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Notwithstanding his boasted wisdom , I appeal to the heart of any Toast in town ,
whether she would not think the lutenist preferable to be statesman ? I do not
speak this out of any aversion that I have to the sex : on the con . trary , I have ...
Notwithstanding his boasted wisdom , I appeal to the heart of any Toast in town ,
whether she would not think the lutenist preferable to be statesman ? I do not
speak this out of any aversion that I have to the sex : on the con . trary , I have ...
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When he bad lost all business of his own , He ran in quest of news through all the
town . From my own Apartment , April 5 . There lived some years since , within my
neighbourhood , a very grave person , an upholsterer * , who seemed a man ...
When he bad lost all business of his own , He ran in quest of news through all the
town . From my own Apartment , April 5 . There lived some years since , within my
neighbourhood , a very grave person , an upholsterer * , who seemed a man ...
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... and if I am pot mistaken , by that time the wildness of her notes is a little
softened , and the redundancy of her music restrained by conversation and good
company , will be improved into one of the most amiable Flutes about the town .
... and if I am pot mistaken , by that time the wildness of her notes is a little
softened , and the redundancy of her music restrained by conversation and good
company , will be improved into one of the most amiable Flutes about the town .
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He gave her the name of another town , which I found she had dropped by the
way . As much as I love to be informed of the success of my brave countrymen , I
do not care for hearing of a victory before day ; and was therefore very much out
of ...
He gave her the name of another town , which I found she had dropped by the
way . As much as I love to be informed of the success of my brave countrymen , I
do not care for hearing of a victory before day ; and was therefore very much out
of ...
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I hope you will be recovered of your indisposition by to - morrow morning , when I
will wait on you at the same hour as I did this ; my private circumstances being
such , that I cannot well appear in this quarter of the town after it is day . “ I have ...
I hope you will be recovered of your indisposition by to - morrow morning , when I
will wait on you at the same hour as I did this ; my private circumstances being
such , that I cannot well appear in this quarter of the town after it is day . “ I have ...
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Page 26 - angel, and of him to ask Chose rather. He, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses; from his lip Not words alone pleas'd her. O! when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honour join'd '
Page 222 - I had been happy, if the gen'ral camp, Pioneers and all, had tasted her sweet body, So I had nothing known. Oh now! for ever Farewell the tranquil mind ! farewell content! Farewell the plumed troops, and the hig
Page 188 - me no more, for they were going to put him under ground, whence he could never come to us again." She was a very beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all .the wildness of her transport; which,
Page 188 - my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell abeating the coffin, and calling Papa; for, I know not how, I had so'me slight idea that he was locked up there. My mother catched me in
Page 188 - arms, and, transported beyond all patience of the silent grief she was before in, she almost smothered me in her embraces ; and told me in a flood of tears, " Papa could not hear me, and would play
Page 56 - mind for king Augustus's welfare, than that of his nearest relations. He looked extremely thin in a dearth of news, and never enjoyed himself in a westerly wind. This indefatigable kind of life was the ruin of his shop; for, about the time that his favourite prince left the crown of Poland, he broke, and disappeared.
Page 57 - while to make him repeat. naming, I take to be " Upon which, though We were now got to the upper end of the Mall, where were three or four very odd fellows sitting together upon the bench. These I found were all of them politicians, who used to sun themselves in that place every day about
Page 100 - of the Muses; for, if you look into ancient authors, you will find it was their opinion, that there were nine of them." " I remember it very well," said I; " but pray proceed." Or Phoebus' self in petticoats. " Phoebus," says he, " was the god of Poetry. These little instances, Mr.
Page 73 - I asked him which was the simile he meant; but was answered, any simile in Virgil. He then told me all the secret history in the commonwealth of learning; of modern pieces that had the names of ancient authors annexed to them; of all the books that were now writing or printing
Page 243 - cuique. Hon. Ars Poet. ver. 312. The Poet, who with wild discernment knows What to his country and his friends he owes ; How various nature warms the human breast, To love the parent, brother, friend, or guest,— He surely knows, with nice, well-judging art, The strokes peculiar to each different part.
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| Title | The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volumes 14-26 The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, James Ferguson (advocate) |
| Author | British essayists |
| Editor | James Ferguson (advocate) |
| Published | 1819 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2007 |
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