The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, 1 tomasJ.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 |
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... please the prefent Audience . Mrs. Bignall did her Part very happily , and had a certain Grace in her Rufticity , which gave us Hopes of feeing her a very Skilful Player , and in fome Parts , fupply our Lofs of Mrs. Verbruggen . I ...
... please the prefent Audience . Mrs. Bignall did her Part very happily , and had a certain Grace in her Rufticity , which gave us Hopes of feeing her a very Skilful Player , and in fome Parts , fupply our Lofs of Mrs. Verbruggen . I ...
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... please me more , but with a different Sort of Delight , than that which I receive from those Grave Scenes of Brutus and Caffius , or Anthony and Ventidius . The whole Comedy is very juft , and the Low Part of Humane Life reprefented ...
... please me more , but with a different Sort of Delight , than that which I receive from those Grave Scenes of Brutus and Caffius , or Anthony and Ventidius . The whole Comedy is very juft , and the Low Part of Humane Life reprefented ...
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... please to give us as impartial an Account of their own , and we shall be satisfied . The Bufiness of Heralds is a Matter of fo great Nicety , that , to avoid Mistakes , I fhall give you my Coufin's Letter verbatim , without altering a ...
... please to give us as impartial an Account of their own , and we shall be satisfied . The Bufiness of Heralds is a Matter of fo great Nicety , that , to avoid Mistakes , I fhall give you my Coufin's Letter verbatim , without altering a ...
106 psl.
... please , there is an Impoftor put upon you . Him whom we allow'd formerly for a certain pleasant Subtilty , and natural Way of giving you an unexpected Hit , called a Droll , is now mi- mick'd by a Biter , who is a dull Fellow , that ...
... please , there is an Impoftor put upon you . Him whom we allow'd formerly for a certain pleasant Subtilty , and natural Way of giving you an unexpected Hit , called a Droll , is now mi- mick'd by a Biter , who is a dull Fellow , that ...
114 psl.
... please , to ensnare our Wards into their own Good .. I have of late been upon fuch hard Duty , and know you have fo much Work for me , that I think fit to appear to you Face to Face , to defire you would give me as little Occafion for ...
... please , to ensnare our Wards into their own Good .. I have of late been upon fuch hard Duty , and know you have fo much Work for me , that I think fit to appear to you Face to Face , to defire you would give me as little Occafion for ...
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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