The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Հատոր 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... fpeak plain Truth , he may fay a great Deal in a very narrow Compass . I have , in the Dedication of the First Volume made my Acknowledgments to Dr. Swift , whofe pleasant Writings , in the Name of Bic- kerftaff , created an Inclination ...
... fpeak plain Truth , he may fay a great Deal in a very narrow Compass . I have , in the Dedication of the First Volume made my Acknowledgments to Dr. Swift , whofe pleasant Writings , in the Name of Bic- kerftaff , created an Inclination ...
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... fpeak our Mind when we fee Things urged to Extremity , againft alb that is Praife worthy or valuable in Life , upon general and groundless Suggestions . But if I have talked too frankly upon fuch Reflections , my Correfpondent has laid ...
... fpeak our Mind when we fee Things urged to Extremity , againft alb that is Praife worthy or valuable in Life , upon general and groundless Suggestions . But if I have talked too frankly upon fuch Reflections , my Correfpondent has laid ...
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... fpeak , with an oftentatious Secrecy . Thefe are your Perfons of long Heads , who would fain make the World believe their Thoughts and Ideas are very much fuperior to their Neighbours , and do not value what thefe their Neighbours think ...
... fpeak , with an oftentatious Secrecy . Thefe are your Perfons of long Heads , who would fain make the World believe their Thoughts and Ideas are very much fuperior to their Neighbours , and do not value what thefe their Neighbours think ...
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... fpeak of Sincerity in a Courtier , good Senfe in a Soldier , or Honefty in a Politician . The Reafon of this is , That you hardly fee one Play wherein each of thefe Ways of Life is not drawn by Hands that know nothing of any one of them ...
... fpeak of Sincerity in a Courtier , good Senfe in a Soldier , or Honefty in a Politician . The Reafon of this is , That you hardly fee one Play wherein each of thefe Ways of Life is not drawn by Hands that know nothing of any one of them ...
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... fpeak the Sentiments of the Author , without any manner of Refpect to the Age , Fortune or Quality , of him that is on the Stage . Ladies talk like Rakes , and Footmen make Similies : But this Writer knows Men ; which makes his Plays ...
... fpeak the Sentiments of the Author , without any manner of Refpect to the Age , Fortune or Quality , of him that is on the Stage . Ladies talk like Rakes , and Footmen make Similies : But this Writer knows Men ; which makes his Plays ...
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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...