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Side 27
... my post in that family , and the hearing of my left ear . The consequences of this accident gave me great apprehensions for a considerable time : for the slight- est cold affecting the other ear , I was frequently THE WORLD . 27.
... my post in that family , and the hearing of my left ear . The consequences of this accident gave me great apprehensions for a considerable time : for the slight- est cold affecting the other ear , I was frequently THE WORLD . 27.
Side 28
est cold affecting the other ear , I was frequently re- buked for misplacing my marks of approbation . But I soon discovered that it was no real misfortune ; for experience convinced me , that absolute silence was of greater estimation ...
est cold affecting the other ear , I was frequently re- buked for misplacing my marks of approbation . But I soon discovered that it was no real misfortune ; for experience convinced me , that absolute silence was of greater estimation ...
Side 85
... affects him with disgust and abhorrence . That is , in a word , the avenues of his mind are open only to those enjoyments that bring with them the pass- ports of truth and reason . Philalethes is a man of taste , according to the no ...
... affects him with disgust and abhorrence . That is , in a word , the avenues of his mind are open only to those enjoyments that bring with them the pass- ports of truth and reason . Philalethes is a man of taste , according to the no ...
Side 100
... affected , a pure taste in literature , and setting up for a standard towards the writings of the ancients , very liberally rewarded those who imitated them the nearest in chastity of composition . But no sooner had Monsieur Galland ...
... affected , a pure taste in literature , and setting up for a standard towards the writings of the ancients , very liberally rewarded those who imitated them the nearest in chastity of composition . But no sooner had Monsieur Galland ...
Side 101
... affected with a nakedness in the shoulders , insomuch that the thinest and slightest covering whatsoever was almost insupportable , espe- cially in public . The best advice in the place was procured , but the disease encreased with so ...
... affected with a nakedness in the shoulders , insomuch that the thinest and slightest covering whatsoever was almost insupportable , espe- cially in public . The best advice in the place was procured , but the disease encreased with so ...
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acquaintance admiration amongst amusements appear assure attention beauty Belphegor Berkshire called champaign character chuse Clarinda confess considered contrary correspondent crowd cuckold daugh desire doubt dress drink effeminacy endeavour entertainment Epaminondas eyes false friend Farinelli farther fashion favour Fitz-Adam folly fortune French frequently gentlemen give happy Harlequin hearer heart hint honour hope humble servant husband Hyde-park lady language late least less letter lived look lord Ludgate hill mankind manner master means ment metropolis mind mistress moral nature nerally never obliged observed occasion opinion paper particular passion perhaps person Plato pleasure polite present pretty racter readers reason received rience romantic love seems shew sure talked taste tell thing thought THURSDAY tincture tion town transubstantiation treme Truncheon truth turn virtue whole wine woman words
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Side 252 - The handcuffs and fetters in which the hero commonly appears at the end of the second, or the beginning of the third...
Side 36 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Side 190 - Roger's; it is usual in all other places, that servants fly from the parts of the house through which their master is passing; on the contrary, here they industriously place themselves in his way; and it is on both sides, as it were, understood as a visit, when the servants appear without calling.
Side 280 - ... gentleman two letters of excuses, which with less wit than the epistles of Voiture, had ten times more natural and easy politeness in the turn of their expression. In the postscript, he appointed a meeting at Tyburn at twelve...
Side 205 - You mistake me (answered my friend); every member of our club has the privilege of bringing one friend along with him, who is by no means thereby...
Side 262 - All words, good or bad, are there jumbled indiscriminately together, insomuch that the injudicious reader may speak and write as inelegantly, improperly, and vulgarly as he pleases, by and with the authority of one or other of our word-books. It must be owned that our language is at present in a state of anarchy ; and hitherto, perhaps, it may not have been the worse for it.
Side 103 - And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Side 176 - ... weaning his heart from the immoderate love of earthly things, and teaching him to revere the gods, and to place his whole trust and happiness in their government and protection.
Side 72 - Because he had but one to subdue, As was a paltry narrow tub to Diogenes ; who is not said (For aught that ever I could read) To whine, put finger i' th' eye, and sob, Because h
Side 206 - As I found that my friend would have taken a refusal ill, I told him that for this once I would certainly attend him to the club, but desired him to give me previously the outlines of the characters of the sitting members, that I might know how to behave myself properly. "Your precaution (said he) is a prudent one, and I will make you so well acquainted with them beforehand, that you shall not seem a stranger when among them. You must know then that our club consists of at least forty members when...