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" This careless jade was eternally romping with the footman, and downright starved me ; insomuch that I daily pined away, and should never have been relieved had it not been that, on the thirtieth day of my life, a Fellow of the Royal Society, who had writ... "
The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq - Page 91
1751
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Volume 1

Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1712 - 398 pages
...inlbmuch that I daily pinecTaway, and fliould never have been t ^ -reliev'd, had it not been, that on rhe Thirtieth Day of my Life, a Fellow of the Royal Society, who had writ upon Cold Baths, came to vilit me, and folemnly protefted.l was utterly loft for want of that Method : Upon which he fous'd...
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The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; ...

Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - England - 1774 - 346 pages
...with the footman, and downright ftarved me; infbmuch that I daily pined away, and mould never havebeen relieved had it not been that, on the thirtieth day...utterly loft for want of that method : Upon which he foufed me head and ears into a pail ofwater, where I had the good fortune to be drowned; and fo efcaped...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 3

1785 - 698 pages
...eternnlty i oinping with the footman, and downright ftarved me; infomuch ihat I daily pined a%vay, and mould never have been relieved, had it not been...Royal Society, who had writ upon Cold Baths, came to vrfit me, and folemnly protelted I was utterly lo!t for want of that method: upon which he foufed me...
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The Tatler, Volume 1

English essays - 1803 - 410 pages
...eternally romping with the footman, and downright starved me; insomuch that I daily pined away, and should never have been relieved had it not been that, on...royal society, who had writ upon cold baths, came to visit me, and solemnly protested, I was utterly lost for want of that method 8 : upon which he soused...
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 496 pages
...eternally romping with the footman, and downright starved me ; insomuch that I daily pined away, and should never have been relieved had it not been that, on...Royal Society, who had writ upon Cold Baths, came to visit me, and solemnly protested, I was utterly lost for want of that method * ; upon which he soused...
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The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface ..., Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 390 pages
...eternally romping with the footman, and downright starved me; insomuch that I daily pined away, and should never have been relieved had it not been that, on...Royal Society, who had writ upon Cold Baths, came to visit me, and solemnly protested, I was utterly lost for want of that method*; upon which he soused...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

English essays - 1823 - 380 pages
...that I daily pined away, and should never have been relieved had it not been, that, on the thirteenth day of my life, a fellow of the Royal Society, who had writ upon Cold Baths, came to visit me, and solemnly protested, I was utterly lost for want of that method*; upon which he soused...
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The Guardian: Complete in One Volume, with Notes, and a General Index

English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...eternally romping with the footman, and downright starved me ; insomuch that I daily pined away, and should never have been relieved had it not been that, on...Royal Society, who had writ upon Cold Baths, came to visit me, and solemnly protested, I was utterly lost for want of that method :* upon which he soused...
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Tatler & Guardian

1831 - 704 pages
...eternally romping with the footman, and downright starved me ; insomuch that I daily pined away, and should never have been relieved had it not been that, on...Royal Society, who had writ upon Cold Baths, came to visit me, and solemnly protested, I was utterly lost for want of that method :* upon which he soused...
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History, Opinions, and Lucubrations, of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq

Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1861 - 368 pages
...him their " Rules for the Bathos, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry." PAGE 73. — On the thirteenth day of my life, a fellow of the Royal Society, who had writ upon cold batlis, came to visit me. — " The Fellow of the Koyal Society, here alluded to, was probably Sir...
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