The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Band 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... and the Defcription of the Morning , are Inftances of the Happiness of that Genius , which could raife fuch pleafing Ideas upon Occafions fo barren to an or- dinary Invention . WHEN A 4 WHEN I am upon the House of Bickerftaff , I.
... and the Defcription of the Morning , are Inftances of the Happiness of that Genius , which could raife fuch pleafing Ideas upon Occafions fo barren to an or- dinary Invention . WHEN A 4 WHEN I am upon the House of Bickerftaff , I.
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... Morning , for no other Reason that I could ima- gine , but because I chanced to ftep into the Coach before him , and place myself on the fhady Side . This how- ever was but my own private Guefs , for he did not mention a Word of it ...
... Morning , for no other Reason that I could ima- gine , but because I chanced to ftep into the Coach before him , and place myself on the fhady Side . This how- ever was but my own private Guefs , for he did not mention a Word of it ...
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... Morning reading the Tenth Canto in the Fourth Book of Spencer , in which Sir Scudamore re- lates the Progrefs of his Courtship to Amoret under a very beautiful Allegory , which is one of the moft very No 194 17 The TATLER . fitting up ...
... Morning reading the Tenth Canto in the Fourth Book of Spencer , in which Sir Scudamore re- lates the Progrefs of his Courtship to Amoret under a very beautiful Allegory , which is one of the moft very No 194 17 The TATLER . fitting up ...
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... Morning , Calia ftill fleeping . IT happened a few Days fince , that fhe followed : him thither to communicate to him fomething fhe had omitted in her redundant Fondness to speak of the Eve- ning before . When the came to his Apartment ...
... Morning , Calia ftill fleeping . IT happened a few Days fince , that fhe followed : him thither to communicate to him fomething fhe had omitted in her redundant Fondness to speak of the Eve- ning before . When the came to his Apartment ...
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... Morning were the best , are now Y the worst of Men who breath vital Air . I am at once overwhelmed with Love , Hatred , Rage and Dif- dain . Can Infamy and Innocence live together ? I feel the Weight of the one too ftrong for the ...
... Morning were the best , are now Y the worst of Men who breath vital Air . I am at once overwhelmed with Love , Hatred , Rage and Dif- dain . Can Infamy and Innocence live together ? I feel the Weight of the one too ftrong for the ...
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Seite 109 - ... over ; and as they were passing by me into the garden, I asked them to let me be one of their company. The gentleman of the house told me, ' if I delighted in flowers, it would be worth my while ; for that he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country.
Seite 287 - And now when I thought most of peace and honour, Thy hand is heavy upon me, and hath humbled me according to Thy former loving-kindness, keeping me still in Thy fatherly school, not as a bastard, but as a child. Just are Thy judgments upon me for my sins, which are more in number than the sands of the sea, but have no proportion to Thy mercies; for what are the sands of the sea ? Earth, heavens, and all these are nothing to Thy mercies.
Seite 231 - The rest of the jury, upon the delivery of the sword to their foreman, drew all of them together as one man, and saluted the bench with such an air as signified the most resigned submission to those who commanded them, and the greatest magnanimity to execute what they should command.
Seite 116 - I have made some necessary variations both in the tube and the fluid it contains. In the first place I ordered a tube to be cast in a planetary hour, and took care to seal it hermetically, when the Sun was in conjunction with Saturn. I then took the proper precautions about the fluid, which is a compound of two...
Seite 104 - I have seen the most amiable become the most deformed, and she that appeared one of the Graces immediately turned into one of the Furies. I humbly conceive the great cause of this evil may proceed from a false notion the ladies have of what we call a modest woman.
Seite 287 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Seite 119 - I have taken my text for this discourse : we should be careful not to overshoot ourselves in the pursuits even of virtue. Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.
Seite 116 - The church thermometer, which I am now to treat of, is supposed to have been invented in the reign of Henry the Eighth, about the time when that religious Prince put some to death for owning the Pope's supremacy, and others for denying transubstantiation. I do not find, however, any great use made of this instrument...
Seite 184 - Nobody ever knew what this meant ; but the green and red dragon so amused the people, that the doctor lived very comfortably upon them. About the same time there was pasted a very hard word upon every corner of the streets. This, to the best of my remembrance, was...