The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, 1 tomasJ.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 |
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... Sense further than just to observe , That our poor Lover has moft Understanding when he is drunk , and is least in his Senfes when he is fober . Will's Coffee - houfe , April 8 . On Thursday Will's 4 N ° 1 . The Tatler .
... Sense further than just to observe , That our poor Lover has moft Understanding when he is drunk , and is least in his Senfes when he is fober . Will's Coffee - houfe , April 8 . On Thursday Will's 4 N ° 1 . The Tatler .
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... observing , that Virgil is more judicious than the other in the Epithets he gives his Hero . Homer's ufual Epithet , faid he , is πόδας ὠχύς , or Ποδάρχης , and his Indifcre- tion has been often rallied by the Criticks , for tion 46 N ...
... observing , that Virgil is more judicious than the other in the Epithets he gives his Hero . Homer's ufual Epithet , faid he , is πόδας ὠχύς , or Ποδάρχης , and his Indifcre- tion has been often rallied by the Criticks , for tion 46 N ...
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... Observation : If a disagreeable Fellow , he had a full Face , out of meer In- clination to Conquefts . But at the Clofe of the Evening , on the Sixth of the last Month , my Ward was fitting on a Couch , reading Ovid's Epiftles ; and as ...
... Observation : If a disagreeable Fellow , he had a full Face , out of meer In- clination to Conquefts . But at the Clofe of the Evening , on the Sixth of the last Month , my Ward was fitting on a Couch , reading Ovid's Epiftles ; and as ...
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... Observation of their Laws till their Return ; others have us❜d other Artifices to fly the Applause of their Merit ; but this Perfon fhuns Glory with greater Address , and has , by giving his Engine his own Name , made it obfcene to ...
... Observation of their Laws till their Return ; others have us❜d other Artifices to fly the Applause of their Merit ; but this Perfon fhuns Glory with greater Address , and has , by giving his Engine his own Name , made it obfcene to ...
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... Observation , touch with Delight a Man who is prepoffefs'd ' with fuccessful Love , which is an Affem- blage of foft Affections , gay Defires , and hopeful Refolutions ? · Poor Cynthio went on at this Rate to the Crowd about him ...
... Observation , touch with Delight a Man who is prepoffefs'd ' with fuccessful Love , which is an Affem- blage of foft Affections , gay Defires , and hopeful Refolutions ? · Poor Cynthio went on at this Rate to the Crowd about him ...
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Advices againſt alfo alſo anſwer becauſe beſt Bickerſtaff Buſineſs call'd Cauſe Character Company Confideration Converſation Court Defign defire Difcourfe Drefs Duke Duke of Anjou Duke of Marlborough Earl Enemy fafe faid fame Faſhion feems felf felves fent fhall fhould fhow fince firſt fome foon France Friend fuch fure Gentleman give greateſt Hague himſelf Honour Houſe Ifaac Inſtant James's Coffee-houſe John juft June juſt King Lady laft laſt Letters Lord Love Madam Majefty Manner Maſter Minifter moft Monfieur moſt muſt neceffary never obferve Occafion Pacolet paffed Paffion Perfons Place Play pleaſe Pleaſure prefent Pretty Fellow Prince Publick Purpoſe raiſed Reaſon reprefented ſay ſee ſeems ſelf Senfe Senſe ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpoke ſtand ſtill TATLER thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thought Thouſand tion Torcy Town ufual Underſtanding uſe vifit White's Chocolate-houſe whofe Will's World
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294 psl. - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
295 psl. - ... accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted, and bellowed, that I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
357 psl. - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
251 psl. - do you think my uncle takes any notice of such a dull rogue as you are?" Mr. William .goes on, " He is the most stupid of all my mother's children: he knows nothing of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is...
289 psl. - To my knowledge of this very hat it may be added, that the covering of straw was never used among the Jews, since it was demanded of them to make bricks without it. Therefore this is really nothing but, under the specious pretence of learning and antiquities, to impose upon the world.
269 psl. - His friend advances, and so on, until they had all saluted her. By this means the poor girl was in the middle of the crowd of these fellows, at a loss what to do, without courage to pass through them ; and the Platonics, at several peep-holes...
371 psl. - ... to benevolence, and tend to a certain manner of being or appearing equal to the rest of the company ; for conversation is composed of an assembly of men, as they are men, and not as they are distinguished by fortune: therefore he who brings his quality with him into conversation, should always pay the reckoning ; for he came to receive homage, and not to meet his friends.
250 psl. - I took three lads, who are under my guardianship, a-rambling, in a hackney-coach, to show them the town; as the lions, the tombs, Bedlam, and the other places which are entertainments to raw minds because they strike forcibly on the fancy.
8 psl. - I have in another place, and in a paper by itself, sufficiently convinced this man that he is dead, and if he has any shame, I don't doubt but that by this time he owns it to all his acquaintance : for though the legs and arms, and whole body of that man may still appear and perform their animal functions ; yet since, as I have elsewhere observed, his art is gone, the man is gone.
159 psl. - There is another sort of gentlemen whom I am much more concerned for, and that is the ingenious fraternity of which I have the honour to be an unworthy member; I mean the news-writers of Great Britain, whether 'Postmen