The World, by Adam Fitz-Adam, Nide 11776 |
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Sivu 13
... least not so fresh , if it " had not been joined with some vanity and boasting in " themselves ; for boafting ( continues that great writer ) " feems to be like varnish , that not only makes wood " fhine , but last . ” How greatly are ...
... least not so fresh , if it " had not been joined with some vanity and boasting in " themselves ; for boafting ( continues that great writer ) " feems to be like varnish , that not only makes wood " fhine , but last . ” How greatly are ...
Sivu 56
... least a claufe inferted in the act , enjoining the Poet Laureat , or fome beneficial genius , to prepare and new . caft the established rhimes for public ufe ? Were our aftronomers fo ignorant as to think that the old proverbs would ...
... least a claufe inferted in the act , enjoining the Poet Laureat , or fome beneficial genius , to prepare and new . caft the established rhimes for public ufe ? Were our aftronomers fo ignorant as to think that the old proverbs would ...
Sivu 65
... least , we may be certain that the prefent innovations are by no means adequate to fuch an effect : for , on a mode- rate computation , not one in a thousand of all the stiles , gates , rails , pales , chairs , temples , chimney pieces ...
... least , we may be certain that the prefent innovations are by no means adequate to fuch an effect : for , on a mode- rate computation , not one in a thousand of all the stiles , gates , rails , pales , chairs , temples , chimney pieces ...
Sivu 76
... least ridiculous , was to pretend that the patriarchal dignity was inclu- ded in the imperial ; and , by virtue of that definition , he really affumed the title of Pontifex Maximus , copying the Pagan lords of Rome on his way to the ...
... least ridiculous , was to pretend that the patriarchal dignity was inclu- ded in the imperial ; and , by virtue of that definition , he really affumed the title of Pontifex Maximus , copying the Pagan lords of Rome on his way to the ...
Sivu 80
... least , though the judicious eye could not help being displeased with the fantastic quaintnefs of the defign . James II . was depofed , and the immortal King William came to the crown of these kingdoms ; an æra as remarkable in the ...
... least , though the judicious eye could not help being displeased with the fantastic quaintnefs of the defign . James II . was depofed , and the immortal King William came to the crown of these kingdoms ; an æra as remarkable in the ...
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Sivu 122 - Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Sivu 134 - At the top of the firft page was delineated a lady with very red cheeks, and a very large hoop, in the fafhionable attitude of knotting, and of making a very genteel French curtefy.
Sivu 63 - Z's, and every hovel for the cows has bells hanging at the corners.
Sivu 35 - There is not a citizen who does not take more pains to torture his acre and half into irregularities than he formerly would have employed to make it as formal as his cravat.
Sivu 263 - I am apt to fufpecl; that human nature was always very like what it is at this day, and that men from the time of my great...
Sivu 57 - I am afraid we shall form very erroneous opinions of the people we converse with ; as every melancholy face will appear to be produced by a bad heart, and every cheerful face by a good one. But...
Sivu 99 - He gracioufly brought me five thoufand livres, which he affured me was not more than what would be neceflary for our firft fetting out, as he called it ; while his wife was pointing out to mine the moft compendious method of fpending three times as much. I told him that I hoped that fum would be very near fufficient for the whole time ; to which he anfwered coolly...
Sivu 26 - ... whither to go. Chance more than choice brought me to this place ; where if I have found a benefactor — and indeed, sir, I have need of one — I shall call it the happiest accident of my life.
Sivu 78 - I have been bullied by an usurper; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Sivu 132 - England, asserts (and that in a marginal note too, which is always more material than the text) that he knew somebody, who was radically cured of a most obstinate king's evil, by the touch of somebody.