Select British Classics, Tom 29J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Strona 19
... imagine their notions of honour not very strict or severe . But after all , this is frequently mere hypocrisy , and the effect of humility . Many a lady , very wanton in appearance , is in reality very modest ; and many a coquet has ...
... imagine their notions of honour not very strict or severe . But after all , this is frequently mere hypocrisy , and the effect of humility . Many a lady , very wanton in appearance , is in reality very modest ; and many a coquet has ...
Strona 23
... imagine , that the hair - lip or carbuncled nose a man sees in the glass , belongs to the figure in the mirror , and not to his own face . Perfection is no more to be expected in the minds of men than in their persons : natural defects ...
... imagine , that the hair - lip or carbuncled nose a man sees in the glass , belongs to the figure in the mirror , and not to his own face . Perfection is no more to be expected in the minds of men than in their persons : natural defects ...
Strona 24
... imagine , that the hair - lip or carbuncled nose a man sees in the glass , belongs to the figure in the mirror , and not to his own face . Perfection is no more to be expected in the minds of men than in their persons : natural defects ...
... imagine , that the hair - lip or carbuncled nose a man sees in the glass , belongs to the figure in the mirror , and not to his own face . Perfection is no more to be expected in the minds of men than in their persons : natural defects ...
Strona 36
... imagine every man of a different way of thinking a fool and a scoun- drel ; and the sectary or zealot devotes to eternal damnation all those who will not go to heaven in the same road with himself , under the guidance of Whit- field ...
... imagine every man of a different way of thinking a fool and a scoun- drel ; and the sectary or zealot devotes to eternal damnation all those who will not go to heaven in the same road with himself , under the guidance of Whit- field ...
Strona 46
... imagine , that my house cannot be a very small one : and I assure you there are as many beds in it , as in a country inn . Yet I have scarce room enough to turn myself about in it : for one apartment is taken up with this relation ...
... imagine , that my house cannot be a very small one : and I assure you there are as many beds in it , as in a country inn . Yet I have scarce room enough to turn myself about in it : for one apartment is taken up with this relation ...
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Strona 164 - 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 165 - 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 48 - ... 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 48 - ... 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 70 - 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 94 - 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 48 - ... 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 23 - 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 47 - ... 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 111 - 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...