The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, 1 tomasJ.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 |
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... Those excellent Players , Mrs. Barry , Mrs. Bracegirdle , and Mr. Dogget , tho ' not at prefent concerned in the House , acted on that Occafion . There has not been known fo great a Concourfe of Perfons of Di- stinction as at that Time ...
... Those excellent Players , Mrs. Barry , Mrs. Bracegirdle , and Mr. Dogget , tho ' not at prefent concerned in the House , acted on that Occafion . There has not been known fo great a Concourfe of Perfons of Di- stinction as at that Time ...
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... those high Stations , in all the Changes of the Scene , with fuitable Dig- nity . For these Reasons , we intend to repeat this Favour to him on a proper Occasion , left he who can instruct us fo well in perfonating Feigned Sorrows ...
... those high Stations , in all the Changes of the Scene , with fuitable Dig- nity . For these Reasons , we intend to repeat this Favour to him on a proper Occasion , left he who can instruct us fo well in perfonating Feigned Sorrows ...
8 psl.
... those Battalions receiv'd Advice of their March , and retir'd to Dendermond . Lieutenant General Wood appear'd on this Oc- cafion at the Head of 5000 Foot , and 1000 Horse , upon which the Enemy withdrew , without making any further ...
... those Battalions receiv'd Advice of their March , and retir'd to Dendermond . Lieutenant General Wood appear'd on this Oc- cafion at the Head of 5000 Foot , and 1000 Horse , upon which the Enemy withdrew , without making any further ...
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... those Debauchees who run through the Vices of the Town , and believe when they think fit they can marry and fettle at their Ease . His own Knowledge of the Iniquity of the Age , makes him chufe a Wife wholly ignorant of it , and place ...
... those Debauchees who run through the Vices of the Town , and believe when they think fit they can marry and fettle at their Ease . His own Knowledge of the Iniquity of the Age , makes him chufe a Wife wholly ignorant of it , and place ...
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... those of the Family of Bicker Staff , for punishing great Crimes , and expo- fing the Abandon'd . Therefore , as I defign to have Notices from all Publick Affemblies , I fhall take upon me only Indecorums , Impro- prieties , and ...
... those of the Family of Bicker Staff , for punishing great Crimes , and expo- fing the Abandon'd . Therefore , as I defign to have Notices from all Publick Affemblies , I fhall take upon me only Indecorums , Impro- prieties , and ...
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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