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... leave off writing controverfies , and " being confuted by our divines , fo they are not wanting upon " occafion to turn their style , andfurnish out matter of triumph ས About this time having fixed on the Civil Law for xii LIFE OF KING .
... leave off writing controverfies , and " being confuted by our divines , fo they are not wanting upon " occafion to turn their style , andfurnish out matter of triumph ས About this time having fixed on the Civil Law for xii LIFE OF KING .
Página xvi
... leave , Sir , to " tell you a fecret , that I have spent a whole day upon Dr. " Bentley's late volume of fcandal and criticism , for every one " mayn't judge it for his credit to be fo employed . He thinks " meanly I find of my reading ...
... leave , Sir , to " tell you a fecret , that I have spent a whole day upon Dr. " Bentley's late volume of fcandal and criticism , for every one " mayn't judge it for his credit to be fo employed . He thinks " meanly I find of my reading ...
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... leave to use an expreffion which though vulgar , yet upon this occasion is just and proper ; you have made my mouth water , but have not sent me wherewithal to fatisfy my appetite . I have raised a thousand notions to myself only from ...
... leave to use an expreffion which though vulgar , yet upon this occasion is just and proper ; you have made my mouth water , but have not sent me wherewithal to fatisfy my appetite . I have raised a thousand notions to myself only from ...
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... leave to call it fo ) made by sending out the leg of a goofe or the gizzard of a turkey to be broiled ; though I know that criticks with a good stomach have been offended that the unity of action should be fo far broken . And yet as in ...
... leave to call it fo ) made by sending out the leg of a goofe or the gizzard of a turkey to be broiled ; though I know that criticks with a good stomach have been offended that the unity of action should be fo far broken . And yet as in ...
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... leave to level all they can , As Pigmies would be glad to top a man . " Half - wits are fleas , fo little and so light , " We fearce could know they live but that they bite . " But as the rich , when tir'd with daily feafts , " For ...
... leave to level all they can , As Pigmies would be glad to top a man . " Half - wits are fleas , fo little and so light , " We fearce could know they live but that they bite . " But as the rich , when tir'd with daily feafts , " For ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Apicius Art of Cookery beauty becauſe beft beſt breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms Cook cry'd defign defire diſh eaſe ev'n ev'ry eyes faid fam'd fame fate fatire fauce fays feem feen fenfe fent fervants fhall fhew filk fince fing firſt flain fleep fome fong foon foul freſh Frumenty ftill ftreams fubject fuch fure give grace happineſs Heav'n himſelf houſe juft juſt King laft laſt leaſt lefs Lord Love maſter moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er never numbers nymphs o'er occafion Orpheus Ovid paffion paſt perfons pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poets pow'r praiſe prefent profe raiſe reft rife ſay ſeem ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tranflated unleſs uſe verfe verſe Whilft Whofe whoſe wife
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Página 143 - Thoufands of happy hours you pafs'd with me ; " No mention made of old Penelope. " On adamant our wrongs we all engrave, " But write our benefits upon the wave. " Why then be gone, the feas uncertain truft ; " As I found you, fo may you find them juft. " Dying Calypfo muft be left behind, " And all your vows be wafted with the wind !" Fond are the hopes he fhould be conftant now, Who to his tendereft part had broke his vow.
Página 136 - To make your wife and mine a muff.) Thus he frames wings, and nothing lacks To fix the whole, but melted wax : That was the work of the young boy, Pleas'd at the fancy of the toy; Not guessing, ere he was much older, He should have one upon each shoulder.
Página 81 - L were a Picture drawn With Cynthia's Face, but with a Neck like Brawn; With Wings of Turkey, and with Feet of Calf, Tho' drawn by Kneller, it would make you laugh!
Página 44 - Cincinnatus, who went from the plough to the command of the Roman army ; and, having brought home victory, retired to his cottage ; for, when the Samnite...
Página 8 - Which faid, he foon outftript the wind, Whilft puffing Boreas lagg'd behind ; And to Urganda's cave he came, A lady of prodigious fame, Whofe hollow eyes and hopper breech...
Página 112 - THE BEGGAR WOMAN. A GENTLEMAN in hunting rode aftray, •**• More out of choice, than that he loft his way, He let his company the Hare purfue, For he himfelf had other game in view. A Beggar by her trade ; yet not fo mean, But that her cheeks were frefh, and linen clean. J' Miftrefs," quoth he, " and what if we two fhou'd * Retire a little way into the wood...
Página 43 - I hope it will not be taken ill by the wits, that 1 call my cooks by the title of ingenious; for I cannot imagine why cooks may not be as well read as any other persons.
Página 84 - The fate of things lies always in the dark : What cavalier would know St. James's Park '? For locket stands «;i icrc gardens once did spring ; And wild-ducks quack where grasshoppers did sing ; A princely palace on that space does rise, Where Sedley's noble muse found mulberries'.
Página 159 - And have you by a rival croft, Only in hopes you may n't be loft. Sometimes they fay that you are faulty, And that they know where...
Página 54 - The Art of Cookery, in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, with some Letters to Dr. Lister...