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... fhall defcend , all at once , from my doctorial dignity , to ad- of a weekly paper of amusement , called dreis myfelf to my readers as the author THE WORLD . 1 My defign in this paper is to ridicule , fhians , follies , vices , and ...
... fhall defcend , all at once , from my doctorial dignity , to ad- of a weekly paper of amusement , called dreis myfelf to my readers as the author THE WORLD . 1 My defign in this paper is to ridicule , fhians , follies , vices , and ...
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... fhall only observe , that the minifter is not yet fo thoroughly acquainted with my abi- lities as to truft me with his fecrets . The moment he throws afide his reserve , I fhall throw afide mine , and make the public as wife as myself ...
... fhall only observe , that the minifter is not yet fo thoroughly acquainted with my abi- lities as to truft me with his fecrets . The moment he throws afide his reserve , I fhall throw afide mine , and make the public as wife as myself ...
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... fhall carry it with me to the grave . I had contracted an intimacy at col- lege with a young fellow , whofe tafte , age , and inclinations , were exactly fuit- ed to my own . Nor did this intimacy end with our ftudies ; we renewed it in ...
... fhall carry it with me to the grave . I had contracted an intimacy at col- lege with a young fellow , whofe tafte , age , and inclinations , were exactly fuit- ed to my own . Nor did this intimacy end with our ftudies ; we renewed it in ...
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... fhall devote this and a fol- lowing paper . If the ftory I am going to tell them should deferve their appro- bation , they are to thank the hufband and wife from whom I had it ; and who are defirous , this day , of being the readers of ...
... fhall devote this and a fol- lowing paper . If the ftory I am going to tell them should deferve their appro- bation , they are to thank the hufband and wife from whom I had it ; and who are defirous , this day , of being the readers of ...
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... fhall I tell you , Sir , the news I learnt there ? -This friend ! this generous ⚫ and difinterested friend ! was killed yefterday in a duel in Hyde Park . ' She stopped here to give vent to a toi - rent of tears , and then proceeded ...
... fhall I tell you , Sir , the news I learnt there ? -This friend ! this generous ⚫ and difinterested friend ! was killed yefterday in a duel in Hyde Park . ' She stopped here to give vent to a toi - rent of tears , and then proceeded ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 163 - that there are many people in the world who would never have been in love if they had never heard talk of it.
Página 205 - I find you are but a bad engineer. While you aim at your mouth you will never hit it, take my word for it. A floating battery, to hit the mark, must be pointed something above or below it. If you would hit your mouth, direct your four-pounder at your forehead, or your chin.
Página 79 - Now sir, I have told you as much as I know of it, though I have admired and aimed at it all my Life.
Página 79 - Your daughters muft have been fo educated as to fit them to be wives without conjugal affedlion, and mothers without maternal care.
Página 42 - I can allure you, fir, that it is a very ferious one to me, notwithftanding the ill-natured comfort which I might have, of thinking it of late a very common one. I AM a gentleman of a reafonable paternal eftate in my county, and ferve as knight of the fhire for it.
Página 366 - I sat like a mope all the night, not daring to look up, for fear of catching the eyes of my acquaintance, who would have laughed me out of countenance. You may imagine, Mr. Fitz-Adam, that I contrived all manner of means to get off from any future engagements with my cousins ; but it has unfortunately so happened, that we have met almost every where.
Página 365 - I cannot but hope it will have some good effect on the conduct of those polite people, who are too sagacious, learned, and courageous to be kept in awe by the threats of hell and damnation...
Página 39 - I never faw either of them fo much as playing with the other's hand — I mean only when they have known I was within fight of them ; I have ftolen upon them unawares indeed, and have been witnefs to fuch words and looks as have quite melted me.
Página 22 - ... by the benefit than he had been before by his wants. But it is the peculiar talent of this gentleman to wound himfelf by proxy, or (in the fportfman's phrafe) to' knock himfelf down by by the recoiling of his own gun.
Página 41 - Such horfes have their necks adorned <c with firings of beads, and relicks, being writings " wrapt up in cloth of gold, or filk, containing the " names of their prophet, and when thefe horfes die, " they are buried with as much ceremony, as the near• " eft relations of their owners.