English 18th Century Dances, Volum 21812 |
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Side 2
... letter , which notified him of the trust , was as follows : " I have to assure you , sir , that congress repose the utmost confidence in your address and abilities , for conducting this important business , in which , on one side , the ...
... letter , which notified him of the trust , was as follows : " I have to assure you , sir , that congress repose the utmost confidence in your address and abilities , for conducting this important business , in which , on one side , the ...
Side 11
... LETTERS ON MYTHOLOGY . TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF C. A. DEMOUSTIER . LETTER XII . You are well acquainted , my Emilia , with the numerous race of our modern Midas , who boast themselves to be in possession of learning and talents ...
... LETTERS ON MYTHOLOGY . TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF C. A. DEMOUSTIER . LETTER XII . You are well acquainted , my Emilia , with the numerous race of our modern Midas , who boast themselves to be in possession of learning and talents ...
Side 13
... LETTER XIII . While Apollo extended in distant regions the empire of the fine arts , terror and desolation reigned at the foot of Mount Parnassus . Juno , enraged at seeing Jupiter bring forth Minerva without her aid , had struck the ...
... LETTER XIII . While Apollo extended in distant regions the empire of the fine arts , terror and desolation reigned at the foot of Mount Parnassus . Juno , enraged at seeing Jupiter bring forth Minerva without her aid , had struck the ...
Side 19
... letters , messages , burthens , and make out to procure a comfortable subsistence ; and some of them , something more . There was one of these , whose name was Isaac . He was called Isaac the croyer . He seemed to be at the top of his ...
... letters , messages , burthens , and make out to procure a comfortable subsistence ; and some of them , something more . There was one of these , whose name was Isaac . He was called Isaac the croyer . He seemed to be at the top of his ...
Side 35
... LETTERS FROM A GENTLEMAN OF RANK AND TASTE , TO A LADY OF QUALITY . LETTER IV . HAVING detained your ladyship so long in the east , where the splendor of fashion's most gorgeous courts has put forth all its magnificence to attract your ...
... LETTERS FROM A GENTLEMAN OF RANK AND TASTE , TO A LADY OF QUALITY . LETTER IV . HAVING detained your ladyship so long in the east , where the splendor of fashion's most gorgeous courts has put forth all its magnificence to attract your ...
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Side 231 - Unto the general disposition ; As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.
Side 311 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Side 229 - THE merit of this prince, both in private and public life, may, with advantage, be set in opposition to that of any monarch or citizen, which the annals of any age or any nation can present to us. He seems, indeed, to be the complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage or wise man, the philosophers have been fond of delineating...
Side 207 - Now from all parts the swelling kennels flow. And bear their trophies with them as they go : Filths of all hues and odours seem to tell What street they sail'd from by their sight and smell. They, as each torrent drives, with rapid force, From Smithfield or St 'Pulchre's shape their course, And in huge confluence join'd at Snowhill ridge, Fall from the conduit prone to Holborn bridge. Sweepings from butchers...
Side 207 - Ah ! where must needy poet seek for aid, When dust and rain at once his coat invade ? Sole coat, where dust, cemented by the rain, Erects the nap, and leaves a cloudy stain. Now in contiguous drops the flood comes down, Threatening with deluge this devoted town.
Side 207 - Sweepings from Butchers Stalls, Dung, Guts, and Blood, Drown'd Puppies, stinking Sprats, all drench'd in Mud, Dead Cats and Turnip-Tops, come tumbling down the Flood.
Side 332 - When courts are happiness, unhappy pawns! His cottage low and safely humble gate Shuts out proud Fortune, with her scorns and fawns. No feared treason breaks his quiet sleep ; Singing all day, his flocks he learns to keep, Himself as innocent as are his simple sheep. No Serian worms he knows, that with their thread Draw out their silken lives — nor silken pride: His lambs...
Side 59 - Housholdstuff, had so mixed it self with the turns and steps of all his Dances, that though in that Chamber he could Dance excellently well, yet it was only whilst that Trunk was there, nor could he perform well in any other place, unless that, or some such other Trunk had its due position in the Room.
Side 45 - Wouldst see nests of new roses grow In a bed of reverend snow? Warm thoughts, free spirits flattering Winter's self into a spring? In sum, wouldst see a man that can Live to be old, and still a man?
Side 257 - Catholics shed torrents of tears ; and presently beginning to cross themselves, with unfeigned devotion, asked if they might be permitted to take off the covering from their feet, and proceed barefooted to the Holy Sepulchre. " We had not been prepared for the grandeur of the spectacle which the city exhibited.