A Select Collection of Original Letters: Written by the Most Eminent Persons, on Various Entertaining Subjects, and on Many Important Occasions: from the Reign of Henry the Eighth, to the Present Time, 2. kötetJ. and J. Rivington and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 44 találatból.
4. oldal
... hope in God no Temptation has yet prevailed upon your Lordship , fo far as to be guilty of any loose Act ; if it has , as you love your Soul , let it not proceed to an Habit ; the Retreat is yet eafy and open , but will every Day become ...
... hope in God no Temptation has yet prevailed upon your Lordship , fo far as to be guilty of any loose Act ; if it has , as you love your Soul , let it not proceed to an Habit ; the Retreat is yet eafy and open , but will every Day become ...
6. oldal
... hope to out- do Machiavel , or equal me , fend fome good Wine ! fo may thy wearied Soul at last find Reft , no longer hovering ' twixt the unequal Choice of Politicks and Lewdnefs ! may'ft thou be admir'd and lov'd for thy domeftick Wit ...
... hope to out- do Machiavel , or equal me , fend fome good Wine ! fo may thy wearied Soul at last find Reft , no longer hovering ' twixt the unequal Choice of Politicks and Lewdnefs ! may'ft thou be admir'd and lov'd for thy domeftick Wit ...
16. oldal
... hope there were any Alterations ; and therefore I can have no Curiofity for News ; only I wou'd be glad to know if the Parliament be like to fit any Time ; for the Parlia 16 A felett COLLECTION To the SAM E P LETTER XII.
... hope there were any Alterations ; and therefore I can have no Curiofity for News ; only I wou'd be glad to know if the Parliament be like to fit any Time ; for the Parlia 16 A felett COLLECTION To the SAM E P LETTER XII.
22. oldal
... hope fhe were in the Wrong , I must have a very melancholy Opinion of myself . I wish your Interest might prevail with her , as a Friend of hers , not mine , to tell how I have deserved it of her , fince fhe has ne'er accused me of any ...
... hope fhe were in the Wrong , I must have a very melancholy Opinion of myself . I wish your Interest might prevail with her , as a Friend of hers , not mine , to tell how I have deserved it of her , fince fhe has ne'er accused me of any ...
23. oldal
... hope you have not forgot what Gy and you have promis'd me ; but within fome Time you will come and fetch me to London : I fhall fcarce think of coming , till you call me , as not having many prevalent Motives to draw me to the Court ...
... hope you have not forgot what Gy and you have promis'd me ; but within fome Time you will come and fetch me to London : I fhall fcarce think of coming , till you call me , as not having many prevalent Motives to draw me to the Court ...
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206. oldal - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
144. oldal - Comedy may be allow'd to speak them. From a Witty Man they are expected; and even a Fool may be permitted to stumble on 'em by chance. Tho...
2. oldal - ... much declined by fair ladies, old age : may she live to be very old, and yet seem young, be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth : and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her Lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again.
268. oldal - He walked ten hours a day, would not eat or drink if his servant stayed in the room. His meat was served up ready cut, and sometimes it would lie an hour on the table before he would touch it, and then eat it walking.
182. oldal - ... they are not so much as taught to spell in their childhood, nor can ever attain to it in their whole lives.
195. oldal - I cannot live a week longer. At this time my spirits fail me ; and it is the ardent love I have for you that carries me beyond my strength, and enables me to tell you, the...
128. oldal - For my morals betwixt man and man, I am not to be my own judge. I appeal to the world, if I have deceiv'd or defrauded any man: and for my private conversation, they who see me every day can be the best witnesses, whether or no it be blameless and inoffensive. Hitherto I have no reason to complain that men of either party shun my company.
143. oldal - But such little remarks as may be continued within the compass of a letter, and such unpremeditated thoughts as may be communicated between friend and friend, without incurring the censure of the world, or setting up for a dictator you shall have from me since you have enjoined it.
182. oldal - ... next her about a new cargo of fans. • It is a little hard that not one gentleman's daughter in a thousand should be brought to read...
181. oldal - I cannot conceive you to be human creatures, but a certain sort of species hardly a degree above a monkey ; who has more diverting tricks than any of you, is an animal less mischievous and expensive, might in time be a tolerable critic in velvet and brocade, and for aught I know, would equally become them.