The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Հատոր 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... Imagination , an extenfive Ap- prehenfion , and a ready Judgment , have diftinguished you in all the illuf- trious Parts of Adminiftration , in a Reign attended with fuch Difficulties , that the fame Talents without the fame Quickness ...
... Imagination , an extenfive Ap- prehenfion , and a ready Judgment , have diftinguished you in all the illuf- trious Parts of Adminiftration , in a Reign attended with fuch Difficulties , that the fame Talents without the fame Quickness ...
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... Imagination was to be continually em- ployed upon obvious and common Subjects , though at the fame Time obliged to treat of them in a new and unbeaten Method . His Verfes on the Shower in Town , and the Defcription of the Morning , are ...
... Imagination was to be continually em- ployed upon obvious and common Subjects , though at the fame Time obliged to treat of them in a new and unbeaten Method . His Verfes on the Shower in Town , and the Defcription of the Morning , are ...
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... Imagination . I fhall therefore leave off when I am well , and fight with Windmills no more : Only fhall be fo arrogant as to fay of myself , that in Spight of all the Force of Fashion and Preju- dice , in the Face of all the World , I ...
... Imagination . I fhall therefore leave off when I am well , and fight with Windmills no more : Only fhall be fo arrogant as to fay of myself , that in Spight of all the Force of Fashion and Preju- dice , in the Face of all the World , I ...
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... Imagination . The Gate ftood open . In the Entrance fat a moft amiable Woman , whofe Name was Concord . ON either Side of her ftood two young Men , both ftrongly armed , as if afraid of each other . As I after- wards learned , they were ...
... Imagination . The Gate ftood open . In the Entrance fat a moft amiable Woman , whofe Name was Concord . ON either Side of her ftood two young Men , both ftrongly armed , as if afraid of each other . As I after- wards learned , they were ...
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... Imaginations , are bred Scholars . This may at first appear a Paradox ; but when we confider the talking Creatures we ... Imagination runs into all the different Views of the Subject he treats of in a Moment . If Ral , b had Learning ...
... Imaginations , are bred Scholars . This may at first appear a Paradox ; but when we confider the talking Creatures we ... Imagination runs into all the different Views of the Subject he treats of in a Moment . If Ral , b had Learning ...
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Էջ 109 - ... over ; and as they were passing by me into the garden, I asked them to let me be one of their company. The gentleman of the house told me, ' if I delighted in flowers, it would be worth my while ; for that he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country.
Էջ 287 - And now when I thought most of peace and honour, Thy hand is heavy upon me, and hath humbled me according to Thy former loving-kindness, keeping me still in Thy fatherly school, not as a bastard, but as a child. Just are Thy judgments upon me for my sins, which are more in number than the sands of the sea, but have no proportion to Thy mercies; for what are the sands of the sea ? Earth, heavens, and all these are nothing to Thy mercies.
Էջ 231 - The rest of the jury, upon the delivery of the sword to their foreman, drew all of them together as one man, and saluted the bench with such an air as signified the most resigned submission to those who commanded them, and the greatest magnanimity to execute what they should command.
Էջ 116 - I have made some necessary variations both in the tube and the fluid it contains. In the first place I ordered a tube to be cast in a planetary hour, and took care to seal it hermetically, when the Sun was in conjunction with Saturn. I then took the proper precautions about the fluid, which is a compound of two...
Էջ 104 - I have seen the most amiable become the most deformed, and she that appeared one of the Graces immediately turned into one of the Furies. I humbly conceive the great cause of this evil may proceed from a false notion the ladies have of what we call a modest woman.
Էջ 287 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Էջ 119 - I have taken my text for this discourse : we should be careful not to overshoot ourselves in the pursuits even of virtue. Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.
Էջ 116 - The church thermometer, which I am now to treat of, is supposed to have been invented in the reign of Henry the Eighth, about the time when that religious Prince put some to death for owning the Pope's supremacy, and others for denying transubstantiation. I do not find, however, any great use made of this instrument...
Էջ 184 - Nobody ever knew what this meant ; but the green and red dragon so amused the people, that the doctor lived very comfortably upon them. About the same time there was pasted a very hard word upon every corner of the streets. This, to the best of my remembrance, was...