The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Tom 30 |
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Strona xv
... reigning wits of their day , and un- fortunately employed their genius only on the perishable beings and events of that day . Mr. COLMAN'S Biographers do not remove him to Oxford until 1758 b 2 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . XV.
... reigning wits of their day , and un- fortunately employed their genius only on the perishable beings and events of that day . Mr. COLMAN'S Biographers do not remove him to Oxford until 1758 b 2 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . XV.
Strona xviii
... employ- ing all his time and attention , from this period he reserved his talents almost entirely for the stage : his dramatic pieces were sometimes pro- duced too hastily , but they had at least the charm of novelty , and were in ...
... employ- ing all his time and attention , from this period he reserved his talents almost entirely for the stage : his dramatic pieces were sometimes pro- duced too hastily , but they had at least the charm of novelty , and were in ...
Strona 5
... employ themselves more fashionably at whist for the trifle of a thousand pounds the rubber , or by making bets on the lye of the day . From this very genteel place the reader must not be surprised , if I should convey him to a cellar 3 ...
... employ themselves more fashionably at whist for the trifle of a thousand pounds the rubber , or by making bets on the lye of the day . From this very genteel place the reader must not be surprised , if I should convey him to a cellar 3 ...
Strona 11
... employed an ingenious artist here to execute a design of my own . It is a picture of Fortune , not standing ( as in the common style ) upon a kind of cart - wheel , but on the two wheels of the lottery , with a representation of a net ...
... employed an ingenious artist here to execute a design of my own . It is a picture of Fortune , not standing ( as in the common style ) upon a kind of cart - wheel , but on the two wheels of the lottery , with a representation of a net ...
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... employed in the Holy War of Religious Controversy ; and he pointed out to me a few Cor . sairs , in the service of the Infidels , sometimes aiding one party , sometimes siding with the other , as might best contribute to the general ...
... employed in the Holy War of Religious Controversy ; and he pointed out to me a few Cor . sairs , in the service of the Infidels , sometimes aiding one party , sometimes siding with the other , as might best contribute to the general ...
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Strona xxvi - In strains more exalted the salt-box shall join, And clattering and battering and clapping combine ; With a rap and a tap, while the hollow side sounds. Up and down leaps the flap, and with rattling rebounds '." . I mentioned the periodical paper called
Strona 55 - ... colonels of twenty men in a company to quaff out or convey into secret hoards the wages of a delusive list and...
Strona 55 - ... may as it were out of a long war come forth renowned and perfect commanders in the service of their country. They would not then, if they were trusted with fair and hopeful armies, suffer them for want of just and wise discipline to shed away from about them like sick feathers, though they be never so oft...
Strona 200 - ... this new plan than on its first institution, provided he can secure his scheme to himself, and reap the benefits of it without interlopers from the fleet. To prevent his design being pirated, he intends petitioning the parliament, that as he has been so great a sufferer by the Marriage Act, the sole right of opening a repository of this sort may be vested in him, and that his place of residence in May-Fair may still continue the grand mart for marriages.
Strona 173 - Their boxes (as they are modestly called) are generally built in • a row, to resemble as much as possible the streets in London. Those edifices which stand single, and at a distance from the road, have always a summerhouse at the end of a small garden; which being erected upon a wall adjoining to the highway, commands a view of every carriage, and gives the owner an opportunity of displaying his best wig to every one that passes by. A little artificial fountain, spouting water sometimes to the...
Strona 47 - ... for our Saviour to have fasted forty days in the wilderness. I lately heard a midshipman swear that the Bible was all a lie ; for he had sailed round the world with Lord Anson, and if there had been any Red Sea, he mutt have met with it.
Strona 13 - ... as those engaged in longer works; who (according to Horace) are to be excused, if a little drowsiness sometimes creeps in upon them. After this preface, the reader will not be surprised, if I take the liberty to relate a dream of my own. It is usual on these occasions to be lulled to sleep by some book : and most of my brethren pay that compliment to Virgil or...
Strona 102 - In this delicious draught he was immediately pledged by the rest, and then, to carry the compliment still further, he ordered the shoe itself to be dressed and served up for supper. The cook set himself seriously to work upon it: he pulled the upper part, which was of damask, into fine shreds, and tossed it up in a ragout ; minced the sole ; cut the wooden heel into very thin slices, fried them in batter, and placed them round the dish for garnish. The company you may be sure, testified their affection...
Strona 11 - He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?
Strona 109 - That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom...