The British Essayists: The ConnoisseurJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and Son, W. J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, J. Sewell, R. Faulder, G. and W. Nicol, T. Payne, G. and J. Robinson, W. Lowndes, G. Wilkie, J. Mathews, P. McQueen, Ogilvy and Son, J. Scatcherd, J. Walker, Vernor and Hood, R. Lea, Darton and Harvey, J. Nunn, Lackington and Company, D. Walker, Clarke and Son, G. Kearsley, C. Law, J. White, Longman and Rees, Cadell, Jun. and Davies, J. Barker, T. Kay, Wynne and Company, Pote and Company, Carpenter and Company, W. Miller, Murray and Highley, S. Bagster, T. Hurst, T. Boosey, R. Pheney, W. Baynes, J. Harding, R. H. Evans, J. Mawman; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1802 |
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... present state of Monuments.- Flattery of Epitaphs . - Heathen Gods improper Decorations for Christian Monuments ... 74. On the Modesty of the Moderns , in in- cluding all the Vices , instead of Vir- tues , in the Character of a Fine Gen ...
... present state of Monuments.- Flattery of Epitaphs . - Heathen Gods improper Decorations for Christian Monuments ... 74. On the Modesty of the Moderns , in in- cluding all the Vices , instead of Vir- tues , in the Character of a Fine Gen ...
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... present times might furnish us with a more sur- prising number of fine speakers , than have been set down by Tully in his treatise De Claris Oratoribus . Foreigners can no longer object to us , that the northern VOL . XXXI . coldness of ...
... present times might furnish us with a more sur- prising number of fine speakers , than have been set down by Tully in his treatise De Claris Oratoribus . Foreigners can no longer object to us , that the northern VOL . XXXI . coldness of ...
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... instead of re- serving their Christmas box for it's original use , their ready cash serves them only for present pocket - money ; and instead of visiting their friends and relations , they N ° 48 . THE CONNOISSEUR . 9.
... instead of re- serving their Christmas box for it's original use , their ready cash serves them only for present pocket - money ; and instead of visiting their friends and relations , they N ° 48 . THE CONNOISSEUR . 9.
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... present , the one seems to be a pretty miss in breeches , and the other a blood in petticoats . SIR , TO MR . TOWN . Rocks , desarts , wilds , wastes , savages , and bar- barians , make up the sum total of the odious country . I am just ...
... present , the one seems to be a pretty miss in breeches , and the other a blood in petticoats . SIR , TO MR . TOWN . Rocks , desarts , wilds , wastes , savages , and bar- barians , make up the sum total of the odious country . I am just ...
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... present mode were to fall into the hands of our distant posterity , they would conclude , that the present race of woman must have been a generation of pigmies ; for they could never possibly conceive , that they were of common size ...
... present mode were to fall into the hands of our distant posterity , they would conclude , that the present race of woman must have been a generation of pigmies ; for they could never possibly conceive , that they were of common size ...
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Strona 166 - To conclude from all, what is man himself but a microcoat, or rather a complete suit of clothes with all its trimmings ? 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, which, though a cover for lewdness as well...
Strona 160 - 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, saying. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Strona 163 - His house was perfectly of the old fashion, in the midst of a large park well stocked with deer, and near the house rabbits to serve his kitchen, many...
Strona 164 - ... 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 127 - 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; self-love a surtout; vanity a shirt; and conscience a pair of breeches, which, though a cover for lewdness as well as nastiness, is easily slipt down for the service of both?
Strona 164 - ... his neighbours of best quality most visited him. He never wanted a London pudding, and always sung it in with, My part lies therein-a.
Strona 163 - ... not intimately acquainted with her. This made him very popular, always speaking kindly to the husband, brother or father, who was to boot very welcome to his house whenever he came. There he found beef pudding and small beer in great plenty, a house not so neatly kept as to shame him or his dirty shoes, the great hall strewed with marrow bones, full of hawks...
Strona 43 - We also wrote our lovers' names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay, and put them into water ; and the first that rose up was to be our valentine. Would you think it ? — Mr Blossom was my man. I lay abed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house ; for I would not have seen another man before him for all the world.
Strona 173 - 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 : — " Oh 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 155 - In the same manner, the orthodox vicar, once a week wraps himself up in piety and virtue with his canonicals ; which qualities are as easily cast off again as his surplice ; and for the rest of the week he wears the dress, as well as the manners, of his foxhunting patron.