Harrison's British Classicks, Volumen6Harrison and Company, 1786 |
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... use a great deal of exercise in driving about the town , to dilute properly with tea , to perfpire freely at public places , and in their feafons to go to Bath , Tunbridge , Cheltenham , or Scarborough . I was indeed furprised with an ...
... use a great deal of exercise in driving about the town , to dilute properly with tea , to perfpire freely at public places , and in their feafons to go to Bath , Tunbridge , Cheltenham , or Scarborough . I was indeed furprised with an ...
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... use to them , except he had reprefented the most graceful attitudes in fencing , or drawn out the lines of a minuet . In order to remedy these inconveni- ences , and that the erudition of perfons of fafhion may be as different from the ...
... use to them , except he had reprefented the most graceful attitudes in fencing , or drawn out the lines of a minuet . In order to remedy these inconveni- ences , and that the erudition of perfons of fafhion may be as different from the ...
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... use of uncouth terms and expreffions . Words that mean no- thing , provided they found big , and fill T the ear , are the best fuccedaneum for fenfe . Nothing fo effectually answers Mr. Bayes's endeavour to elevate and furprise ; and ...
... use of uncouth terms and expreffions . Words that mean no- thing , provided they found big , and fill T the ear , are the best fuccedaneum for fenfe . Nothing fo effectually answers Mr. Bayes's endeavour to elevate and furprise ; and ...
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... use fo whimfically , that one can scarce tell whether he is talking French or Eng- lifh . I shall make no more reflections on this fubject at prefent , but conclude my paper with a short story . A meny fellow , who was formerly of the ...
... use fo whimfically , that one can scarce tell whether he is talking French or Eng- lifh . I shall make no more reflections on this fubject at prefent , but conclude my paper with a short story . A meny fellow , who was formerly of the ...
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... use in pub- lic : yet furely it would be much more becoming to have the fore - finger pricked and fcarified with the point of a needle , than to fee it embrowned with fqueezing together a filthy pinch of Snuff . I am , Sir , your humble ...
... use in pub- lic : yet furely it would be much more becoming to have the fore - finger pricked and fcarified with the point of a needle , than to fee it embrowned with fqueezing together a filthy pinch of Snuff . I am , Sir , your humble ...
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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.