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... juft dub- bed a graduate in phyfic , he has gained fuch an entire conqueft over the rifible , mufcles , that he hardly vouchfafes at any time to fmile . I have heard him harangue , with all the oracular import ance of a veteran , on the ...
... juft dub- bed a graduate in phyfic , he has gained fuch an entire conqueft over the rifible , mufcles , that he hardly vouchfafes at any time to fmile . I have heard him harangue , with all the oracular import ance of a veteran , on the ...
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... juft defe- rence on account of the real geniufes who frequented it . But we can now boaft men of fuperior abilities ; men , who without any one acquired excel- lence , by the mere dint of an happy af- furance , can exact the fame ...
... juft defe- rence on account of the real geniufes who frequented it . But we can now boaft men of fuperior abilities ; men , who without any one acquired excel- lence , by the mere dint of an happy af- furance , can exact the fame ...
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... juft fufficient to preferve their diftinction ; the higheft of one order approaching fo near to the loweft of the other , that the gradation is hard to be , determined ; as the colours of the rain- bow , through an infinite variety of ...
... juft fufficient to preferve their diftinction ; the higheft of one order approaching fo near to the loweft of the other , that the gradation is hard to be , determined ; as the colours of the rain- bow , through an infinite variety of ...
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... juft feized him . He lay to all appear- ance dead on the floor , wallowing in the midit of a foetid mafs , partly folid , par ly fluid , which had iffued from his inouth and noftrils with repeated eructa- tions . I would immediately ...
... juft feized him . He lay to all appear- ance dead on the floor , wallowing in the midit of a foetid mafs , partly folid , par ly fluid , which had iffued from his inouth and noftrils with repeated eructa- tions . I would immediately ...
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... juft a pro- portion , that you may tell the falary of each actor by the fize of the letter in which his name is printed . When the prefent manager of Drury Lane firft came upon the stage , a new set of types two inches long were caft on ...
... juft a pro- portion , that you may tell the falary of each actor by the fize of the letter in which his name is printed . When the prefent manager of Drury Lane firft came upon the stage , a new set of types two inches long were caft on ...
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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.