me in England ; till when I am , dear sir , yours , & c . ******* ****** . I shall here subjoin a letter of a very different stamp ; which points out to me another walk as a Connoisseur , not less extensive perhaps , and ...
... expect to see me in England ; till when I am , dear sir , yours , & c . ******* ****** . I shall here subjoin a letter of a very different stamp ; which points out to me another walk as a Connoisseur , not less extensive perhaps , and ...
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... expect my friend will have but little of their custom ; for as the mere reputation of chastity is the utmost aim of a fine lady , to preserve even that , in a fine gentleman , is accounted mean and unmanly . 1 0 . No 5. THURSDAY ...
... expect my friend will have but little of their custom ; for as the mere reputation of chastity is the utmost aim of a fine lady , to preserve even that , in a fine gentleman , is accounted mean and unmanly . 1 0 . No 5. THURSDAY ...
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... expect a system of geography , or an attempt towards a discovery of the longitude . The reader will smile perhaps at a criticism of this kind ; yet certainly even here propriety should be ob- served , or at least all absurdities avoided ...
... expect a system of geography , or an attempt towards a discovery of the longitude . The reader will smile perhaps at a criticism of this kind ; yet certainly even here propriety should be ob- served , or at least all absurdities avoided ...
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... expect them to be admitted into polite company . Yet we should not lay too much stress on the decorations , but rather remember Tully's precept to all who build , that " the owner should be an ornament to the house , and not the house ...
... expect them to be admitted into polite company . Yet we should not lay too much stress on the decorations , but rather remember Tully's precept to all who build , that " the owner should be an ornament to the house , and not the house ...
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48 ページ - I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God, and God is matter ; and that it is no matter whether there is any God or not.
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81 ページ - And he for it would pay Whatsoever he would demand of him, And pledges he should have. ' No,' (quoth the Jew with Hearing lookes) ' Sir, aske what you will have.
3 ページ - ... the booksellers. The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications ; but their criticisms are somewhat singular. When they say a good book, they do not mean to praise the style or sentiment, but the quick and extensive sale of it. That book is best which sells most; and if the demand for Quarles should be greater than for Pope, he would have the highest place on the rubric-post.