Harrison's British Classicks, Volumen6Harrison and Company, 1786 |
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... woman of fpirit ! An English wife , with all the in- difcretions of a girl , may affume more than the privileges of a woman ; may trifle publicly with the beaus and finarts , introduce them to her toilette , and fix it as a certain rule ...
... woman of fpirit ! An English wife , with all the in- difcretions of a girl , may affume more than the privileges of a woman ; may trifle publicly with the beaus and finarts , introduce them to her toilette , and fix it as a certain rule ...
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... woman ftared at me , and said she did not know what I meant . I dined last week at a foreign ambaffador's ; and not a word about me or my works paffed at table . I wrote to a relation at Caermarthen , defiring to know what reputation my ...
... woman ftared at me , and said she did not know what I meant . I dined last week at a foreign ambaffador's ; and not a word about me or my works paffed at table . I wrote to a relation at Caermarthen , defiring to know what reputation my ...
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... woman . When she came , he led her very gravely to the fetree , and began to indulge himself in certain freedoms , which provoked the damfel to complain loudly of his rudenefs . The lady flew into a violent paffion , and rated him ...
... woman . When she came , he led her very gravely to the fetree , and began to indulge himself in certain freedoms , which provoked the damfel to complain loudly of his rudenefs . The lady flew into a violent paffion , and rated him ...
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... fel niously stealing a fhoulder of mutton . Such a country would feem to go upon the fame principles , and to entertain the fame notions of juftice , as the the puritanical old woman , that hanged her cat for 28 THE CONNOISSEUR .
... fel niously stealing a fhoulder of mutton . Such a country would feem to go upon the fame principles , and to entertain the fame notions of juftice , as the the puritanical old woman , that hanged her cat for 28 THE CONNOISSEUR .
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... woman , who was believed by the neighbourhood to be a witch . The jury , therefore , were unanimous in their opinion , that he was the devil in that hape , and brought her in guilty . Upon which the judge formally pronounced fentence ...
... woman , who was believed by the neighbourhood to be a witch . The jury , therefore , were unanimous in their opinion , that he was the devil in that hape , and brought her in guilty . Upon which the judge formally pronounced fentence ...
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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.