The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, المجلد 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... any Thing above Dumb Show , is capable of celing with a good Grace fo much as the Part of Trin- calo . However the Mafter perfifts in his Defign , and is fitting fitting up the old Storm ; but I am afraid 16 No 193 . The TATLER .
... any Thing above Dumb Show , is capable of celing with a good Grace fo much as the Part of Trin- calo . However the Mafter perfifts in his Defign , and is fitting fitting up the old Storm ; but I am afraid 16 No 193 . The TATLER .
الصفحة 17
... defign to open is , The Duke and no Duke ; and they are fo put to it , that the Mafter him- felf is to act the Conjurer , and they have no one for the General but honeft George Powell , NOW , Sir , they being fo much at a Lofs for the ...
... defign to open is , The Duke and no Duke ; and they are fo put to it , that the Mafter him- felf is to act the Conjurer , and they have no one for the General but honeft George Powell , NOW , Sir , they being fo much at a Lofs for the ...
الصفحة 49
... Defign but to feed his Spleen and Ill humour , and furnith himfelf with Mat- ter for arguing against all the fuccessful Actions of others . He that at his firit fetting out in the World was the gayeft Man in our Regiment , ventured his ...
... Defign but to feed his Spleen and Ill humour , and furnith himfelf with Mat- ter for arguing against all the fuccessful Actions of others . He that at his firit fetting out in the World was the gayeft Man in our Regiment , ventured his ...
الصفحة 52
... Defign was to advertife . his Subfcribers at their respective Places of Abode , with- in an Hour after their Number is drawn , whether it was a Blank or Benefit , if the Adventurer lives within the Bills of Mortality ; if he dwells in ...
... Defign was to advertife . his Subfcribers at their respective Places of Abode , with- in an Hour after their Number is drawn , whether it was a Blank or Benefit , if the Adventurer lives within the Bills of Mortality ; if he dwells in ...
الصفحة 56
... proper , and pleases me fo well , that I defign to have it fet upon the Front of my Green - boufe in Letters of Gold . I am Sir , & c . Gaudent Gaudent præ nomine molles Auricula N ° 204 . M 56 N ° 203 . The TATLER .
... proper , and pleases me fo well , that I defign to have it fet upon the Front of my Green - boufe in Letters of Gold . I am Sir , & c . Gaudent Gaudent præ nomine molles Auricula N ° 204 . M 56 N ° 203 . The TATLER .
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الصفحة 109 - ... over ; and as they were passing by me into the garden, I asked them to let me be one of their company. 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.
الصفحة 287 - And now when I thought most of peace and honour, Thy hand is heavy upon me, and hath humbled me according to Thy former loving-kindness, keeping me still in Thy fatherly school, not as a bastard, but as a child. Just are Thy judgments upon me for my sins, which are more in number than the sands of the sea, but have no proportion to Thy mercies; for what are the sands of the sea ? Earth, heavens, and all these are nothing to Thy mercies.
الصفحة 231 - The rest of the jury, upon the delivery of the sword to their foreman, drew all of them together as one man, and saluted the bench with such an air as signified the most resigned submission to those who commanded them, and the greatest magnanimity to execute what they should command.
الصفحة 116 - 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...
الصفحة 104 - I have seen the most amiable become the most deformed, and she that appeared one of the Graces immediately turned into one of the Furies. I humbly conceive the great cause of this evil may proceed from a false notion the ladies have of what we call a modest woman.
الصفحة 287 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
الصفحة 119 - I have taken my text for this discourse : we should be careful not to overshoot ourselves in the pursuits even of virtue. Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.
الصفحة 116 - The church thermometer, which I am now to treat of, is supposed to have been invented in the reign of Henry the Eighth, about the time when that religious Prince put some to death for owning the Pope's supremacy, and others for denying transubstantiation. I do not find, however, any great use made of this instrument...
الصفحة 184 - Nobody ever knew what this meant ; but the green and red dragon so amused the people, that the doctor lived very comfortably upon them. About the same time there was pasted a very hard word upon every corner of the streets. This, to the best of my remembrance, was...