The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Հատոր 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... feems to be fomething fo hazardous in the Changing a fingle State of Life into that of Marriage , that ( it may happen ) all the Precautions imaginable are not fufficient to defend a Virgin from Ruin by her Choice . It feems a wonderful ...
... feems to be fomething fo hazardous in the Changing a fingle State of Life into that of Marriage , that ( it may happen ) all the Precautions imaginable are not fufficient to defend a Virgin from Ruin by her Choice . It feems a wonderful ...
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... feems fo difagreeable to me , that though they make good Bailiffs , I can hardly be perfwaded they can be good Companions . ' Tis poffible I may feem to have odd Notions , when I fay I am not fond of a Man only for being of ( what is ...
... feems fo difagreeable to me , that though they make good Bailiffs , I can hardly be perfwaded they can be good Companions . ' Tis poffible I may feem to have odd Notions , when I fay I am not fond of a Man only for being of ( what is ...
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... feems to be at prefent ) be confined to a certain Order of Men , and be attainable by none but those whom Fortune has elevated to the moft confpicuous Stations . I would have every Thing to be esteemed as Heroick , which is great and ...
... feems to be at prefent ) be confined to a certain Order of Men , and be attainable by none but those whom Fortune has elevated to the moft confpicuous Stations . I would have every Thing to be esteemed as Heroick , which is great and ...
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... feems to confift in that which contributes moft to Chearful nefs and Refreshment : And thefe cer- tainly are beft confulted by Simplicity in the Food , and Sincerity in the Company . By this Rule are in the firft Place excluded from ...
... feems to confift in that which contributes moft to Chearful nefs and Refreshment : And thefe cer- tainly are beft confulted by Simplicity in the Food , and Sincerity in the Company . By this Rule are in the firft Place excluded from ...
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... feems was but another Kind of Fool's Coat . I had the fame Fate with two or three more ; for which Reafon I defired the Owner of the Garden to let me know which were the finest of the Flowers , for that I was fo unfkilful in the Art ...
... feems was but another Kind of Fool's Coat . I had the fame Fate with two or three more ; for which Reafon I defired the Owner of the Garden to let me know which were the finest of the Flowers , for that I was fo unfkilful in the Art ...
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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...