A Satirical View of London; Or, A Descriptive Sketch of the English Metropolis: With Strictures on Men and MannersR. Ogle, 1804 - 214 páginas |
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... appears to be a man of extensive knowledge and just observation , possess- ing also an acute discrimination of characters and manners . " Monthly Review , for June , 1801 . " This work affords entertainment , and may be perused with ...
... appears to be a man of extensive knowledge and just observation , possess- ing also an acute discrimination of characters and manners . " Monthly Review , for June , 1801 . " This work affords entertainment , and may be perused with ...
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... appears , however , that Mr. C.'s estimate is in- accurate . The following abstract of the population of the metropolis , taken in March 1801 , ascer- tains the real number of houses and inhabitants . Within the Bills of Mortality ...
... appears , however , that Mr. C.'s estimate is in- accurate . The following abstract of the population of the metropolis , taken in March 1801 , ascer- tains the real number of houses and inhabitants . Within the Bills of Mortality ...
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... appears that the number of females exceeds that of males by 78,107 persons , which is principally to be accounted for by the metropolis being a maritime town , and consequently males adven- ture to different parts of the globe . This ...
... appears that the number of females exceeds that of males by 78,107 persons , which is principally to be accounted for by the metropolis being a maritime town , and consequently males adven- ture to different parts of the globe . This ...
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... appears of the numerous masts to give an idea of foreign commerce . From this general sketch of the metropolis , we shall now proceed to particularize the most remar kable and prominent beauties which are worthy the observation of the ...
... appears of the numerous masts to give an idea of foreign commerce . From this general sketch of the metropolis , we shall now proceed to particularize the most remar kable and prominent beauties which are worthy the observation of the ...
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... appear religious . In literature as in commerce , the Englishman has a large capital , which he improves to the greatest ad- vantage . The Scotchman , who derives part of his intellectual wealth from others as it were by inheri- ce ...
... appear religious . In literature as in commerce , the Englishman has a large capital , which he improves to the greatest ad- vantage . The Scotchman , who derives part of his intellectual wealth from others as it were by inheri- ce ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 45 - Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Página 60 - I cannot help venturing to disoblige them for their service, by telling them, that the utmost of a woman's character is contained in domestic life ; she is blameable or praise-worthy according as her carriage affects the house of her father, or her husband. All she has to do in this world, is contained within the duties of a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother.
Página 74 - Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true.
Página 200 - ... in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked; he carries his persons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses them without further care, and leaves their examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place.
Página 36 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Página 126 - What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to Fate! Steel could the labour of the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.
Página 153 - Sam Ervin President Bush has demonstrated these attributes! ;-) Bush, Laura - First Lady "How goodness heightens beauty!" Hannah Mare "There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
Página 126 - And strike to dust th' imperial powers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ? CANTO IV.
Página 114 - Behold the picture! Is it like ? Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ; and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene...
Página 160 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God.