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Page 41
... Language is when an Author maketh ufe of the Expreffion which is moft appofite to his own Idea , but doth not suppose the Idea to be either abfo utely true or falfe : Thus he who thinks , and calls his Adverfary a Rogue , certainly ...
... Language is when an Author maketh ufe of the Expreffion which is moft appofite to his own Idea , but doth not suppose the Idea to be either abfo utely true or falfe : Thus he who thinks , and calls his Adverfary a Rogue , certainly ...
Page 42
... Languages and Manners of pureft Anti- quity , wherein this opprobious Language ( fo much cenfur'd now - a - days ) was quite familiar , as I have thow'd through the whole Body of my Work . In the first Chapter I have fettled the Notion ...
... Languages and Manners of pureft Anti- quity , wherein this opprobious Language ( fo much cenfur'd now - a - days ) was quite familiar , as I have thow'd through the whole Body of my Work . In the first Chapter I have fettled the Notion ...
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... Language of the Goddeffes ? Homer , according to his ufual Propriety of Man- ners and Sentiments , introduceth his Heroes talking in the fame Dialect . Achilles , the firft Word , calls Agamemnon , covetous , impudent , cunning Fox ...
... Language of the Goddeffes ? Homer , according to his ufual Propriety of Man- ners and Sentiments , introduceth his Heroes talking in the fame Dialect . Achilles , the firft Word , calls Agamemnon , covetous , impudent , cunning Fox ...
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... Language was quite polite , the Challenge was Gothick . There has been an Inftance of the fame nature in our own Days , and I was quite afham'd to fee Men of polite Literature cenfure the Pro- ceeding . I have likewife collected many of ...
... Language was quite polite , the Challenge was Gothick . There has been an Inftance of the fame nature in our own Days , and I was quite afham'd to fee Men of polite Literature cenfure the Pro- ceeding . I have likewife collected many of ...
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... Language ; a lover of fine Painting , Statues , & c . what one would now - a days call a fine Gentleman , very Avaricious because Expenfive . Tully , who certainly knew the Rules of Decorum better than any Man of his Time , apo ...
... Language ; a lover of fine Painting , Statues , & c . what one would now - a days call a fine Gentleman , very Avaricious because Expenfive . Tully , who certainly knew the Rules of Decorum better than any Man of his Time , apo ...
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Page 93 - ... not received a fall, and some of them two or three. I was assured that a year or two before my arrival, Flimnap would have infallibly broke his neck, if one of the King's cushions, that accidentally lay on the ground, had not weakened the force of his fall.
Page 108 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 93 - Reldresal, principal secretary for private affairs, is, in my opinion, if I am not partial, the second after the treasurer; the rest of the great officers are much upon a par. These diversions are often attended with fatal accidents, whereof great numbers are on record.
Page 93 - ... and whoever jumps the highest without falling, succeeds in the office. Very often the chief ministers themselves are commanded to...
Page 92 - When a great office is vacant, either by death or disgrace (which often happens), five or six of those candidates petition the emperor to entertain his majesty and the court with a dance on the rope, and whoever jumps the highest without falling, succeeds in the office. Very often the chief...
Page 94 - The ceremony is performed in his Majesty's great chamber of state, where the candidates are to undergo a trial of dexterity very different from the former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any other country of the old or new world.
Page 107 - Perfection is required towards the Procurement of any one Station among you; much less that Men are ennobled on Account of their Virtue, that Priests are advanced for their Piety or Learning, Soldiers for their Conduct or Valour, Judges for their Integrity, Senators for the Love of their Country, or Counsellors for their Wisdom. As for yourself...
Page 72 - Be of your patron's mind, whate'er he says ; Sleep very much ; think little ; and talk less ; Mind neither good nor bad, nor right nor wrong, But eat your pudding, slave; and hold your tongue.
Page 95 - It is allowed on all hands that the primitive way of breaking eggs, before we eat them, was upon the larger end; but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to eat an egg, and breaking it according to the ancient practice, happened to cut one of his fingers.
Page 94 - ... silk ; the red is given to the next, and the green to the third, which they all wear girt twice round about the middle ; and you see few great persons about this court who are not adorned with one of these girdles.