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Página 655
... lately read a voyage to the South - Sea , in which it is faid , that the ladies of Chili always dreffed their heads over a bafon of water . I am the more particular in my ac count of Will's laft night's lecture on these natural mirrors ...
... lately read a voyage to the South - Sea , in which it is faid , that the ladies of Chili always dreffed their heads over a bafon of water . I am the more particular in my ac count of Will's laft night's lecture on these natural mirrors ...
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... lately been un- der this difcipline . He tells me he had the honour to dance before the emperor himself , not without the applaufe and acclamations both of his imperial ma- jefty and the whole ring ; though I dare fay , neither I nor ...
... lately been un- der this difcipline . He tells me he had the honour to dance before the emperor himself , not without the applaufe and acclamations both of his imperial ma- jefty and the whole ring ; though I dare fay , neither I nor ...
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... lately met with a paffage in Plu- tarch , which , if I am not very much miftaken , till gives us a clearer light into the motives of this action . tarch tells us , that Alexander in his youth had a mafter ramed Lyfimachus , who , though ...
... lately met with a paffage in Plu- tarch , which , if I am not very much miftaken , till gives us a clearer light into the motives of this action . tarch tells us , that Alexander in his youth had a mafter ramed Lyfimachus , who , though ...
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... lately appeared under that title . The work was undertaken with fo good an intention , and is executed with fo great a mastery , that it deferves to be looked upon as one of the most ufeful and noble productions in our English verfe ...
... lately appeared under that title . The work was undertaken with fo good an intention , and is executed with fo great a mastery , that it deferves to be looked upon as one of the most ufeful and noble productions in our English verfe ...
Página 695
... lately fallen into , of taking fnuff . This filly trick is attend- ed with fuch a coquet air in fome ladies , and fuch a sedate masculine one in others , that I cannot tell which moft to com- plain of ; but they are to me equally dif ...
... lately fallen into , of taking fnuff . This filly trick is attend- ed with fuch a coquet air in fome ladies , and fuch a sedate masculine one in others , that I cannot tell which moft to com- plain of ; but they are to me equally dif ...
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Página 722 - For swift descent ; with him the cohort bright Of watchful Cherubim ; four faces each Had, like a double Janus ; all their shape Spangled with eyes more numerous than those...
Página 823 - But this is certain, that a noble writer should be born with this faculty in its full strength and vigour, so as to be able to receive lively ideas from outward objects, to retain them long, and to range them together, upon occasion, in such figures and representations, as are most likely to hit the fancy of the reader.
Página 1096 - ... figure in it, that as I looked upon him I could not forbear laughing at myself, insomuch that I put my own face out of countenance. The poor gentleman was so sensible of the ridicule, that I found he was ashamed of what he had done ; on the other side, I found that I myself had no great reason to triumph, for as I went to touch my forehead, I missed the place, and clapped...
Página 811 - Our general taste in England is for epigram, turns of wit, and forced conceits, which have no manner of influence either for the bettering or enlarging the mind of him who reads them, and have been carefully avoided by the greatest writers, both among the ancients and moderns.
Página 1096 - ... to them. One of these looked like a man walking upon stilts, and was so lifted up into the air, above his ordinary height, that his head turned round with it ; while the other made...
Página 793 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Página 754 - Shall finish what his short-lived sire begun : Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield, And the same hand that sow'd shall reap the field. The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn : To leafless...
Página 929 - I asked a gentleman the other day, that is famous for a good carver, (at which acquisition he is out of countenance, imagining it may detract from some of his more essential qualifications,) to help me to something that was near him; but he excused himself, and blushing told me, "Of all things he could never carve in his life;" though it can be proved upon him that he cuts up, disjoints, and uncases with incomparable dexterity.
Página 982 - River being crofled, we were received upon the further Bank by our Friends and Acquaintance, whom Comfort had brought out to congratulate our Appearance in the World again. Some of...
Página 877 - In short, heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but as the natural effect of a religious life.