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CONTENT S. NUMB . VOLUME THE FIRST . I. URVEY of The Town . Characters at Garraway's , Batson's , SURVEY of Td the Chapter Coffee houfes ; at the Temple , the Bedford Coffee - house , White's , and other Places . Mr. Town's Design in ...
CONTENT S. NUMB . VOLUME THE FIRST . I. URVEY of The Town . Characters at Garraway's , Batson's , SURVEY of Td the Chapter Coffee houfes ; at the Temple , the Bedford Coffee - house , White's , and other Places . Mr. Town's Design in ...
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... Town XXIV . On the Learning of the Polite World . Proper Studies for Perfons of Fashion . Letter containing a Scheme for a Polite Circulating Library ; with a Specimen of the Books xxv . On the Vanity of People making an Appearance ...
... Town XXIV . On the Learning of the Polite World . Proper Studies for Perfons of Fashion . Letter containing a Scheme for a Polite Circulating Library ; with a Specimen of the Books xxv . On the Vanity of People making an Appearance ...
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... Town . Letter from James Wait , to prove that Gentlemen come to the Robin Hood Society XXXVIII . On Courtship . Marriages between Perfons of Quality not founded on Love . Plan of a Repofitory for Males and Females , to be disposed of in ...
... Town . Letter from James Wait , to prove that Gentlemen come to the Robin Hood Society XXXVIII . On Courtship . Marriages between Perfons of Quality not founded on Love . Plan of a Repofitory for Males and Females , to be disposed of in ...
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... Town and Country . On This Seafon difagreeable to Perfons of Fa- XLIX . Letter containing a Scheme for a Female Parliament . Usefulness of it , and Objections against it . Account of the Covent Gar- den Society , confifting of certain ...
... Town and Country . On This Seafon difagreeable to Perfons of Fa- XLIX . Letter containing a Scheme for a Female Parliament . Usefulness of it , and Objections against it . Account of the Covent Gar- den Society , confifting of certain ...
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... Town , with a Proffer of his Affift- ance - from another Author , complaining of the Cuftom of Giving Money to Servants - from a Methodist Teacher - Letter , on the wonderful Increafe in the Order of Gentlemen 159 LXXI . VOLUME THE ...
... Town , with a Proffer of his Affift- ance - from another Author , complaining of the Cuftom of Giving Money to Servants - from a Methodist Teacher - Letter , on the wonderful Increafe in the Order of Gentlemen 159 LXXI . VOLUME THE ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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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.