The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, that Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, Band 3Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott James Ridgway, 1805 Being an impartial selection of the most exquisite essays and jeux d'esprits, principally prose, that appear in the newspapers and other publications. |
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... Italy , Germany , and Switzerland , had been just received by the Club , who , long before I arrived , were hard at it , with their book of maps displayed on the table , which , leaning three deep over one another , in a very hot day ...
... Italy , Germany , and Switzerland , had been just received by the Club , who , long before I arrived , were hard at it , with their book of maps displayed on the table , which , leaning three deep over one another , in a very hot day ...
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... Italy had furrendered to the Socratic me- thod , when that of Vauban and Cohorn had failed ; that ships were towed into our harbours by fyllogifms , and that Europe was delivered to a demonftration , and the King of France had afcended ...
... Italy had furrendered to the Socratic me- thod , when that of Vauban and Cohorn had failed ; that ships were towed into our harbours by fyllogifms , and that Europe was delivered to a demonftration , and the King of France had afcended ...
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... ITALIAN TALE . MESSIER Currado , of Naples , had a fervant named Chinchillo , who one night , to treat his mistress , cut off the leg of a crane which was roasting for his master's fupper , who thereupon afked him what was become of the ...
... ITALIAN TALE . MESSIER Currado , of Naples , had a fervant named Chinchillo , who one night , to treat his mistress , cut off the leg of a crane which was roasting for his master's fupper , who thereupon afked him what was become of the ...
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... Italians , and English . The proportion of English was , perhaps , far less than that of any other nation ; but ftill it was enormous , and certainly might , in the opinion of the faculty , have been prevented , if they had not gone too ...
... Italians , and English . The proportion of English was , perhaps , far less than that of any other nation ; but ftill it was enormous , and certainly might , in the opinion of the faculty , have been prevented , if they had not gone too ...
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... Italy and Germany , indeed , it seemed to difappear about a year ago , but broke out again in the beginning of laft fpring with as much violence as ever . In 1797 and 1798 , two con- fultations of phyficians were held , the one at Paris ...
... Italy and Germany , indeed , it seemed to difappear about a year ago , but broke out again in the beginning of laft fpring with as much violence as ever . In 1797 and 1798 , two con- fultations of phyficians were held , the one at Paris ...
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Seite 337 - Twas no fancy, no dream, he could plainly survey That the devil himself was in sight. You rascally dauber ! old Beelzebub cries, Take heed how you wrong me again ! Though your caricatures for myself I despise, Make me handsomer now in the multitude's eyes, Or see if I threaten in vain ! Now the painter was bold, and religious beside, And on faith he had certain reliance; So earnestly he all his countenance eyed, And thank'd him for sitting, with Catholic pride, And sturdily bade him defiance.
Seite 216 - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Seite 334 - WHOSOEVER will be saved : before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Seite 199 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Seite 383 - Letters from Paddington bring little more, than that William Squeak, the sow-gelder, passed through that place the fifth instant. They advise from Fulham, that things remained there in the same state they were. They had intelligence, just as the letters came away, of a tub of excellent ale just set abroach at Parsons Green ; but this wanted confirmation.
Seite 96 - ... to hazards, from which he might fly to the cannon's mouth as a refuge or a relaxation ! Sir, let us now be told no more of the infamy of the rope-dancer.
Seite 276 - ... the grant of which adds gentility to a man's family ; in like manner as civil nobility, among the Romans, was founded in the jus imaginum, or having the image of one ancestor at least, who had borne some curule office.
Seite 335 - And yet, they are not two obedients, but one obedient. For there is one dominion nominal of the husband, and another dominion real of the wife. And yet, there are not two dominions, but one dominion.
Seite 270 - But the influence of the belles lettres was -shed in vain on his licentious nature; and the opportunity of appropriating the contents of his landlord's till was found too powerful for the sense either of safety or compunction. The dykes of a stream once removed, its...
Seite 94 - Sir, you might as well say that St Paul was the most despicable of human beings. Let us beware how we petulantly and ignorantly traduce a character which puts all other characters to shame. Sir, a rope-dancer concentrates in himself all the cardinal virtues.