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Page 110
What he is provoked at is, that I told him one day, though he strutted and dressed
with so much ostentation, if he kept himself within his own bounds, he was but a
lackey, and wore only that gentleman's livery whom he is now with. This frets him
...
What he is provoked at is, that I told him one day, though he strutted and dressed
with so much ostentation, if he kept himself within his own bounds, he was but a
lackey, and wore only that gentleman's livery whom he is now with. This frets him
...
Page 153
Another learned gentleman gives me also this encomium : 'September 16. 'SIR,-
You are now got into a useful and noble subject; take care to handle it with
judgment and delicacy. I wish every young divine would give yours of Saturday
last a ...
Another learned gentleman gives me also this encomium : 'September 16. 'SIR,-
You are now got into a useful and noble subject; take care to handle it with
judgment and delicacy. I wish every young divine would give yours of Saturday
last a ...
Page 1
... well convinced of this truth, that I shall have a particular regard to mecha. mics;
and to show my honour for them, I shall place at their head the painter. This
gentleman is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his
conception, ...
... well convinced of this truth, that I shall have a particular regard to mecha. mics;
and to show my honour for them, I shall place at their head the painter. This
gentleman is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his
conception, ...
Page 10
This gentleman may be assured he has not a taste for what he pretends to decry,
and the poor man is certainly more a blockhead than an atheist. I must repeat,
that he wants capacity to relish what true piety is; and he is as capable of writing ...
This gentleman may be assured he has not a taste for what he pretends to decry,
and the poor man is certainly more a blockhead than an atheist. I must repeat,
that he wants capacity to relish what true piety is; and he is as capable of writing ...
Page 50
At last, this When I think of the heart of a gentleman, I. Ev'n when proud Cesar, '
midst triumphal cars, The spoils of nations, and the pomp of wars, 12 nobly vain,
and impotently great, Show'd Rome her Cato's figure drawn in state; As her dead
...
At last, this When I think of the heart of a gentleman, I. Ev'n when proud Cesar, '
midst triumphal cars, The spoils of nations, and the pomp of wars, 12 nobly vain,
and impotently great, Show'd Rome her Cato's figure drawn in state; As her dead
...
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