Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 6Harrison and Company, 1786 |
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... leaft traces of any fimilar productions among the ancients : except we can fuppofe , that the history of Thucidydes was retailed week- ly in fixpenny numbers ; that Seneca dealt out his morality every Saturday ; or that Tully wrote ...
... leaft traces of any fimilar productions among the ancients : except we can fuppofe , that the history of Thucidydes was retailed week- ly in fixpenny numbers ; that Seneca dealt out his morality every Saturday ; or that Tully wrote ...
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... leaft refpite ; and though the voyage fhould turn out fuccefsful , they have little or no fhare in the profits . Some few you may obferve , who rather • chufe to make a venture on their own bottoms . Thefe work as hard as the galley ...
... leaft refpite ; and though the voyage fhould turn out fuccefsful , they have little or no fhare in the profits . Some few you may obferve , who rather • chufe to make a venture on their own bottoms . Thefe work as hard as the galley ...
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... : but they would either of them blush at being furprised , in fhewing the leaft marks of a regard for each other . ' I am , Sir , your humble fervant , & c . T с N I PHEDR . Muft acknowledge the receipt of many letters THE CONNOISSEUR . 19.
... : but they would either of them blush at being furprised , in fhewing the leaft marks of a regard for each other . ' I am , Sir , your humble fervant , & c . T с N I PHEDR . Muft acknowledge the receipt of many letters THE CONNOISSEUR . 19.
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... leaft appearances of it . As it requires no genius to fupply a defect of this nature , our modern effays as much excel the SPECTATORS in ele- gance of form , as perhaps they may be thought to fall fhort of them in every other refpect ...
... leaft appearances of it . As it requires no genius to fupply a defect of this nature , our modern effays as much excel the SPECTATORS in ele- gance of form , as perhaps they may be thought to fall fhort of them in every other refpect ...
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... leaft noife ; had the knocker always tied up , and itraw laid in the street . Notwithstanding which , this audacious creature used every morning to give her foul language , which broke her reft , and flung her into hysterics , For this ...
... leaft noife ; had the knocker always tied up , and itraw laid in the street . Notwithstanding which , this audacious creature used every morning to give her foul language , which broke her reft , and flung her into hysterics , For this ...
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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.