The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 4C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, 1774 |
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... tell . In hort , there was but one who kept his good humour to the Land's End . re " 14 There was another coach that went along with us , in which I likewife obferved , that there were many fecret jealoufies , heart - burnings , and ...
... tell . In hort , there was but one who kept his good humour to the Land's End . re " 14 There was another coach that went along with us , in which I likewife obferved , that there were many fecret jealoufies , heart - burnings , and ...
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... tell the fequel of the ftory , and let my reader know , that this faithful pair who were ready to have died in each other's arms , about three years after their efcape , upon fome trifling difguft grew to a coldness at firft , and at ...
... tell the fequel of the ftory , and let my reader know , that this faithful pair who were ready to have died in each other's arms , about three years after their efcape , upon fome trifling difguft grew to a coldness at firft , and at ...
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... tell it upon any account whatfoever ; for " that it would not look well for him to marry fuch a " one as me ; befides , that his father would cut him off " of the estate . I was glad to have him in an honest way ; and he now and then ...
... tell it upon any account whatfoever ; for " that it would not look well for him to marry fuch a " one as me ; befides , that his father would cut him off " of the estate . I was glad to have him in an honest way ; and he now and then ...
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... tell you also , that jointures were never frequent until the age before his own ; but the women were contented with the third part of the eftate the law allotted them , and fcorned to engage with men . whom they thought capable of ...
... tell you also , that jointures were never frequent until the age before his own ; but the women were contented with the third part of the eftate the law allotted them , and fcorned to engage with men . whom they thought capable of ...
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... tell you , that my " ther at his death left me a fortune fufficient to make " me a match for any Gentleman . My mother , for the " is ftill alive , is very preffing with me to marry ; and " I am apt to think , to gratify her , I fhall ...
... tell you , that my " ther at his death left me a fortune fufficient to make " me a match for any Gentleman . My mother , for the " is ftill alive , is very preffing with me to marry ; and " I am apt to think , to gratify her , I fhall ...
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THE TATLER, OR, LUCUBRATIONS OF ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, Esq: VOLUME THE ..., Volume 4 Sir Richard Steele,Joseph Addison Visualização integral - 1776 |
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Página 302 - Besides my innumerable sins, I confess before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it, as I ought, to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but misspent it in things for which I was least fit : so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me into thy bosom, or guide me in thy ways.
Página 186 - Now from all Parts the swelling Kennels flow, And bear their Trophies with them as they go: Filth of all Hues and Odours seem to tell What Street they sail'd from, by their Sight and Smell.
Página 228 - ... where he dined upon me, and drank the king's health. When I came again into the world, I found that I had been happier in my retirement than I thought, having probably by that means escaped wearing a monstrous pair of breeches.
Página 150 - I think on those numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it: I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations.
Página 110 - 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. I accepted the offer, and immediately found that they had been talking in terms of gardening, and that the kings and generals they had mentioned were only so many tulips, to which the gardeners, according to their usual custom, had given such high titles and appellations of honour. I was very much...
Página 268 - ... while she was at church, or to say her prayers in a posture that did not become a woman of her quality. The prisoner pleaded inadvertency; and the jury were going to bring it in chance-medley, had not several witnesses been produced against the said Elizabeth Makebate, that she was an old offender, and a woman of a bad reputation.
Página 227 - ... preacher. After this manner I made my way merrily through the world ; for, as I told you before, we shillings love nothing so much as travelling. I sometimes fetched in a shoulder...
Página 186 - Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs. Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient sits, While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within...
Página 117 - 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 very...