The World ..R. and J. Dodsley, 1753 |
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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 78
Sivu 14
... woman in the world , without a penny to her fortune , only because we loved each other to distrac- tion , and were miferable afunder . To the whole of this charge I plead guilty ; and have most heartily repented of every article of it ...
... woman in the world , without a penny to her fortune , only because we loved each other to distrac- tion , and were miferable afunder . To the whole of this charge I plead guilty ; and have most heartily repented of every article of it ...
Sivu 17
... woman of fortune , great fortune ; and fo might you - What hindered you ? But I fay nothing against your wife . I hope you are both heartily forry that you ever faw one another's faces . Are your children boys or girls ? Girls , fir ...
... woman of fortune , great fortune ; and fo might you - What hindered you ? But I fay nothing against your wife . I hope you are both heartily forry that you ever faw one another's faces . Are your children boys or girls ? Girls , fir ...
Sivu 20
... and her not knowing he had an ac- quaintance in that street , a little alarmed her , she enquired of the fhop - woman if she knew the gentleman who lived in in the oppofite house . " madam , replied the 20 No. 4 . THE WORLD .
... and her not knowing he had an ac- quaintance in that street , a little alarmed her , she enquired of the fhop - woman if she knew the gentleman who lived in in the oppofite house . " madam , replied the 20 No. 4 . THE WORLD .
Sivu 21
... woman of the shop ran herself for the water , and by the additional help of fome hartshorn that was at hand , Mrs. Wilson became , in appearance , tolerably compofed . She then looked over the threads she wanted , and having defired a ...
... woman of the shop ran herself for the water , and by the additional help of fome hartshorn that was at hand , Mrs. Wilson became , in appearance , tolerably compofed . She then looked over the threads she wanted , and having defired a ...
Sivu 22
... woman fitting alone upon one of the benches , who though plainly , was neatly dressed , and whose air and manner distinguished her from the lower clafs of women . He drew nearer to her without being perceived , and faw in her ...
... woman fitting alone upon one of the benches , who though plainly , was neatly dressed , and whose air and manner distinguished her from the lower clafs of women . He drew nearer to her without being perceived , and faw in her ...
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ADAM FITZ ADAM FITZ-A affure againſt almoſt amuſements anſwer author are taken becauſe beſt buſineſs confequence confiderable continued every THURSDAY converfation COOPER correfpondent defign defire diſcovered DODSLEY in Pall-Mall drefs Engliſh faid fame faſhion fecond feems feen fent fhall fhew fhort fince firft firſt Fitz-Adam fold folly fome fometimes foon fortune fpirit ftill fubject fuch fufficient fure gentleman Globe in Pater-Nofter-Row greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband inftance itſelf juſt lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs letters LONDON manner maſter moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never NUMBER obferved occafion paffed paffion perfons pleaſed pleaſure poffibly prefent publiſhed purpoſe readers reafon ſay ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſuch taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtand uſe vifit whofe wife wiſh
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Sivu 176 - Many totally neglect, and many mistake it. The ancients began the education of their children, by forming their hearts and their manners. They taught them the duty of men and of citizens ; we teach them the languages of the ancients, and leave their morals and manners to shift for themselves.
Sivu 586 - My friends know what I am, and what I have been, but they reject and hate me : and I have not the...
Sivu 448 - When he affumes the critic's chair, Or from the STAGYRITE or PLATo draws The arts of civil life, the fpirit of the laws. O let me often thus employ The hour of mirth and focial joy ! And glean from GRANVILLE'S learned ftore Fair fcience and true wifdom's lore. Then will I ftill implore thy longer ftay, Nor change thy feftive hours for funfhine and the day.
Sivu 457 - In vain do you pull out your watch ; in vain remonstrate to him how late it is, or how rude it will be to make the ladies wait dinner : in vain...
Sivu 586 - I can therefore have but one inducement to defire your publication of this letter, which is, that my friends may know that I have gained that credit with a ftranger which they have refufed to give me, and that I am really and truly an -objecT: of companion.
Sivu 78 - The old man, hearing this, set his boy upon the ass, and went whistling by the side of him. Why, sirrah ! (cries a second man to the boy) is it fit for you to be riding, while your poor old father is walking on foot ? The father, upon this rebuke, took down his boy from the ass, and mounted himself. Do you see...
Sivu 589 - The whole skill and judgment of the poet now consists in selecting about a hundred words (for the opera vocabulary does not exceed that number) that terminate in liquids and vowels, and rhyme to each other.
Sivu 107 - 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 69 - ... so universally has it spread, that every gate to a cow-yard is in T's and Z's, and every hovel for the cows has bells hanging at the corners.
Sivu 625 - ... wickedness. But in the misapprehension of this figure, it is not always that the reader is to blame. A great deal of irony may seem very clear to the writer, which may not be so properly managed as to be safely trusted to the various capacities and apprehensions of all sorts of readers.