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... fure - Duellifts . Advertisement to the Virtuofi in Flowers CXI . Letter , containing the Character of the delicate Billy Suckling CXII . Letter on Caprioles , a whimsical Decoration on the Heads of the Ladies . Scheme to carry on ...
... fure - Duellifts . Advertisement to the Virtuofi in Flowers CXI . Letter , containing the Character of the delicate Billy Suckling CXII . Letter on Caprioles , a whimsical Decoration on the Heads of the Ladies . Scheme to carry on ...
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... fure always for the worfe . On all these occafions , I never failed to condemn the arrogance and foily of the compilers of thefe mifcellanies ; wonder- ing how they could fo grofsly miftake their own intereft , and neglect the en ...
... fure always for the worfe . On all these occafions , I never failed to condemn the arrogance and foily of the compilers of thefe mifcellanies ; wonder- ing how they could fo grofsly miftake their own intereft , and neglect the en ...
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... fure to win all their marbles at taw , and would often trip them of their whole week's allowance at chuck . He was afterwards at the head of every match at football or cricket ; and when he was captain , he took in all the big boys by ...
... fure to win all their marbles at taw , and would often trip them of their whole week's allowance at chuck . He was afterwards at the head of every match at football or cricket ; and when he was captain , he took in all the big boys by ...
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... fure could be fo rude or fo cruel , as to refufe fuch a pretty beggar any thing the should afk ; and an honeft country farmer , who could withstand any other arguments , might be coaxed and wheedled , or bribed with a fmile , into ...
... fure could be fo rude or fo cruel , as to refufe fuch a pretty beggar any thing the should afk ; and an honeft country farmer , who could withstand any other arguments , might be coaxed and wheedled , or bribed with a fmile , into ...
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... fure to find a place in my library ; and if Mr. Town fhews himself an en- courager of my fcheme , I fhall expect to fee peers and peerelles take up the pen , and thine in the CONNOISSEUR . I intend in the beginning of the winter to ...
... fure to find a place in my library ; and if Mr. Town fhews himself an en- courager of my fcheme , I fhall expect to fee peers and peerelles take up the pen , and thine in the CONNOISSEUR . I intend in the beginning of the winter to ...
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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.