Harrison's British Classicks, Zväzok 6Harrison and Company, 1786 |
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Strana 14
... poor tra- gic author , ( no reflection upon any of the profeffion , Mr. Town ) who has been obliged to keep his room all the winter , and is dying by inches of an inveterate atrophy . By his extravagant ravings , fudden ftarts ...
... poor tra- gic author , ( no reflection upon any of the profeffion , Mr. Town ) who has been obliged to keep his room all the winter , and is dying by inches of an inveterate atrophy . By his extravagant ravings , fudden ftarts ...
Strana 48
... Poor Thomas got a fad drubbing at her houfe , when I innocently fent him at my first coming into the country with a how d'ye to her ladyfhip . The greateft female acquaintance I have here , are Mrs. Mayorefs , a taylor's wife , and ...
... Poor Thomas got a fad drubbing at her houfe , when I innocently fent him at my first coming into the country with a how d'ye to her ladyfhip . The greateft female acquaintance I have here , are Mrs. Mayorefs , a taylor's wife , and ...
Strana 52
... poor man of quality , though the wife of a fubftantial tradef- man , the little lady is early instructed to value herfelf on her blood , and to defpife her father's dirty connections with bu- finefs . + To this method of education it is ...
... poor man of quality , though the wife of a fubftantial tradef- man , the little lady is early instructed to value herfelf on her blood , and to defpife her father's dirty connections with bu- finefs . + To this method of education it is ...
Strana 53
... poor aukward creatures , who are to marry a fhopkeeper or a par fon ; but they can be of no ufe to a fine girl , who is defigned to make a figure . Accordingly Mils Harriot was com- mitted to the care of Madame Gover- nante , who never ...
... poor aukward creatures , who are to marry a fhopkeeper or a par fon ; but they can be of no ufe to a fine girl , who is defigned to make a figure . Accordingly Mils Harriot was com- mitted to the care of Madame Gover- nante , who never ...
Strana 58
... poor fathers and husbands ; and at the fame time am apt to confider their dress as a robbery on the fhop . Thus , when I obferve the tawdry gentility of a tal- low - chandler's daughter , I look upon her as hung round with long fixes ...
... poor fathers and husbands ; and at the fame time am apt to confider their dress as a robbery on the fhop . Thus , when I obferve the tawdry gentility of a tal- low - chandler's daughter , I look upon her as hung round with long fixes ...
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Časté výrazy a frázy
abfurd acquaintance affured alfo almoft amufement Babler bagnios beauty becauſe cafe China Chineſe Clare Market confequence confider confiderable converfation Dæmon defign defire drefs endeavour faid fame fashion fcarce feemed feen felf felves fenfe fenfible fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filk fince fingle firft fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure gentleman himſelf honour horfe houfe houſe huſband inftance juft lady laft leaft lefs LETTER look manner ment Mifs moft moſt muft muſt myfelf nature neceffary neral never obferved obliged occafion paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent racter reafon refolved refpect reft thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion town ufual univerfal uſed vifit whofe whole wife worfe young
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.