Select British Classics, Zväzok 29J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Strana 41
... happened to myself the other day , about forty miles from London : and as I was mightily pleased with his behaviour and conversation , I have taken the li- berty to send you an account of it . Being caught in a shower upon the road , I ...
... happened to myself the other day , about forty miles from London : and as I was mightily pleased with his behaviour and conversation , I have taken the li- berty to send you an account of it . Being caught in a shower upon the road , I ...
Strana 44
... happened to ask me if I lived in the city ? As I was desirous of hearing his remarks , I answered , that I had never seen London . " Never seen it ? ( says he ) then you have never seen " one of the finest sights in the whole world ...
... happened to ask me if I lived in the city ? As I was desirous of hearing his remarks , I answered , that I had never seen London . " Never seen it ? ( says he ) then you have never seen " one of the finest sights in the whole world ...
Strana 48
... happening to find fault with the pattern of a silk brocade my wife had just bought , one of her sisters took it from her , and told me she would have it made up for her- self , and wear it on purpose to spite me . You must know , Mr ...
... happening to find fault with the pattern of a silk brocade my wife had just bought , one of her sisters took it from her , and told me she would have it made up for her- self , and wear it on purpose to spite me . You must know , Mr ...
Strana 73
... happened , that with some subjects , at the opening of the play , the liquor has struggled a- while , and rose and sunk about the degrees just above Modesty ; before the third act it has stood suspended at the middle point between ...
... happened , that with some subjects , at the opening of the play , the liquor has struggled a- while , and rose and sunk about the degrees just above Modesty ; before the third act it has stood suspended at the middle point between ...
Strana 85
... happened , that dining with an alderman his appetite so far got the better of his good - breeding , that he shaved off all the outside of a plumb - pudding ; and he has ever since been talked of in the city by the name of skin - pudding ...
... happened , that dining with an alderman his appetite so far got the better of his good - breeding , that he shaved off all the outside of a plumb - pudding ; and he has ever since been talked of in the city by the name of skin - pudding ...
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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...