The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Band 1J.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 |
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... Behaviour . No Man has a better Judgment for the Disco- very , or a nobler Spirit for the Con- tempt of all Imposture , than your self ; which Qualities render you the most proper Patron for the Author of these Eflays . In the general ...
... Behaviour . No Man has a better Judgment for the Disco- very , or a nobler Spirit for the Con- tempt of all Imposture , than your self ; which Qualities render you the most proper Patron for the Author of these Eflays . In the general ...
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... Behaviour , and be the most quick and most prevailing Method of giving Young People a Turn of Senfe and Breeding . But as I have fet up for a Weekly Hiftorian , I refolve to be a Faithful One ; and therefore take this publick Occafion ...
... Behaviour , and be the most quick and most prevailing Method of giving Young People a Turn of Senfe and Breeding . But as I have fet up for a Weekly Hiftorian , I refolve to be a Faithful One ; and therefore take this publick Occafion ...
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... , he has loft all his Faculties : Elfe how fhould Celia be fo long a Maid with that agreeable Behaviour ? Co- rinna , with that sprightly Wit ? Lesbia , with that that Heavenly Voice ? And Sacharissa , with all those 34 N ° 4 . The Tatler .
... , he has loft all his Faculties : Elfe how fhould Celia be fo long a Maid with that agreeable Behaviour ? Co- rinna , with that sprightly Wit ? Lesbia , with that that Heavenly Voice ? And Sacharissa , with all those 34 N ° 4 . The Tatler .
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... Behaviour . These Arts , as they are the Steps to his Greatness , so they are the Pillars of it now it is raised . To this her Glo- rious Son , Great Britain is indebted for the happy Conduct of her Arms , in whom she can boaft , She ...
... Behaviour . These Arts , as they are the Steps to his Greatness , so they are the Pillars of it now it is raised . To this her Glo- rious Son , Great Britain is indebted for the happy Conduct of her Arms , in whom she can boaft , She ...
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... Behaviour in Parallel Circumstances . It must be allowed , That they had an equal Greatness of Soul ; but Cafar's was more corrected and allayed by a Mixture of Prudence and Circumfpection . This is feen confpicuously in one Particular ...
... Behaviour in Parallel Circumstances . It must be allowed , That they had an equal Greatness of Soul ; but Cafar's was more corrected and allayed by a Mixture of Prudence and Circumfpection . This is feen confpicuously in one Particular ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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