The Projector: A Collection of Essays, in the Manner of the Spectator, Originally Published Monthly, from Jan. 1802 to Nov. 1809, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 |
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... the solemn preface of " This day is published . ” In this uncertainty , all I can surmise is , that the Gentleman , who has undertaken " The History and Biography of Fools , " is probably person 2 No 34 . THE PROJECTOR .
... the solemn preface of " This day is published . ” In this uncertainty , all I can surmise is , that the Gentleman , who has undertaken " The History and Biography of Fools , " is probably person 2 No 34 . THE PROJECTOR .
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... person very far advanced in years ; such a work , although confined to the most reasonable com- pass , requiring the labour of the longest life . It may also be conjectured , that his under- taking is of that vast and important kind ...
... person very far advanced in years ; such a work , although confined to the most reasonable com- pass , requiring the labour of the longest life . It may also be conjectured , that his under- taking is of that vast and important kind ...
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... persons of fashion , " there is scope for intro- ducing the domestic history of some of the most considerable families in the kingdom ; and the writer , 6 N ° 34 . THE PROJECTOR . HISTORY and Biography of Fools announced-
... persons of fashion , " there is scope for intro- ducing the domestic history of some of the most considerable families in the kingdom ; and the writer , 6 N ° 34 . THE PROJECTOR . HISTORY and Biography of Fools announced-
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... persons with whom he is conversant . It may likewise be the subject of discussion whether fools are of both sexes . I know that some of my female acquaintance are a little alarmed by the intelligence I conveyed to them , and are of ...
... persons with whom he is conversant . It may likewise be the subject of discussion whether fools are of both sexes . I know that some of my female acquaintance are a little alarmed by the intelligence I conveyed to them , and are of ...
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... persons in any nation , been ranked among the ablest linguists . We are not beat out of our language by Royal Academies and Royal Societies , by armies of Lexicographers , and hords of Philologists , but by combinations of Milliners and ...
... persons in any nation , been ranked among the ablest linguists . We are not beat out of our language by Royal Academies and Royal Societies , by armies of Lexicographers , and hords of Philologists , but by combinations of Milliners and ...
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Página 86 - Of envied life; though only few possess Patrician treasures or imperial state; Yet Nature's care, to all her children just, With richer treasures and an ampler state, Endows at large whatever happy man Will deign to use them.
Página 302 - OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Página 36 - So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it ; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
Página 115 - Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Página 29 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Página 85 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Página 386 - G — -d ; fielfi ; murder ;fire, &.c. all which produce, I will do them the justice to say, a very fine effect in genteel compayy ; overturning tables and chairs, spilling boiling water, bruising the lap-dop, or cat, and perhaps throwing a lighted candle on the train of a muslin gown : the father swears, the mother faints, the daughters are in fits, and the company jump about ; and in a few minutes, it is unanimously agreed, that there was nothing the matter, but they were so frightened ! Now, Sir,...
Página 387 - ... of ushers, teachers, nurses, and servants roused from their four-pair-of-stairs beds, and armed with flat candlesticks, pokers, and pewter pots. They may also, while they preserve the privilege of screaming in full force, hint to their pupils, that it would be as well, if violent outcries, and sentimental timidities, were confined to domestic circles, or ladies
Página 98 - QUI fit, Maecenas, ut nemo quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit seu fors objecerit ilia Contentus vivat, laudet diversa sequentes ? " O fortunati mercatores !" gravis annis Miles ait multo jam fractus membra labore.
Página 171 - Inspicere tanquam in speculum in vitas omnium Jubeo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi. Lat. TERENCE. — "The lives of men should be regarded as a mirror, from which we may take an example and a rule of conduct for ourselves.