Harrison's British Classicks, Zväzok 6Harrison and Company, 1786 |
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Strana 6
... some ancient mo- nument appear to thee , and how plea- faunt to thyne epne wytheall , thus pre- ferved in it's obfolete fpelling , and ori- ginal Black Character ! To this branch of Tafte , I am more particularly preffed . A ...
... some ancient mo- nument appear to thee , and how plea- faunt to thyne epne wytheall , thus pre- ferved in it's obfolete fpelling , and ori- ginal Black Character ! To this branch of Tafte , I am more particularly preffed . A ...
Strana 7
I fhall not tire you with a particular detail of some other leffer pieces ; fuch as , The Deluge , in water colours - The New Jerufalem , in perfpective - Some T N ° III . THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 14 , 1754. as learnedly of light and shade ...
I fhall not tire you with a particular detail of some other leffer pieces ; fuch as , The Deluge , in water colours - The New Jerufalem , in perfpective - Some T N ° III . THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 14 , 1754. as learnedly of light and shade ...
Strana 9
... Some have ' been overfet by crouding too much fail , and others have foun lered by ' carrying too much ballaft . An Ar- ⚫cadian veffel ( the master an Irishman ) was , through contrary fqualls , fcarce able to live nine days : but you ...
... Some have ' been overfet by crouding too much fail , and others have foun lered by ' carrying too much ballaft . An Ar- ⚫cadian veffel ( the master an Irishman ) was , through contrary fqualls , fcarce able to live nine days : but you ...
Strana 10
... Some few you may obferve , who rather • chufe to make a venture on their own bottoms . Thefe work as hard as the galley - flaves , and are frequently caft away : but though they are ever fo of- ten wrecked , neceffity ftill constrains ...
... Some few you may obferve , who rather • chufe to make a venture on their own bottoms . Thefe work as hard as the galley - flaves , and are frequently caft away : but though they are ever fo of- ten wrecked , neceffity ftill constrains ...
Strana 13
... Some I cafes declining way , given over by all their friends ; others are fo weak , that they can't ftand alone ; and many are fo reftlefs , that they are continually turning from fide to fide . As I found they had great need of fupport ...
... Some I cafes declining way , given over by all their friends ; others are fo weak , that they can't ftand alone ; and many are fo reftlefs , that they are continually turning from fide to fide . As I found they had great need of fupport ...
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Časté výrazy a frázy
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Populárne pasáže
Strana 7 - I am a Jew: hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by' the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?
Strana 313 - Mr. Town is a fair, black, middle-sized, very short man. He wears his own hair, and a periwig. He is about thirty years of age, and not more than four and twenty. He is a student of the law, and a bachelor of physic.
Strana 196 - The misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention ; are enlarged upon in tones of declamation ; and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers...
Strana 198 - Our crew was carried into a French prison, and many of them died because they were not used to live in a jail ; but for my part it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night...
Strana 44 - He told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and the company laughed at that; but the story of Taffy in the sedan-chair, was sure to set the table in a roar.
Strana 220 - Umbrae, or shadows; and, indeed, this appellation conveys a very full idea of the nature of these humble retainers to the wealthy, since they not only follow them like their shadows, but ' like a shadow prove the substance true...
Strana 29 - ... you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead...
Strana 143 - The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
Strana 43 - Some affect humanity and tenderness, others boast of having such dispositions from nature ; but he is the only man I ever knew who seemed ashamed of his natural benevolence. He takes as much pains to hide his feelings, as any hypocrite would to conceal his indifference ; but on every unguarded moment the mask drops off, and reveals him to the most superficial observer.
Strana 253 - ... of horses, let six bright bays, blacks, or greys prance down one side of her head ; and according to the rank she insists upon, let a ducal or an earl's coronet, or a bloody hand be distinguished upon her capriole.