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most intimate acquaintance , whom I have scarce known again ; a fprightly young fellow , with whom I have fpent many a jolly hour ; but being juft dub- bed a graduate in phyfic , he has gained fuch an entire conqueft over the rifible ...
most intimate acquaintance , whom I have scarce known again ; a fprightly young fellow , with whom I have fpent many a jolly hour ; but being juft dub- bed a graduate in phyfic , he has gained fuch an entire conqueft over the rifible ...
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... most inviola- ble modesty to the most abandoned im- pudence . It is of a commodious fize to wear at a watch : the liquor within the tube is a chemical mixture , which being acted on by the circulation of the blood and animal fpirits ...
... most inviola- ble modesty to the most abandoned im- pudence . It is of a commodious fize to wear at a watch : the liquor within the tube is a chemical mixture , which being acted on by the circulation of the blood and animal fpirits ...
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... most pathetic ftrokes , was through many more ftages of often harsh , or run into wild divifions . than appears from the palpable grada- fweetness and variety ; nor could they from their first fetting out , I hall here # N ° VII ...
... most pathetic ftrokes , was through many more ftages of often harsh , or run into wild divifions . than appears from the palpable grada- fweetness and variety ; nor could they from their first fetting out , I hall here # N ° VII ...
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... most exact mo- dels of good behaviour and standards of politeness . The art of war is no eafy study : it requires much labour and application to go through what Milton calls the ru- diments of foldiership , in all the skill of ...
... most exact mo- dels of good behaviour and standards of politeness . The art of war is no eafy study : it requires much labour and application to go through what Milton calls the ru- diments of foldiership , in all the skill of ...
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... most powerful of all interefts , mo- ney . Nothing has been fince thought of but featting and revelling ; and hoth parties strive to outdo each other in the frequency and expence of their enter- tainments . This indeed is the general ...
... most powerful of all interefts , mo- ney . Nothing has been fince thought of but featting and revelling ; and hoth parties strive to outdo each other in the frequency and expence of their enter- tainments . This indeed is the general ...
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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.