The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or, Miscellaneous Anecdotes. A Biographic, Political, Literary, and Satirical Compilation: a New Edition, ... in Two Volumes. ...editor, and sold, 1796 |
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5. oldal
... felves , alike fmarting under the reproaches , falfehood , and ill treatment , of mankind or them- felves , ready to receive us with open arms , and sympathy , and in the diftraction of play , the tumult of wine , or the roar of ...
... felves , alike fmarting under the reproaches , falfehood , and ill treatment , of mankind or them- felves , ready to receive us with open arms , and sympathy , and in the diftraction of play , the tumult of wine , or the roar of ...
7. oldal
... felves friends to polygamy , both in doctrine and practice , declar- ing , that neither the laws of na- ture , nor the precepts of the new teftament , laid any restraint on a plurality of wives , and that it was a liberty which God ...
... felves friends to polygamy , both in doctrine and practice , declar- ing , that neither the laws of na- ture , nor the precepts of the new teftament , laid any restraint on a plurality of wives , and that it was a liberty which God ...
31. oldal
... felves to his view . " But is the induftry of the pro- " feffional ftudent to abate , because " he fometimes fees great and well " cultivated powers , neglected or " forgotten by mankind ? Is he " to exchange the glowing enthu- " fiafm ...
... felves to his view . " But is the induftry of the pro- " feffional ftudent to abate , because " he fometimes fees great and well " cultivated powers , neglected or " forgotten by mankind ? Is he " to exchange the glowing enthu- " fiafm ...
74. oldal
... felves , not odious as comparisons ; the fellows who make them are odious . The Whigs make com- parisons . " I We fupped that evening at his house . I fhewed him fome lines I had made upon a pair of breeches . -Pozz . " Šir , the lines ...
... felves , not odious as comparisons ; the fellows who make them are odious . The Whigs make com- parisons . " I We fupped that evening at his house . I fhewed him fome lines I had made upon a pair of breeches . -Pozz . " Šir , the lines ...
84. oldal
... felves bound to produce his Lords fhip an heir at any rate . " Doddington , with his fierce looks , and his fine flowing wig , which almoft covers his neck and fhoulders , and the waving majestic motion of his head , puts me in mind of ...
... felves bound to produce his Lords fhip an heir at any rate . " Doddington , with his fierce looks , and his fine flowing wig , which almoft covers his neck and fhoulders , and the waving majestic motion of his head , puts me in mind of ...
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The Lounger's Common-Place Book, Or Miscellaneous Anecdotes, Vol. 2 of 2: A ... Jeremiah Whitaker Newman Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2018 |
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203. oldal - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
222. oldal - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
149. oldal - This is owing to you ; for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of.
203. oldal - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
204. oldal - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colors he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red.
203. oldal - Here Cumberland lies, having acted his parts, The Terence of England, the mender of hearts; A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
222. oldal - ... and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
46. oldal - Exert not your curiosity too early : it is in your power to make me grateful on certain terms. I have friends who are faithful ; but they do not bark before they bite.
71. oldal - I see the muddy wave, the dreary shore, The sluggish streams that slowly creep below, Which mortals visit, and return no more. Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains!
66. oldal - Sir, there is as much evidence for the existence of spirits as against it. You may not believe it, but you cannot deny it.