The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Том 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... seems to be the Basis of Society , that Applause and Contempt fhould be always given to proper Objects . But in this Age we behold Things , for which we ought to have an Abhorrence , not only received without Difdain , but even valued ...
... seems to be the Basis of Society , that Applause and Contempt fhould be always given to proper Objects . But in this Age we behold Things , for which we ought to have an Abhorrence , not only received without Difdain , but even valued ...
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... seem to like the Atten- dance for its own Sake , and are early at the Abodes of the Powerful , out of meer Fashion . This Sort of Va- nity is as well grounded , as if a Man fhould lay afide his own plain Suit , and drefs himself up in a ...
... seem to like the Atten- dance for its own Sake , and are early at the Abodes of the Powerful , out of meer Fashion . This Sort of Va- nity is as well grounded , as if a Man fhould lay afide his own plain Suit , and drefs himself up in a ...
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... seems this is a Collection of Letters which fome profound Blockheads , who lived before our Times , have written in Honour of each other , and for their mutual Infor- mation in each other's Abfurdities . They are mostly of the German ...
... seems this is a Collection of Letters which fome profound Blockheads , who lived before our Times , have written in Honour of each other , and for their mutual Infor- mation in each other's Abfurdities . They are mostly of the German ...
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... seems at firft Thought very wonderful , that one Paffion fhould fo univerfally have the Pre eminence of another in the Poffeffion of Mens Minds , as that in this Cafe ; all in general have a fecret Hope of the great Ticket : And yet ...
... seems at firft Thought very wonderful , that one Paffion fhould fo univerfally have the Pre eminence of another in the Poffeffion of Mens Minds , as that in this Cafe ; all in general have a fecret Hope of the great Ticket : And yet ...
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... seems to have all his Interefts and Paffions gratified , if every Man elfe in the Room is as uncon- cerned as himself . This Man usually has no Quality or Character among his Companions , let him be born of whom he will , have what ...
... seems to have all his Interefts and Paffions gratified , if every Man elfe in the Room is as uncon- cerned as himself . This Man usually has no Quality or Character among his Companions , let him be born of whom he will , have what ...
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Сторінка 109 - ... over ; and as they were passing by me into the garden, I asked them to let me be one of their company. The gentleman of the house told me, ' if I delighted in flowers, it would be worth my while ; for that he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country.
Сторінка 287 - And now when I thought most of peace and honour, Thy hand is heavy upon me, and hath humbled me according to Thy former loving-kindness, keeping me still in Thy fatherly school, not as a bastard, but as a child. Just are Thy judgments upon me for my sins, which are more in number than the sands of the sea, but have no proportion to Thy mercies; for what are the sands of the sea ? Earth, heavens, and all these are nothing to Thy mercies.
Сторінка 231 - The rest of the jury, upon the delivery of the sword to their foreman, drew all of them together as one man, and saluted the bench with such an air as signified the most resigned submission to those who commanded them, and the greatest magnanimity to execute what they should command.
Сторінка 116 - I have made some necessary variations both in the tube and the fluid it contains. In the first place I ordered a tube to be cast in a planetary hour, and took care to seal it hermetically, when the Sun was in conjunction with Saturn. I then took the proper precautions about the fluid, which is a compound of two...
Сторінка 104 - I have seen the most amiable become the most deformed, and she that appeared one of the Graces immediately turned into one of the Furies. I humbly conceive the great cause of this evil may proceed from a false notion the ladies have of what we call a modest woman.
Сторінка 287 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Сторінка 119 - I have taken my text for this discourse : we should be careful not to overshoot ourselves in the pursuits even of virtue. Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.
Сторінка 116 - The church thermometer, which I am now to treat of, is supposed to have been invented in the reign of Henry the Eighth, about the time when that religious Prince put some to death for owning the Pope's supremacy, and others for denying transubstantiation. I do not find, however, any great use made of this instrument...
Сторінка 184 - Nobody ever knew what this meant ; but the green and red dragon so amused the people, that the doctor lived very comfortably upon them. About the same time there was pasted a very hard word upon every corner of the streets. This, to the best of my remembrance, was...