The Polite Miscellany: Containing Variety of Food for the Mind; Being an Elegant Collection of Moral, Humourous, and Improving Essays, &c, Both in Prose and Verse ...R. Whitworth, 1764 - 370 էջ |
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... drefs is off , fhe finds he was a lying , hot - brained coxcomb . Thus come to their fenfes , and the mask thrown off , they look at one another like utter ftrangers , and persons just- come out of a trance . He finds by experience he ...
... drefs is off , fhe finds he was a lying , hot - brained coxcomb . Thus come to their fenfes , and the mask thrown off , they look at one another like utter ftrangers , and persons just- come out of a trance . He finds by experience he ...
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... drefs , be .. This is far from being our interest , and may be attended with very prejudicial confequences . By fo intimate an union as that of marriage , all bodily defects will foon be discovered ; and as hypocrify , in the minutest ...
... drefs , be .. This is far from being our interest , and may be attended with very prejudicial confequences . By fo intimate an union as that of marriage , all bodily defects will foon be discovered ; and as hypocrify , in the minutest ...
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... drefs'd in fatal pomp , magnificently bleeds . For I must own , that without any of thefe tender emotions fhe was poffeffed of , I look on a monaftic life as a total priva- tion • tion of all the purposes of our being , and 46 THE ...
... drefs'd in fatal pomp , magnificently bleeds . For I must own , that without any of thefe tender emotions fhe was poffeffed of , I look on a monaftic life as a total priva- tion • tion of all the purposes of our being , and 46 THE ...
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... a woman , I indulge her in any thing , and every thing . She has one fault , and one fault alone ; VOL . I. K and and that is , an extravagance and ficklenefs in drefs A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS , & c , 63 To the PRINTER, ...
... a woman , I indulge her in any thing , and every thing . She has one fault , and one fault alone ; VOL . I. K and and that is , an extravagance and ficklenefs in drefs A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS , & c , 63 To the PRINTER, ...
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... drefs . It happened , Sir , that when thefe bonnets made their first flighty appearance , and began to be fo generally admired , bufinefs called us from the country ; and immediately upon our arrival in town , one of the best and finest ...
... drefs . It happened , Sir , that when thefe bonnets made their first flighty appearance , and began to be fo generally admired , bufinefs called us from the country ; and immediately upon our arrival in town , one of the best and finest ...
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afked againſt alfo ANECDOTE relative anfwer becauſe beſt breaft bufinefs buſineſs caufe cauſe confequence confiderable converfation defign defire drefs Elephant endeavour eſteem ev'ry fafe faid fame fatire fecure feems feen fenfe fent fentiments fervants ferve fervice feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filk fince firft firſt fome foon foul fpeak friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuperior fuppofe fupport fure give greateſt happineſs happy heart himſelf honour houſe huſband inftance intereft Jefuits juft King lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs live lord manner marriage mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferve occafion paffed paffion Paraguay perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent prifoner purpoſe reafon refpect reft ſhe ſpeak ſtate ſtill taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand underſtanding uſed virtue whilft whofe wife woman young
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Էջ 203 - King, upon the commencement of the last war with France pulled down his old sign, and put up the Queen of Hungary. Under the influence of her red face and golden sceptre, he continued to sell ale till she was no longer the favourite of his customers; he changed her, therefore, some time ago, for the King of Prussia, who may probably be changed in turn for the next great man that shall be set up for vulgar admiration.
Էջ 114 - Ye mute Companions of my Toils, that bear In all my Griefs a more than equal Share!
Էջ 176 - By lust incited, or by malice led, The villain Arab ! as he prowls for prey, Oft marks with blood and...
Էջ 121 - ... more thought, memory, and application to be fools, than would serve to make them wise and useful. When I reflect on this, I cannot conceive you to be human creatures, but a...
Էջ 114 - What if the lion in his rage I meet ! — Oft in the dust I view his printed feet: And, fearful ! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger...
Էջ 232 - Griping misers, nightly waking, See the end of all your care ; Fled on wings of our own making, We have left our owners bare.
Էջ 205 - ... the crowd behind them to look on. The crowd takes them at their word. Patriot, philosopher, and poet, are shouted in their train. Where was there ever so much merit seen ; no times so important as our own ; ages yet unborn shall gaze with wonder and applause...
Էջ 103 - Grac'd with soft arts, the peopled world around ! The morn that lights you to your loves...
Էջ 24 - Till thou hast bless'd their memory, and paid Those thanks which God appointed the reward Of public virtue. And if chance thy home Salute thee with a father's honour'd name, Go, call thy sons; instruct them what a debt They owe their ancestors; and make them swear To pay it, by transmitting down entire Those sacred rights to which themselves were born.
Էջ 287 - Little do such men know the toil, the pains, The daily, nightly racking of the brains, To range the thoughts, the matter to digest, To cull fit phrases, and reject the rest...