The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... because I am an Adept in Phyfick and Aftrology , they will needs perfwade me that I am no lefs a Proficient in all other Sciences . However , the Point mentioned in the fol- lowing Letter is fo plain a one , that I think I need not ...
... because I am an Adept in Phyfick and Aftrology , they will needs perfwade me that I am no lefs a Proficient in all other Sciences . However , the Point mentioned in the fol- lowing Letter is fo plain a one , that I think I need not ...
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... because they abhor When the Spider is ranging in the different Apart- ments of his Web , it is true , that he only can weave fo fine a Thread ; but it is in the Power of the meereft Drone that has Wings to fly through and deftroy it ...
... because they abhor When the Spider is ranging in the different Apart- ments of his Web , it is true , that he only can weave fo fine a Thread ; but it is in the Power of the meereft Drone that has Wings to fly through and deftroy it ...
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... because I chanced to ftep into the Coach before him , and place myself on the fhady Side . This how- ever was but my own private Guefs , for he did not mention a Word of it , nor indeed of any Thing elfe , for three Days following . The ...
... because I chanced to ftep into the Coach before him , and place myself on the fhady Side . This how- ever was but my own private Guefs , for he did not mention a Word of it , nor indeed of any Thing elfe , for three Days following . The ...
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... rife in Pro- portion to their Perfections . BUT because there are very few poffeffed of fuch Accomplishments of Body and Mind , we ought to look after after thofe Qualifications both in ourselves and others , which N ° 192 . II The TATLER .
... rife in Pro- portion to their Perfections . BUT because there are very few poffeffed of fuch Accomplishments of Body and Mind , we ought to look after after thofe Qualifications both in ourselves and others , which N ° 192 . II The TATLER .
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... because he is fure ; and the Set of Men whom he declares againft , for the fame Reafon are violent against him . Thus it is Folly in a Hain Dea- ler to expect , that either his Friends will reward him , or his Enemies forgive him . For ...
... because he is fure ; and the Set of Men whom he declares againft , for the fame Reafon are violent against him . Thus it is Folly in a Hain Dea- ler to expect , that either his Friends will reward him , or his Enemies forgive him . For ...
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Página 109 - ... over ; and as they were passing by me into the garden, I asked them to let me be one of their company. The gentleman of the house told me, ' if I delighted in flowers, it would be worth my while ; for that he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country.
Página 287 - And now when I thought most of peace and honour, Thy hand is heavy upon me, and hath humbled me according to Thy former loving-kindness, keeping me still in Thy fatherly school, not as a bastard, but as a child. Just are Thy judgments upon me for my sins, which are more in number than the sands of the sea, but have no proportion to Thy mercies; for what are the sands of the sea ? Earth, heavens, and all these are nothing to Thy mercies.
Página 231 - The rest of the jury, upon the delivery of the sword to their foreman, drew all of them together as one man, and saluted the bench with such an air as signified the most resigned submission to those who commanded them, and the greatest magnanimity to execute what they should command.
Página 116 - I have made some necessary variations both in the tube and the fluid it contains. In the first place I ordered a tube to be cast in a planetary hour, and took care to seal it hermetically, when the Sun was in conjunction with Saturn. I then took the proper precautions about the fluid, which is a compound of two...
Página 104 - I have seen the most amiable become the most deformed, and she that appeared one of the Graces immediately turned into one of the Furies. I humbly conceive the great cause of this evil may proceed from a false notion the ladies have of what we call a modest woman.
Página 287 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Página 119 - I have taken my text for this discourse : we should be careful not to overshoot ourselves in the pursuits even of virtue. Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.
Página 116 - The church thermometer, which I am now to treat of, is supposed to have been invented in the reign of Henry the Eighth, about the time when that religious Prince put some to death for owning the Pope's supremacy, and others for denying transubstantiation. I do not find, however, any great use made of this instrument...
Página 184 - Nobody ever knew what this meant ; but the green and red dragon so amused the people, that the doctor lived very comfortably upon them. About the same time there was pasted a very hard word upon every corner of the streets. This, to the best of my remembrance, was...