The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 1J.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 - Great Britain |
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... Town having been long perplexed with Pre- eders in both Kinds , in order to open fun's Eyes against such Abuses , it ap- cared no unprofitable Undertaking to publish a Paper which fhould obferve upon the Manners of the Pleasurable , as ...
... Town having been long perplexed with Pre- eders in both Kinds , in order to open fun's Eyes against such Abuses , it ap- cared no unprofitable Undertaking to publish a Paper which fhould obferve upon the Manners of the Pleasurable , as ...
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... Town , that these Lucu- brations were written by the fame Hand with the first Works which were pub- lifhed under my Name ; but before I loft the Participation of that Author's Fame , I had already found the Advan- tage of his Authority ...
... Town , that these Lucu- brations were written by the fame Hand with the first Works which were pub- lifhed under my Name ; but before I loft the Participation of that Author's Fame , I had already found the Advan- tage of his Authority ...
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... Town , as well as elsewhere , under fuch Dates of Places as may prepare you for the Matter you are to expect , in the following Manner : All Accounts of Gallantry , Pleasure , and En- tertainment , shall be under the Article of White's ...
... Town , as well as elsewhere , under fuch Dates of Places as may prepare you for the Matter you are to expect , in the following Manner : All Accounts of Gallantry , Pleasure , and En- tertainment , shall be under the Article of White's ...
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... Town is at pre- fent in very great Expectation of seeing a Comedy now in Rehearsal , which is the 25th Production of my Honoured Friend Mr. Tho- mas D'Urfey ; who , befides his great Abilities in the Dramatick , has a peculiar Talent in ...
... Town is at pre- fent in very great Expectation of seeing a Comedy now in Rehearsal , which is the 25th Production of my Honoured Friend Mr. Tho- mas D'Urfey ; who , befides his great Abilities in the Dramatick , has a peculiar Talent in ...
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... Town , and believe when they think fit they can marry and fettle at their Ease . His own Knowledge of the Iniquity of the Age , makes him chufe a Wife wholly ignorant of it , and place his Security in her Want of Skill how to abufe him ...
... Town , and believe when they think fit they can marry and fettle at their Ease . His own Knowledge of the Iniquity of the Age , makes him chufe a Wife wholly ignorant of it , and place his Security in her Want of Skill how to abufe him ...
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Page 294 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
Page 295 - ... accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted, and bellowed, that I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Page 357 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Page 251 - do you think my uncle takes any notice of such a dull rogue as you are?" Mr. William .goes on, " He is the most stupid of all my mother's children: he knows nothing of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is...
Page 289 - To my knowledge of this very hat it may be added, that the covering of straw was never used among the Jews, since it was demanded of them to make bricks without it. Therefore this is really nothing but, under the specious pretence of learning and antiquities, to impose upon the world.
Page 269 - His friend advances, and so on, until they had all saluted her. By this means the poor girl was in the middle of the crowd of these fellows, at a loss what to do, without courage to pass through them ; and the Platonics, at several peep-holes...
Page 371 - ... to benevolence, and tend to a certain manner of being or appearing equal to the rest of the company ; for conversation is composed of an assembly of men, as they are men, and not as they are distinguished by fortune: therefore he who brings his quality with him into conversation, should always pay the reckoning ; for he came to receive homage, and not to meet his friends.
Page 250 - I took three lads, who are under my guardianship, a-rambling, in a hackney-coach, to show them the town; as the lions, the tombs, Bedlam, and the other places which are entertainments to raw minds because they strike forcibly on the fancy.
Page 8 - I have in another place, and in a paper by itself, sufficiently convinced this man that he is dead, and if he has any shame, I don't doubt but that by this time he owns it to all his acquaintance : for though the legs and arms, and whole body of that man may still appear and perform their animal functions ; yet since, as I have elsewhere observed, his art is gone, the man is gone.
Page 159 - There is another sort of gentlemen whom I am much more concerned for, and that is the ingenious fraternity of which I have the honour to be an unworthy member; I mean the news-writers of Great Britain, whether 'Postmen