| Edward Morris - 1793 - Страниц: 586
...choofe a wife of mine to have the ufual number of limbs, and a limited quantity of back : and tho' one eye may be very agreeable, yet as the prejudice has always run in, favour of two, I would not wifti to affe6t a fingularity in that article. Sir Anth. What a phlegmatic fot it is !... | |
| William Jones - 1795 - Страниц: 400
...choofe a wife of mine to have the ufual number of limba, and a limited quantity of back : and tho' one eye may be very agreeable, yet as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wifh to affeft a fingularity in that article. ftock. You a foldier ! — you're a walking-block,... | |
| 1804 - Страниц: 556
...eye, and a few more graces of that kind. Now, without being very nice, I own I should rather choose a wife of mine to have the usual number of limbs,...as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect a singularity in that article. Sir Ant h. What a phlegmatic sot it is !... | |
| 1804 - Страниц: 552
...fev inorc graces of that kind. Now, without bein; ery nice, I own I should rather choose a wife if mine to have the usual number of limbs, and a limited...as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect a singularity in that article. Sir Ant A. What a phlegmatic sot it is !... | |
| 1804 - Страниц: 556
...and though one eye may be very agreeable, yet, as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect a singularity in that article....Sir Anth. What a phlegmatic sot it is ! Why, sirrah, you're an anchorite ! a vile, insensible stock ! You a soldier ! you're a walking block, fit only to... | |
| Thomas Francklin, Jean-François de La Harpe, Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - Страниц: 416
...please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice, I own...as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect a singularity in that article. Sir Anth. What a phlegmatic sot it is ! Why,... | |
| 1810 - Страниц: 542
...eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice, I own I should rather choose a wife of mine to have the usual number of limbs,...as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect a singularity in that article. Sir Anth. What a phlegmatic sot it is ! Why,... | |
| English comedy - 1810 - Страниц: 274
...eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice, I own I should rather choose a wife of mine to have the usual number of limbs,...limited quantity of back : and, though one eye may bo very agreeable, yet, as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect... | |
| Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - Страниц: 490
...eye, and a few more graces of that kind— now, without being very nice, I own I should rather choose a wife of mine to have the usual number of limbs, and a limited quantity of back ; and, thongh one eye may be very agreeable, yet, as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would... | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1821 - Страниц: 428
...eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice, I own I should rather choose a wife of mine to have the usual number of limbs,...as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect a singularity in that article. Sir Anth. What a phlegmatic sot it is ! Why,... | |
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