The Triflers: To which are Added The Rout, Or a Sketch of Modern Manners ; and The Farmer's Son, a Moral TaleLackington, Allen, and Company, 1806 - 177 strán (strany) |
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The Triflers: To which are Added The Rout, Or a Sketch of Modern Manners ... Richard Graves Úplné zobrazenie - 1806 |
The Triflers: Consisting of Trifling Essays, Trifling Anecdotes, and a Few ... Richard Graves Úplné zobrazenie - 1805 |
The Triflers: Consisting of Trifling Essays, Trifling Anecdotes, and a Few ... Richard Graves Úplné zobrazenie - 1805 |
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Strana 72 - This quality of looking forward into futurity seems the unavoidable condition of a being whose motions are gradual, and whose life is progressive ; as his powers are limited, he must use means for the attainment of his ends, and intend first what he performs last ; as by continual advances from his first stage of existence, he is perpetually varying the horizon of his prospects, he must always discover new motives of action, new excitements of fear...
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Strana 72 - ... powers are limited, he must use means for the attainment of his ends, and intend first what he performs last ; as by continual advances from his first stage of existence, he is perpetually varying the horizon of his prospects, he must always discover new motives of action, new excitements of fear, and allurements of desire.
Strana 62 - Weft, for the use of the disaffected in this part of England, (who were supposed to have projected an insurrection, in order to co-operate with that in Scotland and the north of England) Mr.
Strana 66 - In the year 1758, Mr. Allen purchased the manor of Claverton, where, after having repaired, improved and built a gallery in the church; finding that the rector had several young gentlemen of family and fortune under his care; and a very indifferent old house for their accommodation, Mr. Allen offered to build him a room, which he immediately executed : building a room twenty-five feet by sixteen, with two...
Strana 14 - VIRG. the time of the accession of Queen Anne, to the reign of George the Second ; being banished, as . he calls it, into Ireland, took for his motto, in the laft ftage of his lite, " Vive la Bagatelle;" "May the art of Trifling flourish and abound!
Strana 70 - At the first visit which I made at Prior Park, I met Dr. Warburton for the first time, whom I ventured to pronounce one of the politest men I had ever seen. Those who only know him as engaged in controversy may be surprised at this. But I found him so attentive to every one who spoke, particularly to myself, who am the worst of all possible speakers, setting everything that I said in the clearest light, and, in short, paying such deference to his inferiors, as most of the company were...