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... fenfe , I might have obtained very confiderable falaries from the principal auction - rooms , toy - fhops , and repofitories ; and might befides very plaufibly have recommended myself as the propereft perfon in the world to be keeper of ...
... fenfe , I might have obtained very confiderable falaries from the principal auction - rooms , toy - fhops , and repofitories ; and might befides very plaufibly have recommended myself as the propereft perfon in the world to be keeper of ...
Página 62
... fenfe . Some few indeed , who are rich in fentiment , pay this tax very chearfully ; but the generality endeavour one way or another to elude it . For this purpo e fome have moulded their pieces into the form of wings , axes , eggs ...
... fenfe . Some few indeed , who are rich in fentiment , pay this tax very chearfully ; but the generality endeavour one way or another to elude it . For this purpo e fome have moulded their pieces into the form of wings , axes , eggs ...
Página 63
... fenfe . No writer can flatter himfelf , that his productions will be an agreeable part of the equipage of the tea - table , who writes aimoft too abftrufely for the ftudy , and involves his thoughts in hard words and affected latinifms ...
... fenfe . No writer can flatter himfelf , that his productions will be an agreeable part of the equipage of the tea - table , who writes aimoft too abftrufely for the ftudy , and involves his thoughts in hard words and affected latinifms ...
Página 72
... fenfe of the word ) is one that whores , games , and wears a fword . Running after loofe women is , indeed , in fome meafure common to this exalt ed part of mankind with the vulgar : but to live in bagnios , to be kept in repair by Rock ...
... fenfe of the word ) is one that whores , games , and wears a fword . Running after loofe women is , indeed , in fome meafure common to this exalt ed part of mankind with the vulgar : but to live in bagnios , to be kept in repair by Rock ...
Página 74
... fenfe of fmelling that is offended : you will ftare when I tell you , that I am forced to taste , and even to eat and drink this abominable Snuff . If I drink tea with a certain lady , I generally perceive what escapes from her fingers ...
... fenfe of fmelling that is offended : you will ftare when I tell you , that I am forced to taste , and even to eat and drink this abominable Snuff . If I drink tea with a certain lady , I generally perceive what escapes from her fingers ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abfurd acquaintance affured alfo almoft amufement Babler bagnios beauty becauſe cafe China Chineſe Clare Market confequence confider confiderable converfation Dæmon defign defire drefs endeavour faid fame fashion fcarce feemed feen felf felves fenfe fenfible fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filk fince fingle firft fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure gentleman himſelf honour horfe houfe houſe huſband inftance juft lady laft leaft lefs LETTER look manner ment Mifs moft moſt muft muſt myfelf nature neceffary neral never obferved obliged occafion paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent racter reafon refolved refpect reft thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion town ufual univerfal uſed vifit whofe whole wife worfe young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 7 - I am a Jew: hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by' the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?
Página 313 - Mr. Town is a fair, black, middle-sized, very short man. He wears his own hair, and a periwig. He is about thirty years of age, and not more than four and twenty. He is a student of the law, and a bachelor of physic.
Página 196 - The misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention ; are enlarged upon in tones of declamation ; and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers...
Página 198 - Our crew was carried into a French prison, and many of them died because they were not used to live in a jail ; but for my part it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night...
Página 44 - He told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and the company laughed at that; but the story of Taffy in the sedan-chair, was sure to set the table in a roar.
Página 220 - Umbrae, or shadows; and, indeed, this appellation conveys a very full idea of the nature of these humble retainers to the wealthy, since they not only follow them like their shadows, but ' like a shadow prove the substance true...
Página 29 - ... you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead...
Página 143 - The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
Página 43 - Some affect humanity and tenderness, others boast of having such dispositions from nature ; but he is the only man I ever knew who seemed ashamed of his natural benevolence. He takes as much pains to hide his feelings, as any hypocrite would to conceal his indifference ; but on every unguarded moment the mask drops off, and reveals him to the most superficial observer.
Página 253 - ... of horses, let six bright bays, blacks, or greys prance down one side of her head ; and according to the rank she insists upon, let a ducal or an earl's coronet, or a bloody hand be distinguished upon her capriole.