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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... leave his post . He ftopped fhort , till the devil coming too near , and pre- fenting the three points of his fork , cried out with hoarfe voice , Thou fhalt die by my hand ; then the foldier got the better of his fears , and boldly ...
... leave his post . He ftopped fhort , till the devil coming too near , and pre- fenting the three points of his fork , cried out with hoarfe voice , Thou fhalt die by my hand ; then the foldier got the better of his fears , and boldly ...
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... leave their places , apparently in order to knock the unbelieving Preacher on the head ; who , feeing himfelf in imminent danger , quickly made a folemn recantation of his irreligious opinions , and by that means prevented the outrage ...
... leave their places , apparently in order to knock the unbelieving Preacher on the head ; who , feeing himfelf in imminent danger , quickly made a folemn recantation of his irreligious opinions , and by that means prevented the outrage ...
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... leave them . They were seized with the fame horrors at Poole's - hole , which is a cave of the fame nature : But I muft do them the justice to acknowledge , that they were charmed with the grand cascade at the Duke of Devonshire's house ...
... leave them . They were seized with the fame horrors at Poole's - hole , which is a cave of the fame nature : But I muft do them the justice to acknowledge , that they were charmed with the grand cascade at the Duke of Devonshire's house ...
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... leaving us in their room a vain and capricious , an empty and infignifi- cant companion , with perhaps a helpless infant or two , to increase our care and vexation . 1 Is there , was it afked , any thing fo engaging , fo eligible in ...
... leaving us in their room a vain and capricious , an empty and infignifi- cant companion , with perhaps a helpless infant or two , to increase our care and vexation . 1 Is there , was it afked , any thing fo engaging , fo eligible in ...
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... leave to obferve , that though the common education of young ladies is chiefly extended no farther than to fuperficial and exterior accomplishments ; and that their behaviour is rather owing to a fort of mechanical influence , than to ...
... leave to obferve , that though the common education of young ladies is chiefly extended no farther than to fuperficial and exterior accomplishments ; and that their behaviour is rather owing to a fort of mechanical influence , than to ...
Common terms and phrases
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...