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... confider them as playing a game , in which the ftander - by is not at all interefted ; and would therefore- recommend it to every third person in these circumstances , to take it as an hint , that the parties have a mind to be alone ...
... confider them as playing a game , in which the ftander - by is not at all interefted ; and would therefore- recommend it to every third person in these circumstances , to take it as an hint , that the parties have a mind to be alone ...
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... matter of fact ? They will par- don me , if by laying before you a par- ticular inftance I was lately witnefs to of their improper behaviour , I endea- your This will not appear very wonderful , when we confider 32 THE CONNOISSEUR .
... matter of fact ? They will par- don me , if by laying before you a par- ticular inftance I was lately witnefs to of their improper behaviour , I endea- your This will not appear very wonderful , when we confider 32 THE CONNOISSEUR .
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... confider , what A • ftrange conftru & tions may be put on thefe laughs and whifpers . It were , indeed , of little confequence , if we only imagined , that they were taking the re- putations of their acquaintance to pieces , or abusing ...
... confider , what A • ftrange conftru & tions may be put on thefe laughs and whifpers . It were , indeed , of little confequence , if we only imagined , that they were taking the re- putations of their acquaintance to pieces , or abusing ...
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... confider a farthing merely as a farthing , and look upon a copper coin of a Roman Emperor as ne better than a King George's halfpenny . I cannot , indeed , without geat con- cern , as a Connoiffuer , reflect on the known difhonefty of ...
... confider a farthing merely as a farthing , and look upon a copper coin of a Roman Emperor as ne better than a King George's halfpenny . I cannot , indeed , without geat con- cern , as a Connoiffuer , reflect on the known difhonefty of ...
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... confider wo- men merely as Dolls , and therefore never attempt the cultivation of their princi- ples , but employ their whole attention on adorning their perfons . The ro- mantic notions of honour and virtue are only fit for poor ...
... confider wo- men merely as Dolls , and therefore never attempt the cultivation of their princi- ples , but employ their whole attention on adorning their perfons . The ro- mantic notions of honour and virtue are only fit for poor ...
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Popular passages
Page 7 - I am a Jew: hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by' the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?
Page 313 - Mr. Town is a fair, black, middle-sized, very short man. He wears his own hair, and a periwig. He is about thirty years of age, and not more than four and twenty. He is a student of the law, and a bachelor of physic.
Page 196 - The misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention ; are enlarged upon in tones of declamation ; and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers...
Page 198 - Our crew was carried into a French prison, and many of them died because they were not used to live in a jail ; but for my part it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night...
Page 44 - He told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and the company laughed at that; but the story of Taffy in the sedan-chair, was sure to set the table in a roar.
Page 220 - Umbrae, or shadows; and, indeed, this appellation conveys a very full idea of the nature of these humble retainers to the wealthy, since they not only follow them like their shadows, but ' like a shadow prove the substance true...
Page 29 - ... you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead...
Page 143 - The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
Page 43 - Some affect humanity and tenderness, others boast of having such dispositions from nature ; but he is the only man I ever knew who seemed ashamed of his natural benevolence. He takes as much pains to hide his feelings, as any hypocrite would to conceal his indifference ; but on every unguarded moment the mask drops off, and reveals him to the most superficial observer.
Page 253 - ... of horses, let six bright bays, blacks, or greys prance down one side of her head ; and according to the rank she insists upon, let a ducal or an earl's coronet, or a bloody hand be distinguished upon her capriole.