Harrison's British Classicks, Zväzok 6Harrison and Company, 1786 |
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Strana 5
... themselves with literary de- bates , as at the Bedford . Learning is beneath the notice of a man of quality . They employ themselves more fashion- ably at whift for the trifle of a thousand pounds the rubber , or by making betts on the ...
... themselves with literary de- bates , as at the Bedford . Learning is beneath the notice of a man of quality . They employ themselves more fashion- ably at whift for the trifle of a thousand pounds the rubber , or by making betts on the ...
Strana 18
... themselves clofe to each other ; and during our converfation he was conftantly piddling with her fingers , tapping her cheek , or playing with her hair . At dinner , they were mutually employed in preffing each other to tafte of every ...
... themselves clofe to each other ; and during our converfation he was conftantly piddling with her fingers , tapping her cheek , or playing with her hair . At dinner , they were mutually employed in preffing each other to tafte of every ...
Strana 21
... themselves as candidates , and beg the favour of your votes and intereft . These gentlemen avail themselves great- ly of the arts of printing above - men- tioned ; whether they would raise the merits of their own caufe , or throw out ...
... themselves as candidates , and beg the favour of your votes and intereft . These gentlemen avail themselves great- ly of the arts of printing above - men- tioned ; whether they would raise the merits of their own caufe , or throw out ...
Strana 23
... themselves in deep enquiries into inatters of religion . It is fufficient , that they - are taught to believe themfelves angels : it would therefore be an ill compliment , while we talk of the heaven they beftow , to perfuade them into ...
... themselves in deep enquiries into inatters of religion . It is fufficient , that they - are taught to believe themfelves angels : it would therefore be an ill compliment , while we talk of the heaven they beftow , to perfuade them into ...
Strana 34
... themselves in the leaft with the play , are even louder than the players . The wit and humour of a Vanburgh or a Congreve is frequently interrupted by a brilliant dialogue between two perfons of fashion ; and a love - fcene in the fide ...
... themselves in the leaft with the play , are even louder than the players . The wit and humour of a Vanburgh or a Congreve is frequently interrupted by a brilliant dialogue between two perfons of fashion ; and a love - fcene in the fide ...
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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.