The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq: Revised and Corrected, Volume 3John Nutt, and sold by John Morphew, 1711 |
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... Several of these were fuch as had never been acquainted with each other before they met in the great Walk , or had been too well acquainted in the Thicket . The Entrance to this Gate was poffef- fed by three Sifters , who joined ...
... Several of these were fuch as had never been acquainted with each other before they met in the great Walk , or had been too well acquainted in the Thicket . The Entrance to this Gate was poffef- fed by three Sifters , who joined ...
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... several loft their Limbs before they could extricate themselves out of the Perplexities of the Path in which they were engaged . The remaining Part of this Vi- fion , and the Adventures I met with in the Two great Roads of Ambition and ...
... several loft their Limbs before they could extricate themselves out of the Perplexities of the Path in which they were engaged . The remaining Part of this Vi- fion , and the Adventures I met with in the Two great Roads of Ambition and ...
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... several of his Plays . In the Midft of the Tragedy , which had met with very great Succefs , there chanc'd to be a Line that feemed to encourage Vice and Immorality . This was no fooner spoken , but Socrates rofe from his Seat , and ...
... several of his Plays . In the Midft of the Tragedy , which had met with very great Succefs , there chanc'd to be a Line that feemed to encourage Vice and Immorality . This was no fooner spoken , but Socrates rofe from his Seat , and ...
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... several , who after a fhort Tour brought him , in Return , Sacks full of the fame Kind of Coin . I faw at the fame 5 Time a Perfon called Fraud , who fate behind a Counter with falfe Scales , light Weights , and fcanty Measures by the ...
... several , who after a fhort Tour brought him , in Return , Sacks full of the fame Kind of Coin . I faw at the fame 5 Time a Perfon called Fraud , who fate behind a Counter with falfe Scales , light Weights , and fcanty Measures by the ...
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... Several of the Roman Emperors were advised to repair to this Ifland ; but most of them , inftead of liftening to fuch fober Counfels , gave Way to their Diftraction , till the People knock'd D 4 knocked them in the Head as defpairing of ...
... Several of the Roman Emperors were advised to repair to this Ifland ; but most of them , inftead of liftening to fuch fober Counfels , gave Way to their Diftraction , till the People knock'd D 4 knocked them in the Head as defpairing of ...
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Page 332 - The Mind in Infancy is, methinks, like the Body in Embryo; and receives Impressions so forcible, that they are as hard to be removed by Reason, as any Mark, with which a Child is born, is to be taken away by any future Application.
Page 331 - The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me.
Page 201 - Postman, and that he would take two or three turns to the other end of the town before his neighbours were up, to see if there were any Dutch mails come in. He had a wife and several children, but was much more inquisitive to know what passed in Poland than in his own family, and was in greater pain and anxiety of mind for king Augustus's welfare than that of his nearest relations.
Page 331 - Papa could not hear me, and would play with me no more : for they were going to put him under ground, whence he would never come to us again.
Page 89 - I understand by their behaviour, that I am considered by them as a man of a great deal of learning, but no knowledge of the world; insomuch that the major sometimes, in the height of his military pride, calls me the Philosopher: and Sir...
Page 92 - ... light. Homer compares the noise and clamour of the Trojans advancing towards the enemy, to the cackling of cranes when they invade an army of pigmies. On the contrary, he makes his countrymen and favourites, the Greeks, move forward in a regular determined march, and in the depth of silence.
Page 159 - READING is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and; invigorated; by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
Page 332 - ... departure. Who can have lived in an army, and in a serious hour reflect upon the many gay and agreeable men that might long have flourished in the arts of peace, and not join with the imprecations of the fatherless and widow on the tyrant to whose ambition they fell sacrifices ? But gallant...
Page 240 - Censors, in punishing offences according to the quality of the offender. It was usual for them to expel a senator, who had been guilty of great immoralities, out of the senate-house, by omitting his name when they called over the list of his brethren.
Page 91 - ... and agreeable in our declining years. The mind of man in a long life will become a magazine of wisdom or folly, and will consequently discharge itself in something impertinent or improving. For which reason, as there is nothing more ridiculous than an old trifling story-teller, so there is nothing more venerable than one who has turned his experience to the entertainment and advantage of mankind.