Harrison's British Classicks, Zväzok 6Harrison and Company, 1786 |
Vyhľadávanie v obsahu knihy
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Strana 20
... pleased to compli- ment me on the goodness of my print , and paper ; but tells me , that he is very forry not to fee fomething expreffive of my undertaking , in the little cut that I carry in front . It is true , indeed , that my ...
... pleased to compli- ment me on the goodness of my print , and paper ; but tells me , that he is very forry not to fee fomething expreffive of my undertaking , in the little cut that I carry in front . It is true , indeed , that my ...
Strana 37
... pleased . The truth of the account was foon ' confirmed ; and the Jew was almost diftracted , when he was informed , ' that Secchi had folemnly fworn he would compel him to the exact literal ' performance of his contract . A re- port of ...
... pleased . The truth of the account was foon ' confirmed ; and the Jew was almost diftracted , when he was informed , ' that Secchi had folemnly fworn he would compel him to the exact literal ' performance of his contract . A re- port of ...
Strana 85
... pleased with this confequence of his amours , that he might be rid of the girl for ever , put her into the hands of a friend , who was going abroad , to place her in a nun- nery : but the girl , who had very little of the veital in her ...
... pleased with this confequence of his amours , that he might be rid of the girl for ever , put her into the hands of a friend , who was going abroad , to place her in a nun- nery : but the girl , who had very little of the veital in her ...
Strana 126
... pleased with the comical humours of a murder . The Frolics now in vogue will probably con- tinue to be the amufements of the polite world for a long time : but whenever the fashion is about to vary , I beg leave to propofe the Frolic ...
... pleased with the comical humours of a murder . The Frolics now in vogue will probably con- tinue to be the amufements of the polite world for a long time : but whenever the fashion is about to vary , I beg leave to propofe the Frolic ...
Strana 159
... pleased to patronize a work of mine , and to which he allowed me the honour of prefixing his name in a dedi- cation . We geniufes have a spirit , you know , far beyond our pockets : and ( befides the extraordinary expence of new cloaths ...
... pleased to patronize a work of mine , and to which he allowed me the honour of prefixing his name in a dedi- cation . We geniufes have a spirit , you know , far beyond our pockets : and ( befides the extraordinary expence of new cloaths ...
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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.