Select British Classics, Zväzok 29J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Strana 2
... keeping the same beaten track with those that have gone before us . New objects of ridicule will continually present themselves ; and even the same characters will appear different by being differently disposed , as in the same pack of ...
... keeping the same beaten track with those that have gone before us . New objects of ridicule will continually present themselves ; and even the same characters will appear different by being differently disposed , as in the same pack of ...
Strana 23
... keep back her milk , that the beauty of her neck might not be destroyed . I most heartily wish the same resolution was discovered in improving the disposition . Tully , in that part of his Offices where he speaks of grace , tells us ...
... keep back her milk , that the beauty of her neck might not be destroyed . I most heartily wish the same resolution was discovered in improving the disposition . Tully , in that part of his Offices where he speaks of grace , tells us ...
Strana 35
... particular set of company . Instead of cramping the mind by keeping it within so narrow a THE CONNOISSEUR . 35 On the use of social intercourse between per- sons of different ages and professions Want of it between father and son.
... particular set of company . Instead of cramping the mind by keeping it within so narrow a THE CONNOISSEUR . 35 On the use of social intercourse between per- sons of different ages and professions Want of it between father and son.
Strana 36
cramping the mind by keeping it within so narrow a circle , we should endeavour to enlarge it by every worthy notion and accomplishment ; and temper each qualification with its opposite ; as the four elements are compounded in our ...
cramping the mind by keeping it within so narrow a circle , we should endeavour to enlarge it by every worthy notion and accomplishment ; and temper each qualification with its opposite ; as the four elements are compounded in our ...
Strana 38
... keep together the cement of natural affection , which an untractable stubbornness , so frequently dis- solves ; or at least if it does not disturb the affection , it constantly destroys the society between father and son . This unhappy ...
... keep together the cement of natural affection , which an untractable stubbornness , so frequently dis- solves ; or at least if it does not disturb the affection , it constantly destroys the society between father and son . This unhappy ...
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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...