The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 3G. Risk, 1728 |
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... observe the Walks which led to this Temple ; for I met in it feveral who had begun their Journey with the Band of virtuous Per-- fons , and Travelled fome Time in their Company : But upon Examination I found , that there were feveral ...
... observe the Walks which led to this Temple ; for I met in it feveral who had begun their Journey with the Band of virtuous Per-- fons , and Travelled fome Time in their Company : But upon Examination I found , that there were feveral ...
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... Observation , and is then obtru- ding himfelf upon the Company when he pretends to be withdrawn from it . Such little Arts are the certain and infallible Tokens of a fuperficial Mind , as the avoi ding Obfervation is the Sign of a great ...
... Observation , and is then obtru- ding himfelf upon the Company when he pretends to be withdrawn from it . Such little Arts are the certain and infallible Tokens of a fuperficial Mind , as the avoi ding Obfervation is the Sign of a great ...
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... observe , that the Hautboy in one Sex is as fcarce as the Harpficord in the other . By the Side of a Flute there fat a Flageolet , for fo I must call a certain young Lady , who fancying herself a Wit , defpifed the Mufick of the Flute ...
... observe , that the Hautboy in one Sex is as fcarce as the Harpficord in the other . By the Side of a Flute there fat a Flageolet , for fo I must call a certain young Lady , who fancying herself a Wit , defpifed the Mufick of the Flute ...
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... Observation of their Tempers , and by that Means be early enough in chu- fing their Way of Life , to make them forward in fome Art or Science at an Age when others have not deter- mined what Profeffion to follow . As to the Perfons ...
... Observation of their Tempers , and by that Means be early enough in chu- fing their Way of Life , to make them forward in fome Art or Science at an Age when others have not deter- mined what Profeffion to follow . As to the Perfons ...
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Page 72 - Sir," said he, with the air of a drawer; and, after having cast his eye on the several tastes and flavours that stood before him, he took up a little cruet, that was filled with a kind of inky juice, and pouring some of it out into the glass of white wine, presented it to me; and told me, "this was the wine over which most of the business of the last Term had been dispatched.
Page 184 - ... in all points as his forefathers had done. He then communicated to me a thought of a certain author upon a passage of Virgil's account of the dead, which I made the subject of a late paper. This thought hath taken very much among men of Tom's pitch and understanding, though universally exploded by all that know how to construe Virgil, or have any relish of antiquity.
Page 27 - I was so little pleased with the place, that I was going out of it ; but found I could not return by the gate where I entered, which was barred against all that were come in, with bolts of iron, and locks of adamant.
Page 185 - 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 in the several parts of Europe; of many amendments which are made, and not yet published, and a thousand other particulars, which I would not have my memory burdened with for a Vatican.
Page 281 - We are so intimate, that we can be company in whatever state of mind we meet, and can entertain each other without expecting always to rejoice. The wine we found to be generous and warming, but with such a heat as moved us rather to be cheerful than frolicsome. It revived the spirits, without firing the blood. We commended it...
Page 184 - He thinks he gives you an account of an author, when he tells you the subject he treats of, the name of the editor, and the year in which it was printed. Or if you draw him into further particulars, he cries up the goodness of the paper, extols the diligence of the corrector, and is transported with the beauty of the letter. This he looks upon to be sound learning, and substantial criticism.
Page 26 - Levity ; who, with the innocence of a virgin, had the dress and behaviour of a harlot : the name of the second was Contention, who bore on her right arm a muff made of the skin of a porcupine, and on her left carried a little lap-dog, that barked and snapped at every one that passed by her.
Page 184 - I discovered in him some little touches of the coxcomb, which I had not before observed. Being very full of the figure which he makes in the republic of letters, and wonderfully satisfied with his great stock of knowledge, he gave me broad intimations, that he did not believe...
Page 170 - 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 214 - Been! (says he;) I have been at Northampton, in the Park, in a lady's bed-chamber, in a dining-room, every where ; the rogue has led me such a dance!" — Though I could scarce forbear laughing at his discourse, I told him I was glad it was no worse, and that he was only metaphorically weary. "In short, Sir...