Select British Classics, Tom 29J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... London tradesman in the country . LXXX . Letter from an husband , complaining of his being ruined by his wife's relations . LXXXI . Letter from Mr. Village , giving an account of his visit to Lord Courtly . Character of the Honourable W ...
... London tradesman in the country . LXXX . Letter from an husband , complaining of his being ruined by his wife's relations . LXXXI . Letter from Mr. Village , giving an account of his visit to Lord Courtly . Character of the Honourable W ...
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... serable three days in the week for want of intelligence ; but his spirits revive at the sound of the post - horn , when the mail brings him the London Evening Post , and a long letter of news from his nephew at THE CONNOISSEUR . 27.
... serable three days in the week for want of intelligence ; but his spirits revive at the sound of the post - horn , when the mail brings him the London Evening Post , and a long letter of news from his nephew at THE CONNOISSEUR . 27.
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... London town . Mr. Village to Mr. Town . Dear Cousin , HOR . I HAVE been very much diverted with your ob- servations on the honest tradesmen , who make week- ly excursions into the villages about town ; and I agree with you , that the ...
... London town . Mr. Village to Mr. Town . Dear Cousin , HOR . I HAVE been very much diverted with your ob- servations on the honest tradesmen , who make week- ly excursions into the villages about town ; and I agree with you , that the ...
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... London : and as I was mightily pleased with his behaviour and conversation , I have taken the li- berty to send you an account of it . Being caught in a shower upon the road , I was glad to take shelter at the first inn I came to ...
... London : and as I was mightily pleased with his behaviour and conversation , I have taken the li- berty to send you an account of it . Being caught in a shower upon the road , I was glad to take shelter at the first inn I came to ...
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... London ; that for these twenty years he had always come to the town we were now in , once a year , to re- ceive money and take orders for goods ; and that he had always put up at this house . He then run on in the praises of the ...
... London ; that for these twenty years he had always come to the town we were now in , once a year , to re- ceive money and take orders for goods ; and that he had always put up at this house . He then run on in the praises of the ...
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Strona 170 - An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them such things as were necessary to express the particular business they are to discourse on.
Strona 171 - I have often beheld two of those sages almost sinking under the weight of their packs, like pedlars among us ; who, when they met in the streets, would lay down their loads, open their sacks, and hold conversation for an hour together ; then put up their implements, help each other to resume their burthens, and take their leave.
Strona 54 - ... with thick crust, extremely baked. His table cost him not much, though it was good to eat at. "His sports supplied all but beef and mutton; except...
Strona 54 - ... hearth paved with brick lay some terriers and the choicest hounds and spaniels; seldom but two of the great chairs had litters of young cats in them which were not to be disturbed, he having always three or four attending him at dinner, and a little white round stick of fourteen inches long lying by his trencher that he might defend such meat as he had no mind to part with to them.
Strona 76 - Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates : in the city she uttereth her words...
Strona 100 - twere vain to follow, For dog and horse he'd beat them hollow ; — Nay, if he put forth all his strength, Outstrip his brethren half a length. A tortoise heard his vain oration, And vented thus his indignation : " O puss ! it bodes thee dire disgrace When I defy thee to the race. Come, 'tis a match ; nay, no denial, I lay my shell upon the trial.
Strona 54 - ... that had been used. On one side of this end of the room was the door of a closet, wherein stood the strong beer and the wine, which never came...
Strona 25 - As to his body there can be no dispute; but examine even the acquirements of his mind, you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress : to instance no more ; is not religion a cloak, honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt, selflove a surtout, vanity a shirt, and conscience a pair of breeches...
Strona 53 - ... poles in great abundance. The parlour was a large room as properly furnished; on a great hearth paved with brick, lay some terriers, and the choicest hounds and spaniels. Seldom but two of the great chairs had litters of...
Strona 117 - Arthur's out of their estates, and to take in all the knowing-ones on the turf at Newmarket. He accordingly bespoke his liveries, settled the fashion of his chariot, and had already pitched upon the lady, whose good luck it should be to fall in love with him: but so uncertain is the state of a gamester, that since the drawing of the lottery he has advertised for charitable contributions to a distressed gentleman, who knows the world, and has had the honour to be intimate with most of the nobility...