Select British Classics, Tom 30J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Strona 18
... spirits ' and hobgoblins , which they greedily listen to , and dare not go to bed for fear . ' Let us , however , banish from our thoughts all such vain notions , and let us fortify our minds with a true sense of religion ; which will ...
... spirits ' and hobgoblins , which they greedily listen to , and dare not go to bed for fear . ' Let us , however , banish from our thoughts all such vain notions , and let us fortify our minds with a true sense of religion ; which will ...
Strona 27
... spirits of the age . Riddles are so becom- ing , and appear so pretty when dandled about by ladies , that they may be compared to soft , smooth , painted , waxen babies , dressed up in a proper man- ner for Misses to play with , from ...
... spirits of the age . Riddles are so becom- ing , and appear so pretty when dandled about by ladies , that they may be compared to soft , smooth , painted , waxen babies , dressed up in a proper man- ner for Misses to play with , from ...
Strona 30
... spirit to conversation . But there are still some old - fashioned creatures , who adhere to their common acceptation , and cannot help thinking it a very serious matter , that a man should devote his body to the devil , or call down ...
... spirit to conversation . But there are still some old - fashioned creatures , who adhere to their common acceptation , and cannot help thinking it a very serious matter , that a man should devote his body to the devil , or call down ...
Strona 43
... spirit . The presence of these antiquated females imposes a constraint on their behaviour : they are , indeed , like the Duennas in Spain , spies on the conduct of the gay and young ; and a good old gentlewoman , with a blooming beauty ...
... spirit . The presence of these antiquated females imposes a constraint on their behaviour : they are , indeed , like the Duennas in Spain , spies on the conduct of the gay and young ; and a good old gentlewoman , with a blooming beauty ...
Strona 47
... spirit within the precincts of St. James's would demolish him in a week , should he pretend to keep pace with her in irregularities ; and yet he is ever dignifying himself with the appellation of a Buck . Now might it not be giving this ...
... spirit within the precincts of St. James's would demolish him in a week , should he pretend to keep pace with her in irregularities ; and yet he is ever dignifying himself with the appellation of a Buck . Now might it not be giving this ...
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acquaintance admired affected appear Bachelor backgammon bagnio beauty better called character church common Connoisseur consider conversation Cousin dear discourse divine endeavour expence fancy fashion favourite fortune frequently friends genius genteel gentleman give happy harpsichord head honour horse humble servant humour Hurdy Gurdy husband Hyde-Park Inns of Court Italy Jack Ketch labour lady learned least leave less lives Lord Lord Coke low company Madam maid manner marriage married means ment mistress modern nature never noble Nonsense obliged opera OVID paper parish passion perhaps periwig person poets polite present preter profes profession pulpit racters readers religion ridiculous Robin-Hood Satyr sent sermon shew Sir Aaron spirit squire suppose Taste Temple thorough-bass thought THURSDAY tion Town Trajan vice virtue Voltaire vulgar whole wife woman word write young
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Strona 17 - Bodies. For Instance : That the Earth by the continual Approaches of the Sun towards it, must in Course of Time be absorbed or swallowed up. That the Face of the Sun will, by degrees, be encrusted with its own Effluvia, and give no more Light to the World.
Strona 17 - ... a blazing tail ten hundred thousand and fourteen miles long; through which if the earth should pass at the distance •of one hundred thousand' miles from the nucleus or main body of the comet, it must in its passage be set on fire, and reduced to .ashes. That the sun daily spending its rays without any nutriment to supply them, will .at last be wholly consumed and annihilated ; •which must be attended with the destruction of this earth, and of all the planets that receive their light from...
Strona 182 - ... excessive vehemence and energy. These orators are remarkable for their distinct elocution and force of expression; they dwell on the important particles of and the...
Strona 164 - The tunes themselves have also been new set to jiggish measures, and the sober drawl, which used to accompany the two first staves of the hundredth Psalm, with the Gloria Patri, is now split into as many quavers as an Italian air.
Strona 182 - I am equally offended with whisperers or low speakers, who seem to fancy all their acquaintance deaf, and come up so close to you, that they may be said to measure noses with you, and frequently overcome you with the exhalations of a powerful breath.
Strona 184 - Poets, that prick up their ears at their own hideous braying, are no better than asses : critics in general are venomous serpents, that delight in hissing ; and some of them, who have got by heart a few technical terms without knowing their meaning, are no other than magpies.
Strona 183 - ... cats, &c. have each a particular language to themselves, like different nations. Thus it may be supposed that the nightingales of Italy have as fine an ear for their...
Strona 167 - ... bills, glewed upon the lining of their hats. This pious duty is no sooner performed, than the exercise of bowing and courtesying succeeds : the locking and unlocking of the pews drowns the reader's voice at the beginning of the service ; and the rustling of silks, added to the whispering and tittering of so much good company, renders him totally unintelligible to the very end of it. I am, dear Cousin, yours, &c.
Strona 179 - Paris with universal applause for several nights together, there is a character of a rough Englishman, who is represented as quite unskilled in the graces of conversation ; and his dialogue consists almost entirely of a repetition of the common salutation of how do you do ? Our nation has indeed, been generally supposed to be of a sullen and uncommunicative disposition ; while, on the other hand, the loquacious French have been allowed to possess the art of conversing beyond all other people. The...
Strona 183 - ... and consider the organs of speech as the instruments of understanding : we should be very careful not to use them as the weapons of vice, or tools of folly, and do our utmost to unlearn any trivial or ridiculous habits, which tend to lessen the value of such an inestimable prerogative. It is, indeed, imagined by some philosophers, that even birds and beasts (though without the power of articulation) perfectly understand one another by the sounds they utter ; and that dogs, cats, &c.