The British Essayists: SpectatorC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... whole jest was to mistake one person for another . To give occasion for these ludicrous mistakes , they were di- vided into pairs , every pair being covered from head to foot with the same kind of dress , though perhaps there was not ...
... whole jest was to mistake one person for another . To give occasion for these ludicrous mistakes , they were di- vided into pairs , every pair being covered from head to foot with the same kind of dress , though perhaps there was not ...
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... whole hemisphere is extinguished ; such was the vanishing of the goddess : and not only of the god- dess herself , but of the whole army that attended her , which sympathized with their leader , and shrunk into nothing , in proportion ...
... whole hemisphere is extinguished ; such was the vanishing of the goddess : and not only of the god- dess herself , but of the whole army that attended her , which sympathized with their leader , and shrunk into nothing , in proportion ...
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... whole world run into the habit of the court . You see the lady , who the day before was as various as a rainbow , upon the time appointed for beginning to mourn , as dark as a cloud . This humour does not prevail only on those whose ...
... whole world run into the habit of the court . You see the lady , who the day before was as various as a rainbow , upon the time appointed for beginning to mourn , as dark as a cloud . This humour does not prevail only on those whose ...
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... whole celebrated piece is a perfect contradic- tion to good manners , good sense , and common ho- nesty ; and , as there is nothing in it but what is built upon the ruin of virtue and innocence , according to the notion of merit in this ...
... whole celebrated piece is a perfect contradic- tion to good manners , good sense , and common ho- nesty ; and , as there is nothing in it but what is built upon the ruin of virtue and innocence , according to the notion of merit in this ...
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... whole body ; and all this under pain of never having a husband , if she steps , looks , or moves awry . This gives the young lady wonderful workings of imagination , what is to pass between her and this husband that she is every moment ...
... whole body ; and all this under pain of never having a husband , if she steps , looks , or moves awry . This gives the young lady wonderful workings of imagination , what is to pass between her and this husband that she is every moment ...
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Página 204 - Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon.
Página 31 - If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows .originally among us besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicacies of the like nature ; that our climate of itself, and without the assistances of art...
Página 225 - ... the stage. Would an infinitely wise Being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can He delight in the production of such abortive intelligences, such short-lived reasonable beings ? Would He give us talents that are not to be exerted ? Capacities that are never to be gratified...
Página 212 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen, than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.
Página 205 - Calamy, with several living authors, who have published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice ; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet...
Página 202 - ROGER'S Family, because it consists of sober and staid Persons; for as the Knight is the best Master in the World, he seldom changes his Servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his Servants never care for leaving him: By this Means his Domesticks are all in Years, and grown old with their Master. You would take his Valet...
Página 130 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Página 58 - The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...
Página 228 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate, he found his parishioners very irregular: and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a Common Prayer Book ; and at the same time employed an itinerant...
Página 35 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind Crowder with no rougher voice than rude style ; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age, what would it work trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar...