The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Band 1J.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 |
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... gives me the moft confpicuous Occafion I can ever have , of subscribing my felf , SIR , Your most Obliged , Moft Obedient , and Moft Humble Servant , Ifaac Bickerftaff . LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS . Earl of Barrymore . Earl The Dedication . V.
... gives me the moft confpicuous Occafion I can ever have , of subscribing my felf , SIR , Your most Obliged , Moft Obedient , and Moft Humble Servant , Ifaac Bickerftaff . LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS . Earl of Barrymore . Earl The Dedication . V.
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... Occafion . There has not been known fo great a Concourfe of Perfons of Di- stinction as at that Time ; the Stage it felf was covered with Gentlemen and Ladies , and when the Curtain was drawn , it discovered even there a very splendid ...
... Occafion . There has not been known fo great a Concourfe of Perfons of Di- stinction as at that Time ; the Stage it felf was covered with Gentlemen and Ladies , and when the Curtain was drawn , it discovered even there a very splendid ...
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... Occafion , proceed to confute other dead Men , who pre- tend to be in Being , that they are actually deceased . I therefore give all Men fair Warn- ing to mend their Manners , for I fhall from Time to Time print Bills of Mortality ; and ...
... Occafion , proceed to confute other dead Men , who pre- tend to be in Being , that they are actually deceased . I therefore give all Men fair Warn- ing to mend their Manners , for I fhall from Time to Time print Bills of Mortality ; and ...
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... Occafion , to admonish a Young Nobleman , who came flufter'd into the Box laft Night , and let him know , how much all his Friends were out of Countenance for him . The Women fate in Terror of hear ing fomething that should shock their ...
... Occafion , to admonish a Young Nobleman , who came flufter'd into the Box laft Night , and let him know , how much all his Friends were out of Countenance for him . The Women fate in Terror of hear ing fomething that should shock their ...
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... Occafion confidered the Na- ture of Sounds in general , and made a very elaborate Digreffion upon the London Cries , wherein he has shown from Reason and Phi- losophy , why Oyfters are cried , Cardmatches fung , and Turneps and all ...
... Occafion confidered the Na- ture of Sounds in general , and made a very elaborate Digreffion upon the London Cries , wherein he has shown from Reason and Phi- losophy , why Oyfters are cried , Cardmatches fung , and Turneps and all ...
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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