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... heart ; and the whole nervous fyftem was relaxed . I would have prefcribed the well - known diet- drink brought into practice by the late , Bishop of Cloyne ; but he told me , every thing went against his stomach that favoured of TAR ...
... heart ; and the whole nervous fyftem was relaxed . I would have prefcribed the well - known diet- drink brought into practice by the late , Bishop of Cloyne ; but he told me , every thing went against his stomach that favoured of TAR ...
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... heart . A fhoemaker harangued his five minutes . upon the excellence of the tenets main- tained by Lord Bolingbroke ; but I foon found that his reading had not been ex- : tended beyond the Idea of a Patriot King ,. which he had mistaken ...
... heart . A fhoemaker harangued his five minutes . upon the excellence of the tenets main- tained by Lord Bolingbroke ; but I foon found that his reading had not been ex- : tended beyond the Idea of a Patriot King ,. which he had mistaken ...
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... heart doth think on many a while , How to deceive the poore ; His mouth is almost full of mucke , Yet ftill he gapes for more . His wife muft lend a fhilling , For every week a penny , Yet bring a pledge that's double worth , If that ...
... heart doth think on many a while , How to deceive the poore ; His mouth is almost full of mucke , Yet ftill he gapes for more . His wife muft lend a fhilling , For every week a penny , Yet bring a pledge that's double worth , If that ...
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... heart , laid him dead at her feet . The virgin threw herself on the ground , and covered her head with duft , to thank her deliverer : but when the rofe , the prince was dazzled with her charms . He was ftruck with the gloffy hue of her ...
... heart , laid him dead at her feet . The virgin threw herself on the ground , and covered her head with duft , to thank her deliverer : but when the rofe , the prince was dazzled with her charms . He was ftruck with the gloffy hue of her ...
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... heart . There we fhall find avarice the inain fpring that moves the whole machine . Every Gamefter is eaten up with ava- rice ; and when this paffion is in full force , it is more ftrongly predominant than any other . It conquers even ...
... heart . There we fhall find avarice the inain fpring that moves the whole machine . Every Gamefter is eaten up with ava- rice ; and when this paffion is in full force , it is more ftrongly predominant than any other . It conquers even ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abfurd acquaintance affured alfo almoft amufement Babler bagnios beauty becauſe cafe China Chineſe Clare Market confequence confider confiderable converfation Dæmon defign defire drefs endeavour faid fame fashion fcarce feemed feen felf felves fenfe fenfible fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filk fince fingle firft fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure gentleman himſelf honour horfe houfe houſe huſband inftance juft lady laft leaft lefs LETTER look manner ment Mifs moft moſt muft muſt myfelf nature neceffary neral never obferved obliged occafion paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent racter reafon refolved refpect reft thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion town ufual univerfal uſed vifit whofe whole wife worfe young
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Página 7 - I am a Jew: hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by' the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?
Página 313 - Mr. Town is a fair, black, middle-sized, very short man. He wears his own hair, and a periwig. He is about thirty years of age, and not more than four and twenty. He is a student of the law, and a bachelor of physic.
Página 196 - The misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention ; are enlarged upon in tones of declamation ; and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers...
Página 198 - Our crew was carried into a French prison, and many of them died because they were not used to live in a jail ; but for my part it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night...
Página 44 - He told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and the company laughed at that; but the story of Taffy in the sedan-chair, was sure to set the table in a roar.
Página 220 - Umbrae, or shadows; and, indeed, this appellation conveys a very full idea of the nature of these humble retainers to the wealthy, since they not only follow them like their shadows, but ' like a shadow prove the substance true...
Página 29 - ... you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead...
Página 143 - The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
Página 43 - Some affect humanity and tenderness, others boast of having such dispositions from nature ; but he is the only man I ever knew who seemed ashamed of his natural benevolence. He takes as much pains to hide his feelings, as any hypocrite would to conceal his indifference ; but on every unguarded moment the mask drops off, and reveals him to the most superficial observer.
Página 253 - ... of horses, let six bright bays, blacks, or greys prance down one side of her head ; and according to the rank she insists upon, let a ducal or an earl's coronet, or a bloody hand be distinguished upon her capriole.