Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-fellow, to which are Added Notes Festivous, EtcW. Pickering, 1852 - 312 strán (strany) |
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... called lawyers , that I pity most heartily any one that is obliged to be con- cerned with them : if you are not already , I hope you will be soon safe out of their hands . " - The Earl of Ox- ford's Letter to Dr. Swift , July 15 , 1730 ...
... called lawyers , that I pity most heartily any one that is obliged to be con- cerned with them : if you are not already , I hope you will be soon safe out of their hands . " - The Earl of Ox- ford's Letter to Dr. Swift , July 15 , 1730 ...
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... called ) wit of the present day is begot by flatulence , born of fable , fed by folly , and nursed and maintained at the expense of virtue and the public . 34 WOMAN'S LOVE --as warm as summer To the cash 18 DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON .
... called ) wit of the present day is begot by flatulence , born of fable , fed by folly , and nursed and maintained at the expense of virtue and the public . 34 WOMAN'S LOVE --as warm as summer To the cash 18 DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON .
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... called " The Citadel of Antwerp , " was sold to M. Vander- ninck , of Amsterdam , for £ 640 ! ) turned the wits of France and Holland . Scotland became " daft " about the Isthmus of Darien ; and the South Sea Bubble , Moonshine Compa ...
... called " The Citadel of Antwerp , " was sold to M. Vander- ninck , of Amsterdam , for £ 640 ! ) turned the wits of France and Holland . Scotland became " daft " about the Isthmus of Darien ; and the South Sea Bubble , Moonshine Compa ...
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... called to him to devote himself to the instruc- tion of mankind ; and he flung down his tools , and became the missionary of truth and virtue . For forty years he chose a life of poverty , temperance , and severe self - denial . While ...
... called to him to devote himself to the instruc- tion of mankind ; and he flung down his tools , and became the missionary of truth and virtue . For forty years he chose a life of poverty , temperance , and severe self - denial . While ...
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... called a Dialogue between Captain Long - haire and Alderman Short - haire , of which the following is a specimen . C. L. Ask me no more why I do waire My hair so far below myne eare : For the first man that e'er was made Did never know ...
... called a Dialogue between Captain Long - haire and Alderman Short - haire , of which the following is a specimen . C. L. Ask me no more why I do waire My hair so far below myne eare : For the first man that e'er was made Did never know ...
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Strana 96 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er : So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Strana 9 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.
Strana 226 - Sir, this is a busy day with us, we cannot hear you ; it is Robin Hood's day. The parish are gone abroad to gather for Robin Hood : I pray you let them not.
Strana 64 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history ; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Strana 223 - London, to thee I do present the merry month of May; Let each true subject be content to hear me what I say: For from the top of conduit-head, as plainly may appear, I will both tell my name to you, and wherefore I came here. My name is Ralph, by due descent though not ignoble I, Yet far inferior to the flock of gracious grocery...
Strana 20 - What judgment I had, increases rather than diminishes ; and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject ; to run them into verse, or to give them the other harmony of prose.
Strana 278 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Strana 20 - I think myself as vigorous as ever in the faculties of my soul, excepting only my memory, which is not impaired to any great degree; and if I lose not more of it, I have no great reason to complain. What...
Strana 3 - Yes, Sir : there was another fine passage too, which he struck out : "When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself, I was perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave this over ; for, I found that generally what was new was false.
Strana 11 - And his most holy life was such, that it begot such reverence to God, and to him, that they thought themselves the happier when they carried Mr. Herbert's blessing back with them to their labour.