Harrison's British Classicks, Volumen6Harrison and Company, 1786 |
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... lefs Pernicious than Common Gin . Letter from an Hufband , complaining of his Wife , who has taken to Drinking by Way of Medicine . LIV . On Frolicks . Inftances among the Bucks , & c . - and among the Ladies LV . On a New Sect among ...
... lefs Pernicious than Common Gin . Letter from an Hufband , complaining of his Wife , who has taken to Drinking by Way of Medicine . LIV . On Frolicks . Inftances among the Bucks , & c . - and among the Ladies LV . On a New Sect among ...
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... lefs delight , the many little artifices made ufe of to allure adventurers , as well as the vifible alterations in the looks of the fellers , according as the demand for tickets gave occafion to raise or lower their price . So deeply ...
... lefs delight , the many little artifices made ufe of to allure adventurers , as well as the vifible alterations in the looks of the fellers , according as the demand for tickets gave occafion to raise or lower their price . So deeply ...
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... lefs than two perfons , and will wait on any gentleman and lady privately at their own houses . We have no connection with the Fleet parfons , or other pretenders . Be- ware of counterfeits . Ego fum folus . I may perhaps take a future ...
... lefs than two perfons , and will wait on any gentleman and lady privately at their own houses . We have no connection with the Fleet parfons , or other pretenders . Be- ware of counterfeits . Ego fum folus . I may perhaps take a future ...
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... lefs important , till I had the opportu- nity of enlarging my ideas by going abroad . My travels , of which I have before hinted fomething to the reader , opened to me a new and extenfive field for obfervation . I will not presume to ...
... lefs important , till I had the opportu- nity of enlarging my ideas by going abroad . My travels , of which I have before hinted fomething to the reader , opened to me a new and extenfive field for obfervation . I will not presume to ...
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... lefs fcrupu- Jous about the difpofal of her body . The ridiculous notions maintained by Free - thinkers in their writings , fcarce deserve a serious refutation ; and per- haps the best method of answering them would be to felect from ...
... lefs fcrupu- Jous about the difpofal of her body . The ridiculous notions maintained by Free - thinkers in their writings , fcarce deserve a serious refutation ; and per- haps the best method of answering them would be to felect from ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abfurd acquaintance affured alfo almoft amufement Babler bagnios beauty becauſe cafe China Chineſe Clare Market confequence confider confiderable converfation Dæmon defign defire drefs endeavour faid fame fashion fcarce feemed feen felf felves fenfe fenfible fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filk fince fingle firft fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure gentleman himſelf honour horfe houfe houſe huſband inftance juft lady laft leaft lefs LETTER look manner ment Mifs moft moſt muft muſt myfelf nature neceffary neral never obferved obliged occafion paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent racter reafon refolved refpect reft thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion town ufual univerfal uſed vifit whofe whole wife worfe young
Pasajes populares
Página 7 - I am a Jew: hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by' the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?
Página 313 - Mr. Town is a fair, black, middle-sized, very short man. He wears his own hair, and a periwig. He is about thirty years of age, and not more than four and twenty. He is a student of the law, and a bachelor of physic.
Página 196 - The misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention ; are enlarged upon in tones of declamation ; and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers...
Página 198 - Our crew was carried into a French prison, and many of them died because they were not used to live in a jail ; but for my part it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night...
Página 44 - He told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and the company laughed at that; but the story of Taffy in the sedan-chair, was sure to set the table in a roar.
Página 220 - Umbrae, or shadows; and, indeed, this appellation conveys a very full idea of the nature of these humble retainers to the wealthy, since they not only follow them like their shadows, but ' like a shadow prove the substance true...
Página 29 - ... you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead...
Página 143 - The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
Página 43 - Some affect humanity and tenderness, others boast of having such dispositions from nature ; but he is the only man I ever knew who seemed ashamed of his natural benevolence. He takes as much pains to hide his feelings, as any hypocrite would to conceal his indifference ; but on every unguarded moment the mask drops off, and reveals him to the most superficial observer.
Página 253 - ... of horses, let six bright bays, blacks, or greys prance down one side of her head ; and according to the rank she insists upon, let a ducal or an earl's coronet, or a bloody hand be distinguished upon her capriole.