The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Band 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... according to Knowledge , hath no Fingers ; and though he hath a Mouth , yet fpeaketh ⚫he not therewith ; nor yet did that Epifle at all come unto thee from the Manfion houfe of the Scarlet- Whore . It is plain therefore , that the ...
... according to Knowledge , hath no Fingers ; and though he hath a Mouth , yet fpeaketh ⚫he not therewith ; nor yet did that Epifle at all come unto thee from the Manfion houfe of the Scarlet- Whore . It is plain therefore , that the ...
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... according to the old Customs of the Barony , and not oblige them to act by the Limitations of the laft Settlement . This , they fay , will make me more po- ' pular among my Dependants , and the antient Vafials of the Eftate , to whom ...
... according to the old Customs of the Barony , and not oblige them to act by the Limitations of the laft Settlement . This , they fay , will make me more po- ' pular among my Dependants , and the antient Vafials of the Eftate , to whom ...
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... according to them , the Common Way ; and let the Matter in Hand be what it will , it must be carried with an Air of Importance , and tranfacted , if we may fo fpeak , with an oftentatious Secrecy . Thefe are your Perfons of long Heads ...
... according to them , the Common Way ; and let the Matter in Hand be what it will , it must be carried with an Air of Importance , and tranfacted , if we may fo fpeak , with an oftentatious Secrecy . Thefe are your Perfons of long Heads ...
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... According to the Men of Cunning , you are to put off the Nature of a Man as faft as you can , and acquire that of a Dæ- mon , as if it were a more eligible Character to be a powerful Enemy , than an able Friend . But it ought to be a ...
... According to the Men of Cunning , you are to put off the Nature of a Man as faft as you can , and acquire that of a Dæ- mon , as if it were a more eligible Character to be a powerful Enemy , than an able Friend . But it ought to be a ...
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... according to thefe Rules , the mean Confiderations ( which make Beauty and Merit ceafe to be the Objects of Love and Courtship ) will be fully ex- ploded . I have unanswerably proved , that Jointures and Settlements are the Bane of ...
... according to thefe Rules , the mean Confiderations ( which make Beauty and Merit ceafe to be the Objects of Love and Courtship ) will be fully ex- ploded . I have unanswerably proved , that Jointures and Settlements are the Bane of ...
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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...