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... least affiftance from a foreign edu- cation . It is obferved , that the difference be- tween the feveral fpecies in the fcale of beings is but juft fufficient to preferve their diftinction ; the higheft of one order approaching fo near ...
... least affiftance from a foreign edu- cation . It is obferved , that the difference be- tween the feveral fpecies in the fcale of beings is but juft fufficient to preferve their diftinction ; the higheft of one order approaching fo near ...
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... least - an hun- dred more for the copy - befides a per- ' petual freedom of the houfe . " Thefe were temptations not to be refifted . I fat down therefore to a tragedy ; but before I got through the firit act , de- fpairing to make it ...
... least - an hun- dred more for the copy - befides a per- ' petual freedom of the houfe . " Thefe were temptations not to be refifted . I fat down therefore to a tragedy ; but before I got through the firit act , de- fpairing to make it ...
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... least the woman might ' For elfe , ' faid he , how could the girl have been fupported for a whole month by a few hard crufts ? ' I anfwer to this , a barber furgeon fet forth the im- probability of that story ; and thence in- ferred ...
... least the woman might ' For elfe , ' faid he , how could the girl have been fupported for a whole month by a few hard crufts ? ' I anfwer to this , a barber furgeon fet forth the im- probability of that story ; and thence in- ferred ...
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... least he would not have changed them fo much for the worse . But this matter feems to be placed out of all doubt by the firft ftanza of the ballad , which informs us , that the story was taken from fome Italian novel . C C Thus much ...
... least he would not have changed them fo much for the worse . But this matter feems to be placed out of all doubt by the firft ftanza of the ballad , which informs us , that the story was taken from fome Italian novel . C C Thus much ...
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... least only to improve themselves in the more modern and fashionable fciences . A Treatise on Whift has more admirers than a Syftem of Logic , and a New Atalantis would be more univerfally read than a Practice of Piety . A fine gentleman ...
... least only to improve themselves in the more modern and fashionable fciences . A Treatise on Whift has more admirers than a Syftem of Logic , and a New Atalantis would be more univerfally read than a Practice of Piety . A fine gentleman ...
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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.