Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeR. Gibson, 1786 |
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3. oldal
... never exceed 27. Mr. Fofter's bill will , when corn is dear , give the manufacturer as much bread for 275. as he could get before for 36s . and the mafter will of courfe be able to employ thirty - fix men , where before he could only ...
... never exceed 27. Mr. Fofter's bill will , when corn is dear , give the manufacturer as much bread for 275. as he could get before for 36s . and the mafter will of courfe be able to employ thirty - fix men , where before he could only ...
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... never afterwards repeated . In 1756 Mr. Garrick complimented her with the first perform ance of his admirable character of Lord Chalkftone in Lethe . In 1760 fhe enter- tained her friends with another farce , call- ed Every Woman in her ...
... never afterwards repeated . In 1756 Mr. Garrick complimented her with the first perform ance of his admirable character of Lord Chalkftone in Lethe . In 1760 fhe enter- tained her friends with another farce , call- ed Every Woman in her ...
13. oldal
... never re- fufed their light gold ; and they , on the other hand , never fcrutinized into her bills , but always paid them at fight , without avail- ing themselves of their mercantile three days grace . This might be called driving ...
... never re- fufed their light gold ; and they , on the other hand , never fcrutinized into her bills , but always paid them at fight , without avail- ing themselves of their mercantile three days grace . This might be called driving ...
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... never should have taken up my pen on this occafion . But all I claim is the attention of your Lordship and of the reflecting few , and all I ask is their candour and indulgence . My laft letter related to the increafing number of ...
... never should have taken up my pen on this occafion . But all I claim is the attention of your Lordship and of the reflecting few , and all I ask is their candour and indulgence . My laft letter related to the increafing number of ...
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... ( Never before published . ) MSir , your fervant pray be feated- Sir , your fervant - pray be feated- No ceremony , Mr. D- ; although a per- fect ftranger to you , Sir , I have taken the Liberty of waiting on you - you are a little ...
... ( Never before published . ) MSir , your fervant pray be feated- Sir , your fervant - pray be feated- No ceremony , Mr. D- ; although a per- fect ftranger to you , Sir , I have taken the Liberty of waiting on you - you are a little ...
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229. oldal - If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
280. oldal - ... tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five: For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five.
282. oldal - The man immortalized for purring like a cat was, as he told me, one Busby, a proctor in the Commons. He who barked so ingeniously, and then called the drawer to drive away the dog, was father to Dr. Salter of the Charterhouse. He who sung a song, and by correspondent motions of his arm chalked out a giant on the wall, was one Richardson, an attorney. The letter signed Sunday, was written by Miss Talbot ; and he fancied the billets in the first volume of the Rambler, were sent him by Miss Mulso, now...
275. oldal - Paris, he spent so much of his time at cards, dice, and tennis, that a lampoon was fixed upon the gate of the Sorbonne, directing those that would see this monster of erudition, to look for him at the tavern.
19. oldal - ... of the time we remained in the bay, whenever Captain Cook came on shore, he was attended by one of these priests, who went before him, giving notice that the Orono had landed, and ordering the people to prostrate themselves. The same person also constantly accompanied him on the water, standing in the bow of the boat, with a wand in his hand...
112. oldal - Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness.
75. oldal - It is a ruff, of the thickness of a finger, made in a curious manner, of exceedingly small feathers, woven so close together as to form a surface as smooth as that of the richest velvet. The ground was generally of a red colour, with alternate circles of green, yellow, and black.
453. oldal - ... night and had no manner of disturbance. ' Thursday night the tenant and I lay together in one room and the man in another room, and he saw something walk along in a black gown and place itself against a window, and there stood for some time, and then walked off. Friday morning the man relating this, I asked him why he did not call me, and I told him...
348. oldal - Cook's person was in any danger, otherwise he would have detained the prince, which no doubt would have been a great check on the Indians. One man was...
168. oldal - He told me that the character of Sober in the Idler, was by himself intended as his own portrait; and that he had his own outset into life in his eye when he wrote the eastern story of Gelaleddin. Of the allegorical papers in the Rambler...