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... speak to thee ? how shall I address thee ? how shall I draw thee ? thou dear outside ! Will you be combing your wig , playing with your box , or picking your teeth ? or choosest thou rather to be speaking ; to be speaking for thy only ...
... speak to thee ? how shall I address thee ? how shall I draw thee ? thou dear outside ! Will you be combing your wig , playing with your box , or picking your teeth ? or choosest thou rather to be speaking ; to be speaking for thy only ...
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... Speak of a beautiful wo- man , and this puppy will whisper the next man to him , though he has nothing to say of her . He is a fly that feeds on the sore part , and would have no- thing to live on if the whole body were in health . You ...
... Speak of a beautiful wo- man , and this puppy will whisper the next man to him , though he has nothing to say of her . He is a fly that feeds on the sore part , and would have no- thing to live on if the whole body were in health . You ...
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... speaking ; accord- ing to which , the term certainly was to commence on the first instant . You may be sure , a man , who has turned his studies as I have , could not he mis- taken in point of time ; for knowing I was to come to town in ...
... speaking ; accord- ing to which , the term certainly was to commence on the first instant . You may be sure , a man , who has turned his studies as I have , could not he mis- taken in point of time ; for knowing I was to come to town in ...
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... speaking , a very worthy man assumed the discourse : This is , ' said he , Mr. Bickerstaff , a proper ar- gument for you to treat of in your article from this place ; and if you would send your Pacolet into all our brains , you would ...
... speaking , a very worthy man assumed the discourse : This is , ' said he , Mr. Bickerstaff , a proper ar- gument for you to treat of in your article from this place ; and if you would send your Pacolet into all our brains , you would ...
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... speak as it ought to do : and I , that have heard the groaning board , can despise all that his puppets shall be able to speak as long as they live . But Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius . Every log of wood will not make a Mercury ...
... speak as it ought to do : and I , that have heard the groaning board , can despise all that his puppets shall be able to speak as long as they live . But Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius . Every log of wood will not make a Mercury ...
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Page 116 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Page 292 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 44 - 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 past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Page 202 - ... judgment will come, when we least think of it! and so forth He knows, to be vehement is the only way to come at his audience. Daniel, when he sees my friend Greenhat come in, can give a good hint, and cry out, This is only for the saints! the regenerated...
Page 302 - ... us seemed to vanish. Most of the company, who had swords in their hands, marched on with great spirit, and an air of defiance, up the road that was commanded by Death ; while others, who had thought and contemplation in their looks, went forward, in a more composed manner, up the road possessed by Envy. The way above these apparitions grew...
Page 299 - Here patriots live, who, for their country's good, In fighting fields, were prodigal of blood: Priests of unblemish'd lives here make abode, And poets worthy their inspiring god; And searching wits, of more mechanic parts, Who grac'd their age with new-invented arts: Those who to worth their bounty did extend, And those who knew that bounty to commend.
Page 307 - I desired my guide, for variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures, which I wanted both time and skill to unriddle. The first table was almost full: at the upper end sat Hercules, leaning an arm upon his club...
Page 200 - ... as a certain insensibility in the countenance recommends a sentence of humour and jest, so it must be a very lively consciousness that gives grace to great sentiments. The jest is to be a thing unexpected ; therefore your undesigning manner is a beauty in expressions of mirth ; but when you are to talk on a set subject, the more you are moved yourself, the more you will move others. " There is," said he, "a remarkable example of that kind.
Page 202 - Would every one of our clergymen be thus careful to recommend truth and virtue in their proper figures, and show so much concern for them as to give them all the additional force they were able, it is not possible that nonsense should have so many hearers as you find it has in dissenting congregations, for no reason in the world but because it is spoken extempore; for ordinary minds are wholly governed by their eyes and ears; and there is no way to come at their hearts but by power over their imaginations....
Page 301 - ... generous ardour with which I seemed transported ; but at the same time advised me to cover my face with a mask all the while I was to labour on the ascent.