The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Том 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... Sort of Maxim , That the greatest Art is to conceal Art ; but I know not how , among fome People we meet with , their greateft Cunning is to appear cunning . There is Polypragmon makes it the whole Bufinefs of his Life to be thought a ...
... Sort of Maxim , That the greatest Art is to conceal Art ; but I know not how , among fome People we meet with , their greateft Cunning is to appear cunning . There is Polypragmon makes it the whole Bufinefs of his Life to be thought a ...
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... Sort of Demand upon them , for what they invite Men to expect , is a Debt of Honour , which , according to Cuftom , they ought to be most careful of paying , and would be a very worthy Subject for a Lucubration . OF all Men living , I ...
... Sort of Demand upon them , for what they invite Men to expect , is a Debt of Honour , which , according to Cuftom , they ought to be most careful of paying , and would be a very worthy Subject for a Lucubration . OF all Men living , I ...
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... the Pain of his Impertinence . As THERE is a Sort of Littleness in the Minds of Men of wrong Senfe , which makes them much more G 4 infuf- infufferable than meer Fools , and has the further Incon- N ' 197 . 31 The TATLER .
... the Pain of his Impertinence . As THERE is a Sort of Littleness in the Minds of Men of wrong Senfe , which makes them much more G 4 infuf- infufferable than meer Fools , and has the further Incon- N ' 197 . 31 The TATLER .
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... Sort , is to contribute what we can to the Succefs of well- grounded Paffions ; and therefore I comply with the Re- queft of an enamoured Man in inserting the following Billet . MADAM , M R. Bickerstaff you always read , though me you ...
... Sort , is to contribute what we can to the Succefs of well- grounded Paffions ; and therefore I comply with the Re- queft of an enamoured Man in inserting the following Billet . MADAM , M R. Bickerstaff you always read , though me you ...
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... Sort of Veneration upon the two Boys which received the Tickets from the Wheels , as the impartial and equal Difpenfers of the Fortunes which were to be distributed among the Crowd , who all flood expecting the fame Chance . It seems at ...
... Sort of Veneration upon the two Boys which received the Tickets from the Wheels , as the impartial and equal Difpenfers of the Fortunes which were to be distributed among the Crowd , who all flood expecting the fame Chance . It seems at ...
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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.
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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.
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