The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Том 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... Person that was dearer to him than Life , the Ship was preferved . It is with a fecret Sorrow and Vexation of Mind that I muft tell the Sequel of the Story , and let my Reader know , that this faithful Pair who were ready to have died ...
... Person that was dearer to him than Life , the Ship was preferved . It is with a fecret Sorrow and Vexation of Mind that I muft tell the Sequel of the Story , and let my Reader know , that this faithful Pair who were ready to have died ...
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... Person that is truly devout , that an aukward Man may as well pretend to be genteel , as an Hypocrite to be N ° 211 , pious . The Conftraint in Words pious N ° 211 . 83 The TATLER . AS to all the Intricacies and Viciffitudes under which ...
... Person that is truly devout , that an aukward Man may as well pretend to be genteel , as an Hypocrite to be N ° 211 , pious . The Conftraint in Words pious N ° 211 . 83 The TATLER . AS to all the Intricacies and Viciffitudes under which ...
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... Person who offends them . Our Neighbour was only faying to his Wife he went a little too fine , when the immediately pulled his Periwig off , and ftamping it under her Feet , wrung her Hands , and faid , Never modeft Woman was fo ufed ...
... Person who offends them . Our Neighbour was only faying to his Wife he went a little too fine , when the immediately pulled his Periwig off , and ftamping it under her Feet , wrung her Hands , and faid , Never modeft Woman was fo ufed ...
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... Person who was nei- ther Man nor Woman , as writen by one of my ingenious Correfpondents , who feems to have imitated Plutarch in that multifarious Erudition , and thofe occafional Differ- tations , which he has wrought into the Body of ...
... Person who was nei- ther Man nor Woman , as writen by one of my ingenious Correfpondents , who feems to have imitated Plutarch in that multifarious Erudition , and thofe occafional Differ- tations , which he has wrought into the Body of ...
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... Person before - mentioned was born blind , your envious Men have contracted the Diftemper themselves , and are troubled with a Sort of an acquired Blindness . Thus the Devil in Milton , though made an Angel of Light , could fee no ...
... Person before - mentioned was born blind , your envious Men have contracted the Diftemper themselves , and are troubled with a Sort of an acquired Blindness . Thus the Devil in Milton , though made an Angel of Light , could fee no ...
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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...