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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... young gentleman , only fix feet high , with his coat down to the ancle , his hat a fuperlative Kevhenhuller , and his fhoes that were parfaitement , pantoufles a Paris . But ( 1763 ) now , nou , Mr. Printer , here comes pretty Mafter ...
... young gentleman , only fix feet high , with his coat down to the ancle , his hat a fuperlative Kevhenhuller , and his fhoes that were parfaitement , pantoufles a Paris . But ( 1763 ) now , nou , Mr. Printer , here comes pretty Mafter ...
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... young ladies , and its malignant influence , is , I must confefs , but too juft , and too general . And though many pictures of this kind , often difcover too much coarfe- nefs in their colouring ; yet I think this has been touched as ...
... young ladies , and its malignant influence , is , I must confefs , but too juft , and too general . And though many pictures of this kind , often difcover too much coarfe- nefs in their colouring ; yet I think this has been touched as ...
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... young fhepherd , take care , I hope they will never be thine ! Laft eve , when my fair I o'ertook , How gay was the blush - improv'd fimile ! How kind was her words by the brook ! How foft was her hand at the ftile ! O why was old time ...
... young fhepherd , take care , I hope they will never be thine ! Laft eve , when my fair I o'ertook , How gay was the blush - improv'd fimile ! How kind was her words by the brook ! How foft was her hand at the ftile ! O why was old time ...
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... young minds , for of fuch only I fpeak , where there are commonly docile and pliable difpofitions , is it an infupera- ble talk to raife in them an ambition for good fenfe , and a judicious tafte ? There are many paffions to work upon ...
... young minds , for of fuch only I fpeak , where there are commonly docile and pliable difpofitions , is it an infupera- ble talk to raife in them an ambition for good fenfe , and a judicious tafte ? There are many paffions to work upon ...
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... young ladies meet with in common life ; and too much of this kind we carry with us when we make our matrimonial addresses ; to which , and our fubfequent imprudences after marriage , I cannot but afcribe the many just fatyrs that are ...
... young ladies meet with in common life ; and too much of this kind we carry with us when we make our matrimonial addresses ; to which , and our fubfequent imprudences after marriage , I cannot but afcribe the many just fatyrs that are ...
Common terms and phrases
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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...