The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volum 1J.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 |
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Pàgina 6
... Writing , and that with a Manner wholly new and unknown to the Antient Greeks and Romans , wherein he is but faintly imitated in the Tranflations of the Modern Italian Opera's . St. St. James's Coffee - house , April 11 . Letters 6 N ...
... Writing , and that with a Manner wholly new and unknown to the Antient Greeks and Romans , wherein he is but faintly imitated in the Tranflations of the Modern Italian Opera's . St. St. James's Coffee - house , April 11 . Letters 6 N ...
Pàgina 15
... write from Ber- lin of the 13th , O. S. That the true Design of General Fleming's Visit to that Court was , to infinuate , that it will be for the mutual Inte- rest of the King of Pruffia and King Auguftus to enter into a new Alliance ...
... write from Ber- lin of the 13th , O. S. That the true Design of General Fleming's Visit to that Court was , to infinuate , that it will be for the mutual Inte- rest of the King of Pruffia and King Auguftus to enter into a new Alliance ...
Pàgina 16
... Writer of News , that I am an Adept in Aftrological Speculations ; by which Means , I avoid fpeaking of Things which ... writes the Gazette of Paris , and ought to know as well as any Man , has told him , That ever fince the King has ...
... Writer of News , that I am an Adept in Aftrological Speculations ; by which Means , I avoid fpeaking of Things which ... writes the Gazette of Paris , and ought to know as well as any Man , has told him , That ever fince the King has ...
Pàgina 22
... write a Poem of Advice to a Callico - Printer ; Do you think there is a Girl in England , that would wear any Thing ... writing an Epigram to a young Virgin who knits very well ( ' tis a Thoufand Pities he is a Jacobite ) : But his ...
... write a Poem of Advice to a Callico - Printer ; Do you think there is a Girl in England , that would wear any Thing ... writing an Epigram to a young Virgin who knits very well ( ' tis a Thoufand Pities he is a Jacobite ) : But his ...
Pàgina 30
... write from Saxony of the 13th Instant , N.S. That the Grand General of the Crown of Poland was fo far from entring into a Treaty with King Stanislaus , that he had writ- ten Circular Letters , wherein he exhorted the Palatinates to join ...
... write from Saxony of the 13th Instant , N.S. That the Grand General of the Crown of Poland was fo far from entring into a Treaty with King Stanislaus , that he had writ- ten Circular Letters , wherein he exhorted the Palatinates to join ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 294 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
Pàgina 295 - ... accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted, and bellowed, that I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Pàgina 357 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Pàgina 251 - do you think my uncle takes any notice of such a dull rogue as you are?" Mr. William .goes on, " He is the most stupid of all my mother's children: he knows nothing of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is...
Pàgina 289 - To my knowledge of this very hat it may be added, that the covering of straw was never used among the Jews, since it was demanded of them to make bricks without it. Therefore this is really nothing but, under the specious pretence of learning and antiquities, to impose upon the world.
Pàgina 269 - His friend advances, and so on, until they had all saluted her. By this means the poor girl was in the middle of the crowd of these fellows, at a loss what to do, without courage to pass through them ; and the Platonics, at several peep-holes...
Pàgina 371 - ... to benevolence, and tend to a certain manner of being or appearing equal to the rest of the company ; for conversation is composed of an assembly of men, as they are men, and not as they are distinguished by fortune: therefore he who brings his quality with him into conversation, should always pay the reckoning ; for he came to receive homage, and not to meet his friends.
Pàgina 250 - I took three lads, who are under my guardianship, a-rambling, in a hackney-coach, to show them the town; as the lions, the tombs, Bedlam, and the other places which are entertainments to raw minds because they strike forcibly on the fancy.
Pàgina 8 - I have in another place, and in a paper by itself, sufficiently convinced this man that he is dead, and if he has any shame, I don't doubt but that by this time he owns it to all his acquaintance : for though the legs and arms, and whole body of that man may still appear and perform their animal functions ; yet since, as I have elsewhere observed, his art is gone, the man is gone.
Pàgina 159 - There is another sort of gentlemen whom I am much more concerned for, and that is the ingenious fraternity of which I have the honour to be an unworthy member; I mean the news-writers of Great Britain, whether 'Postmen