Select British Classics, Volumen29J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... obliged to marry her mother : then I was pre- vailed upon to marry two maiden sisters ; after that I married her aunts ; then her cousins .... In short , I am now married to the whole generation of them . I do not exaggerate matters ...
... obliged to marry her mother : then I was pre- vailed upon to marry two maiden sisters ; after that I married her aunts ; then her cousins .... In short , I am now married to the whole generation of them . I do not exaggerate matters ...
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... oblige me , in a manner , to find them in cloaths likewise . I should not repine , if any of my worthy relations were humble enough to put up with a cast - off suit of my wife's ; but that would be robbing the maid of her just dues ...
... oblige me , in a manner , to find them in cloaths likewise . I should not repine , if any of my worthy relations were humble enough to put up with a cast - off suit of my wife's ; but that would be robbing the maid of her just dues ...
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... soon after arrested , and obliged to pay the money . Another , a very promising youth , was just out of his time , and only wanted a little sum to set him up ; which as soon as I had lent him , he run away , 48 THE CONNOISSEUR .
... soon after arrested , and obliged to pay the money . Another , a very promising youth , was just out of his time , and only wanted a little sum to set him up ; which as soon as I had lent him , he run away , 48 THE CONNOISSEUR .
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... obliged the world some time ago with a few reflections on the gentlemen of the army : at the present juncture , a word or two on our sea - officers would not be unseasonable . I do not mean , that you should presume to direct them how ...
... obliged the world some time ago with a few reflections on the gentlemen of the army : at the present juncture , a word or two on our sea - officers would not be unseasonable . I do not mean , that you should presume to direct them how ...
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... unbeneñced doctors of the fleet . In a word , if a chaplain will so far divest himself of his sa- cred character , as to drink , swear , and behave in every respect like a common sailor , he should be obliged 70 THE CONNOISSEUR .
... unbeneñced doctors of the fleet . In a word , if a chaplain will so far divest himself of his sa- cred character , as to drink , swear , and behave in every respect like a common sailor , he should be obliged 70 THE CONNOISSEUR .
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Página 170 - An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them such things as were necessary to express the particular business they are to discourse on.
Página 171 - I have often beheld two of those sages almost sinking under the weight of their packs, like pedlars among us ; who, when they met in the streets, would lay down their loads, open their sacks, and hold conversation for an hour together ; then put up their implements, help each other to resume their burthens, and take their leave.
Página 54 - ... with thick crust, extremely baked. His table cost him not much, though it was good to eat at. "His sports supplied all but beef and mutton; except...
Página 54 - ... hearth paved with brick lay some terriers and the choicest hounds and spaniels; seldom but two of the great chairs had litters of young cats in them which were not to be disturbed, he having always three or four attending him at dinner, and a little white round stick of fourteen inches long lying by his trencher that he might defend such meat as he had no mind to part with to them.
Página 76 - Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates : in the city she uttereth her words...
Página 100 - twere vain to follow, For dog and horse he'd beat them hollow ; — Nay, if he put forth all his strength, Outstrip his brethren half a length. A tortoise heard his vain oration, And vented thus his indignation : " O puss ! it bodes thee dire disgrace When I defy thee to the race. Come, 'tis a match ; nay, no denial, I lay my shell upon the trial.
Página 54 - ... that had been used. On one side of this end of the room was the door of a closet, wherein stood the strong beer and the wine, which never came...
Página 25 - As to his body there can be no dispute; but examine even the acquirements of his mind, you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress : to instance no more ; is not religion a cloak, honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt, selflove a surtout, vanity a shirt, and conscience a pair of breeches...
Página 53 - ... poles in great abundance. The parlour was a large room as properly furnished; on a great hearth paved with brick, lay some terriers, and the choicest hounds and spaniels. Seldom but two of the great chairs had litters of...
Página 117 - Arthur's out of their estates, and to take in all the knowing-ones on the turf at Newmarket. He accordingly bespoke his liveries, settled the fashion of his chariot, and had already pitched upon the lady, whose good luck it should be to fall in love with him: but so uncertain is the state of a gamester, that since the drawing of the lottery he has advertised for charitable contributions to a distressed gentleman, who knows the world, and has had the honour to be intimate with most of the nobility...