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... allowed the use of his library , in which the most conspicuous book was a large Bible , given to him by Nell Gwynn . He is said to have turned his brain by plodding in books of mystical divinity , and to have had much of the cant which ...
... allowed the use of his library , in which the most conspicuous book was a large Bible , given to him by Nell Gwynn . He is said to have turned his brain by plodding in books of mystical divinity , and to have had much of the cant which ...
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... I told him , they were a sort of VOL . II . · The word rascal , ' printed in Greek characters . E ENGLISH OXFORD LIBRARY 6 tame Hussars , that were allowed in our cities No. 56 . 49 THE TATLER . No. 56. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1709. ...
... I told him , they were a sort of VOL . II . · The word rascal , ' printed in Greek characters . E ENGLISH OXFORD LIBRARY 6 tame Hussars , that were allowed in our cities No. 56 . 49 THE TATLER . No. 56. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1709. ...
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6 tame Hussars , that were allowed in our cities , like the wild ones in our camp ; who had all the privi- leges belonging to us , but at the same time were not tied to our discipline or laws . ' Aletheus , who is a gentleman of too ...
6 tame Hussars , that were allowed in our cities , like the wild ones in our camp ; who had all the privi- leges belonging to us , but at the same time were not tied to our discipline or laws . ' Aletheus , who is a gentleman of too ...
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... allowed also , to the memory of Mr. Partridge ' , late of Cecil- street in the Strand , that in his answer to an horary question , At what hour of the night to set a fox - trap in June 1705 ? he has largely discussed , under the ...
... allowed also , to the memory of Mr. Partridge ' , late of Cecil- street in the Strand , that in his answer to an horary question , At what hour of the night to set a fox - trap in June 1705 ? he has largely discussed , under the ...
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... allowed Trump there are men as bad as himself , which is the height of his pretensions : and must confess , that Coppersmith is the most wicked and impudent of all Sharpers : a creature that cheats with credit , and is a robber in the ...
... allowed Trump there are men as bad as himself , which is the height of his pretensions : and must confess , that Coppersmith is the most wicked and impudent of all Sharpers : a creature that cheats with credit , and is a robber in the ...
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Page 469 - ... With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven her starry train : But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 373 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 421 - So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 449 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 399 - Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 354 - We were pleasing ourselves with this fantastical preferment of the young lady, when on a sudden we were alarmed with the noise of a drum, and immediately entered my little godson, to give me a point of war. His mother, between laughing and chiding, would have put him out of the room; but I would not part with him so. I found, upon conversation with him, though he was a little noisy in his mirth, that the child had excellent parts, and was a great master of all the learning on the other side eight...
Page 239 - Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise, of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range : by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities . Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Page 323 - Give me another horse! bind up my wounds! Have mercy, Jesu! Soft! I did but dream. O! coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me. The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What! do I fear myself? there's none else by Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
Page 354 - Fables: but he frankly declared to me his mind, that "he did not delight in that learning, because he did not believe they were true...
Page 399 - ... -Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do, or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom, in discourse with her, Loses, discounter! an c'd, and like folly shows.