The PraterT. Lownds, 1757 - 289 sivua |
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Sivu 5
... appearance in the coffee houfes , which may not improperly be called Courts of Criticism ; all the word - catch- ers who live on fyllables , will , I fuppofe be nib- bling at it , grumbling over ft , and endeavouring to Thew the depth ...
... appearance in the coffee houfes , which may not improperly be called Courts of Criticism ; all the word - catch- ers who live on fyllables , will , I fuppofe be nib- bling at it , grumbling over ft , and endeavouring to Thew the depth ...
Sivu 12
... appearance there with fo vulgar , fo unfashionable a defign . Lady Charlotte laying her two elbows on the edge of the box , began to chatter away fo fluently and fo loudly , and accompanied her words with fo many convulfive motions in ...
... appearance there with fo vulgar , fo unfashionable a defign . Lady Charlotte laying her two elbows on the edge of the box , began to chatter away fo fluently and fo loudly , and accompanied her words with fo many convulfive motions in ...
Sivu 16
... appearance at Billy Diddle's toilet , and once spent an evening with Jack Sulphur , who is the fprightlieft Buck about town , and a blood to the back - bone . . Yet in fpite of all my efforts to catch the polish'd man- ners of the age ...
... appearance at Billy Diddle's toilet , and once spent an evening with Jack Sulphur , who is the fprightlieft Buck about town , and a blood to the back - bone . . Yet in fpite of all my efforts to catch the polish'd man- ners of the age ...
Sivu 29
... appearance when they are cover'd with a becom- ing drapery , would be downright fcarecrows without it . I will allow that there are a great many Venus's about Town , but I cannot allow that a Venus of Medicis is to be met with every day ...
... appearance when they are cover'd with a becom- ing drapery , would be downright fcarecrows without it . I will allow that there are a great many Venus's about Town , but I cannot allow that a Venus of Medicis is to be met with every day ...
Sivu 37
... appearance there , except I can make as " good a figure as the reft of my neighbours . " " -Hoity toity , Hoity toity cried Sam , what , is " the Monkey atop of the Houfe ? why , what a " jargon is here of I shall and I shan't , and I ...
... appearance there , except I can make as " good a figure as the reft of my neighbours . " " -Hoity toity , Hoity toity cried Sam , what , is " the Monkey atop of the Houfe ? why , what a " jargon is here of I shall and I shan't , and I ...
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acquaintance affure againſt almoſt aſk Beauty becauſe Bellair Cadige cauſe charms chufe cloſe confequence cried dear defign defire delight difcovered difpofition Drefs dreft eyes fafe faid fhe faid Mifs fame faſhion Father fatire fatisfaction feemed felf fellow feven fexes fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fmiled fome fometimes foon fpeech fuch fuppofe fure girl greateſt Hamed Harriot hear herſelf himſelf houfe houſe increaſe juft juſt Lady Charlotte laft Lard laſt look Lord Madam manner married Mifs Giddy moft morning moſt muft muſt myſelf never NICHOLAS BABBLE NUMB occafion paffion Papa Perfon Pinch pleafed pleaſe pleaſure prefent purpoſe reafon replied Saturday ſay Servant ſhall ſhe Sir Ch ſome ſpirit ſuch tafte talk tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought told town uſe vifit wife Woman young yourſelf Zelis Zulima
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Sivu 150 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Sivu 151 - To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to fix The generous purpofe in the glowing breaft. Oh fpeak the joy! ye, "whom the fudden tear Surprizes often, while you look around, And nothing ftrikes your eye but fights of blifs, All various Nature preffing on the heart : An elegant fufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendfhip, books, Eafe and alternate labour, ufeful life, Progreffive virtue, and approving HEAVEN.
Sivu 150 - Who in each other clafp whatever fair High fancy forms, and lavifh hearts can wifh; Something...
Sivu 151 - Progreffive virtue, and approving HEAVEN. Thefe are the matchlefs joys of virtuous love; And thus their moments fly. The Seafons thus, As ceafelefs round a jarring world they roll, Still find them happy...
Sivu 53 - May catch the fop; for gudgeons strike At the bare hook and bait alike, While salmon play regardless by, Till Art like Nature forms the fly. Beneath a...
Sivu 98 - liften to the voice of inftrudlion, and let not the accents of reproof be difregarded. I am the .genius Abdaric. I behold thy beauties with delight. Be not therefore vain, for know I behold them- with concern. I am come from the bottom of the earth, to teach thee wifdom, and to fnatch thee from deftru&ion. Follow my advice, and be happy. Thou vainly fancieft, unthinking Zulima, that the fame of thy beauty will be wafted to the pinnacles of Agra by the fighs of thy adorers, and that their...
Sivu 98 - Abukazan, and lay ruminating on methods to increafe her charms, and extend her conquefts, fhe faw a thick fmoak rife out of the ground. It curled like a vine, and afcended like a column. While fhe was earneftly watching its progrefs, a little old man, with a beard whiter than fnow, which reached to his feet, appeared before her.
Sivu 151 - To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpofe in the glowing breast. Oh, speak the joy ! ye, whom the sudden tear Surprizes often, while you look around...
Sivu 78 - replied Tom, I have pieces enough at home, " which would make a pretty figure here, but " then they would be known to be mine, and <( nobody would vouchfafe to look on the pal*
Sivu 97 - She was tall as the towering palm, and ftraight as the lofty pine. Her countenance was animated with the glow of health, and her fmile was as the dawn of the vernal day. Symmetry was difcernible in every limb, in every gefture, grace.