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... pass . Written to prevent the public from being further imposed upon by vulgar almanack makers , by Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . " " My first prediction , " says the writer , " is but a trifle , yet I will mention it , to show how ignorant ...
... pass . Written to prevent the public from being further imposed upon by vulgar almanack makers , by Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . " " My first prediction , " says the writer , " is but a trifle , yet I will mention it , to show how ignorant ...
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... pass by Mr. Lilly's shop - windows in the Strand ; we are introduced to Better- ton or Mrs. Oldfield behind the scenes . . . . We listen to a dispute at a tavern on the merits of the Duke of Marl- borough or Marshal Turenne ; or are ...
... pass by Mr. Lilly's shop - windows in the Strand ; we are introduced to Better- ton or Mrs. Oldfield behind the scenes . . . . We listen to a dispute at a tavern on the merits of the Duke of Marl- borough or Marshal Turenne ; or are ...
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... pass of it . * Though some have been inserted which did not strictly fall in with the design , the reader will , of course , distinguish between this and a miscellaneous selection from the work , which , though it were to contain papers ...
... pass of it . * Though some have been inserted which did not strictly fall in with the design , the reader will , of course , distinguish between this and a miscellaneous selection from the work , which , though it were to contain papers ...
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... pass . But this last faculty I shall ufe very sparingly , and speak but of few things till they are passed , for fear of divulging matters which may offend our fuperiors . It is ufual with perfons who mount the stage for the cure or ...
... pass . But this last faculty I shall ufe very sparingly , and speak but of few things till they are passed , for fear of divulging matters which may offend our fuperiors . It is ufual with perfons who mount the stage for the cure or ...
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... pass his time agreeably , if there were not a hare or a fox in his county . That calm and elegant fatisfac- tion which the vulgar call melancholy , is the true and proper delight of men of knowledge and virtue . What we take for ...
... pass his time agreeably , if there were not a hare or a fox in his county . That calm and elegant fatisfac- tion which the vulgar call melancholy , is the true and proper delight of men of knowledge and virtue . What we take for ...
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Page 296 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Page 289 - The Tories carry it among the new members six to one. Mr. Addison's election has passed easy and undisputed ; and I believe if he had a mind to be king, he would hardly be refused.
Page 298 - It is impossible for this ingenious sort of men to subsist after a peace : every one remembers the shifts they were driven to in the reign of king Charles the Second, when they could not furnish out a single paper of news, without lighting up a comet in Germany, or a fire in Moscow.
Page 23 - I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling papa ; for, I know not how, I had some slight idea that he was locked up there.
Page 296 - Immortal Rich! how calm he sits at ease 'Mid snows of paper, and fierce hail of pease; And proud his Mistress' orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Page 288 - And each true Briton is to Ben so civil, He swears the Muses met him at the Devil. Tho' justly Greece her eldest sons admires, Why should not we be wiser than our sires?
Page 23 - The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling Papa...
Page 24 - ... was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo, and receives impressions so forcible that they are as hard to be removed by reason, as any mark with which a child is born is to be taken away by any future application. Hence it is that...
Page 15 - Jeoffery, no longer ago than last night, upon a dispute what day of the month it was then in Holland, pulled his pipe out of his mouth, and cried, 'What does the scholar say to it?
Page 84 - ... therefore he also retired. I was extremely troubled to see the glorious mart of London left with no other guardian but him of credit. But Pacolet told me, ' that traders had nothing to do with the honour or conscience of their...