The Guardian, Volumen1J. Tonson, 1714 |
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... writing an Hero- ick Poem , as making a fervent Prayer . When Men are thus low and narrow in their Apprehenfions of things , and at the same time vain , they are naturally led to think every thing they do not understand not to be ...
... writing an Hero- ick Poem , as making a fervent Prayer . When Men are thus low and narrow in their Apprehenfions of things , and at the same time vain , they are naturally led to think every thing they do not understand not to be ...
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L ftabbing and defacing thofe they met with . When fuch Writers as this , who has no Spirit but that of Malice , pretend to inform the Age , Mobocks and Cut - throats may well fet up for Wits and Men of Pleasure . IT will be perhaps ...
L ftabbing and defacing thofe they met with . When fuch Writers as this , who has no Spirit but that of Malice , pretend to inform the Age , Mobocks and Cut - throats may well fet up for Wits and Men of Pleasure . IT will be perhaps ...
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... Writer not to be Mercenary , yet the great Man is no more in Reafon obliged to thank him for his Picture in a ... Writers think it will be moft pleafing to others to compliment them with , one may form fome Judgment which are moft fo to ...
... Writer not to be Mercenary , yet the great Man is no more in Reafon obliged to thank him for his Picture in a ... Writers think it will be moft pleafing to others to compliment them with , one may form fome Judgment which are moft fo to ...
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... writing . The Affairs of Women being chiefly Domestick , and not made up of fo many Circumstances , as the Duties of Men are , I fear I cannot dispatch the Ac- count of the Males under my Care in fo few Words as I did the Explanation ...
... writing . The Affairs of Women being chiefly Domestick , and not made up of fo many Circumstances , as the Duties of Men are , I fear I cannot dispatch the Ac- count of the Males under my Care in fo few Words as I did the Explanation ...
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... writing Son- however have a foft Hand ; and he may arch his Eye - brows , who hath not ftrength of Genius for the Mathematicks . · ་ nets , may AFTER the Conclufion of the Peace we fhall un- doubtedly have new Fafhions from France ; and ...
... writing Son- however have a foft Hand ; and he may arch his Eye - brows , who hath not ftrength of Genius for the Mathematicks . · ་ nets , may AFTER the Conclufion of the Peace we fhall un- doubtedly have new Fafhions from France ; and ...
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Página 135 - From the several characters that were given, and the exceptions that were made, as this or that gentleman happened to be named, I found that a lady is not difficult to be pleased, and that the town swarms with fine gentlemen. A nimble pair of heels, a smooth complexion, a full-bottom wig, a laced shirt, an embroidered suit, a pair of fringed gloves, a hat and feather; any one or more of these and the like...
Página 14 - As they hired people to rail at him in that circumstance to make him as humble as they could, we have fellows to flatter him, and make him as proud as they can.
Página 97 - Besides the Decency of this Rule, it is certainly founded in good Policy. A Man who talks of any thing he is already famous for, has little to get, but a great deal to lose.
Página 263 - Providence hath with a bountiful hand prepared variety of pleasures for the various stages of life. It behoves us 'not to be wanting to ourselves, in forwarding the intention of nature, by the culture of our minds...
Página 203 - Having by an habitual reflection on these truths made them familiar, the effect is, that I, among a number of persons who have debauched their natural taste, see things in a peculiar light, which I have arrived at, not by any uncommon force of genius, or acquired knowledge, but only by unlearning the false notions instilled by custom and education.
Página 68 - I remember about thirty years ago, an eminent divine, who was also most exactly well-bred, told his congregation at Whitehall, that if they did not vouchsafe to give .their lives a new turn, they must certainly go to a place which he did not think fit to name in that courtly audience.
Página 85 - And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures...
Página 45 - Senses, delightful in the Operation, may be taken at all Hours without Confinement, and is as properly given at a Ball or Playhouse as in a private Chamber. It restores and vivifies the most dejected Minds, corrects and extracts all that is painful in the Knowledge of a Man's self.
Página 133 - A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.