Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1796 |
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... took " him out of this world , I will for your advan- 66 tage fhew you him with all truth , and without ❝ partiality . " He was of the biggest fize of men , strong , and " of the best proportion ; his complexion fan- " guine , his skin ...
... took " him out of this world , I will for your advan- 66 tage fhew you him with all truth , and without ❝ partiality . " He was of the biggest fize of men , strong , and " of the best proportion ; his complexion fan- " guine , his skin ...
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... took great delight , he being fo " free from paffion that it made him beloved by all " that knew him . Nor did I ever fee him moved " but with his master's concerns , in which he " would hotly pursue his intereft through the " greatest ...
... took great delight , he being fo " free from paffion that it made him beloved by all " that knew him . Nor did I ever fee him moved " but with his master's concerns , in which he " would hotly pursue his intereft through the " greatest ...
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... took place between Lady Fanfhawe and her husband , in a voyage they made together from Galway to Malaga , in the fpring of the year 1649 . " We purfued our voyage with profperous . " winds , but a moft tempeftuous master , a Dutch ...
... took place between Lady Fanfhawe and her husband , in a voyage they made together from Galway to Malaga , in the fpring of the year 1649 . " We purfued our voyage with profperous . " winds , but a moft tempeftuous master , a Dutch ...
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... took a gun , a bandelier , and sword , expect- « ing the arrival of the Turkish man of war , " This Beaft - Captain had locked me up in the cabin .--- I knocked and called to no purpose , " until the cabin - boy came and opened the door ...
... took a gun , a bandelier , and sword , expect- « ing the arrival of the Turkish man of war , " This Beaft - Captain had locked me up in the cabin .--- I knocked and called to no purpose , " until the cabin - boy came and opened the door ...
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... took when you fucked on her breasts is " almost incredible . She gave a large testimony " of her love to you upon her death - bed . For , " fome hours before fhe died , I brought her " fome cordials , which the plainly told me fhe 66 ...
... took when you fucked on her breasts is " almost incredible . She gave a large testimony " of her love to you upon her death - bed . For , " fome hours before fhe died , I brought her " fome cordials , which the plainly told me fhe 66 ...
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Página 326 - What the back-ground is in painting, in architecture is the real ground on which the building is erected ; and no architect took greater care than he that his work should not appear crude and hard : that is, it did not abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation.
Página 365 - ... them in a superior manner did not always preserve, when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape.
Página 20 - Turks' man of war tacked about, and we continued our course. But when your father saw it convenient to retreat, looking upon me, he blessed himself, and snatched me up in his arms, saying, ' Good God, that love can make this change !' and though he seemingly chid me, he would laugh at it as often as he remembered that voyage.
Página 62 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Página 47 - ... make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their...
Página 49 - It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him; together with a lively briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination.
Página 16 - ... if I would ask my husband privately, he would tell me what he found in the packet, and I might tell her. I, that was young and innocent, and to that day had never in my mouth
Página 19 - ... which would make the Turks think we were a man-of-war, but if they saw women they would take us for merchants and board us. He went upon...
Página 324 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Página 48 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.