Select British Classics, Zväzok 29J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Strana 21
... called Old Maids , have both these heavy censures thrown upon them ; and are at once condemned as ugly and ill - natured . Some persons are ( according to the strict import of the phrase itself ) born good - natured . These fortunate ...
... called Old Maids , have both these heavy censures thrown upon them ; and are at once condemned as ugly and ill - natured . Some persons are ( according to the strict import of the phrase itself ) born good - natured . These fortunate ...
Strana 22
... called in as auxiliaries to the embroidered suits and French peruques , but this anx- iety to supply any personal defect has set the inven- tion of artificers to work with so much earnestness , that there is scarce any external blemish ...
... called in as auxiliaries to the embroidered suits and French peruques , but this anx- iety to supply any personal defect has set the inven- tion of artificers to work with so much earnestness , that there is scarce any external blemish ...
Strana 41
... called the New Inn , I should have thought , from its antique appearance , had been an house of entertainment in the time of our great grand- fathers . I had scarce alighted , when a strange fi- gure , ( driven thither as I supposed ...
... called the New Inn , I should have thought , from its antique appearance , had been an house of entertainment in the time of our great grand- fathers . I had scarce alighted , when a strange fi- gure , ( driven thither as I supposed ...
Strana 42
... called " her own water , " which ( she said ) would drive the cold out of his stomach . All hands were now busied in drawing off his surtout , which dis- covered underneath a full trimmed white coat , and a black velvet waistcoat with a ...
... called " her own water , " which ( she said ) would drive the cold out of his stomach . All hands were now busied in drawing off his surtout , which dis- covered underneath a full trimmed white coat , and a black velvet waistcoat with a ...
Strana 61
... called alliteration : which is nothing more than beginning two , three , or perhaps every word in a line with the same letter . This method of running divi- sions upon the alphabet , and pressing particular let- ters into the service ...
... called alliteration : which is nothing more than beginning two , three , or perhaps every word in a line with the same letter . This method of running divi- sions upon the alphabet , and pressing particular let- ters into the service ...
Časté výrazy a frázy
acquaintance alliteration ancient bad company beauty behaviour cake called character Cheapside chuse cloaths CONNOISSEUR contrived conversation cousin Cupid dear Demosthenes dinner dress drink elegant endeavour entertainment excellent expences fashion father folly fond fortune frequently gentleman give good-nature hand hanger-on head honour humble servant indulge Inns of Court keep kind lady learned letter Lincoln's Inn Fields liquor live London look lord lord Bolingbroke maid manner marriage married mind misfortunes modern modesty morning natural never obliged observed occasion once perhaps periwig person Plutus poetry polite present pride reason received reflect ridiculous Robin Hood ruined scarce seldom shew soon spirit sure tabby cat taste thermometer thing thought THURSDAY tion town turn Vauxhall vice virtue Westminster Abbey whole wife wine word YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY young
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Strana 170 - An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them such things as were necessary to express the particular business they are to discourse on.
Strana 171 - I have often beheld two of those sages almost sinking under the weight of their packs, like pedlars among us ; who, when they met in the streets, would lay down their loads, open their sacks, and hold conversation for an hour together ; then put up their implements, help each other to resume their burthens, and take their leave.
Strana 54 - ... with thick crust, extremely baked. His table cost him not much, though it was good to eat at. "His sports supplied all but beef and mutton; except...
Strana 54 - ... hearth paved with brick lay some terriers and the choicest hounds and spaniels; seldom but two of the great chairs had litters of young cats in them which were not to be disturbed, he having always three or four attending him at dinner, and a little white round stick of fourteen inches long lying by his trencher that he might defend such meat as he had no mind to part with to them.
Strana 76 - Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates : in the city she uttereth her words...
Strana 100 - twere vain to follow, For dog and horse he'd beat them hollow ; — Nay, if he put forth all his strength, Outstrip his brethren half a length. A tortoise heard his vain oration, And vented thus his indignation : " O puss ! it bodes thee dire disgrace When I defy thee to the race. Come, 'tis a match ; nay, no denial, I lay my shell upon the trial.
Strana 54 - ... that had been used. On one side of this end of the room was the door of a closet, wherein stood the strong beer and the wine, which never came...
Strana 25 - As to his body there can be no dispute; but examine even the acquirements of his mind, you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress : to instance no more ; is not religion a cloak, honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt, selflove a surtout, vanity a shirt, and conscience a pair of breeches...
Strana 53 - ... poles in great abundance. The parlour was a large room as properly furnished; on a great hearth paved with brick, lay some terriers, and the choicest hounds and spaniels. Seldom but two of the great chairs had litters of...
Strana 117 - Arthur's out of their estates, and to take in all the knowing-ones on the turf at Newmarket. He accordingly bespoke his liveries, settled the fashion of his chariot, and had already pitched upon the lady, whose good luck it should be to fall in love with him: but so uncertain is the state of a gamester, that since the drawing of the lottery he has advertised for charitable contributions to a distressed gentleman, who knows the world, and has had the honour to be intimate with most of the nobility...