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Side 31
་ 6 " " or two at my Butt which I thought very smart , when my ill Genius , who I verily believe infpir'd him purely ' for my Destruction , fuggested to him fuch a Reply , as got all the Laughter on his Side . I was dafhed at fo ...
་ 6 " " or two at my Butt which I thought very smart , when my ill Genius , who I verily believe infpir'd him purely ' for my Destruction , fuggested to him fuch a Reply , as got all the Laughter on his Side . I was dafhed at fo ...
Side 40
... Thought is carried much farther in the New Testament , where our Saviour tells us in a moft pathetick manner , that he shall hereafter re- gard the Clothing of the Naked , the Feeding of the Hungry , and the Vifiting of the Imprifoned ...
... Thought is carried much farther in the New Testament , where our Saviour tells us in a moft pathetick manner , that he shall hereafter re- gard the Clothing of the Naked , the Feeding of the Hungry , and the Vifiting of the Imprifoned ...
Side 42
... thought an abandoned Man , as to his Morals . Your own Imagination will fay enough to you con- cerning the Condition of me his Wife ; and I wish you would be fo good as to represent to him , for he is not ill - natured and reads you ...
... thought an abandoned Man , as to his Morals . Your own Imagination will fay enough to you con- cerning the Condition of me his Wife ; and I wish you would be fo good as to represent to him , for he is not ill - natured and reads you ...
Side 43
... Thoughts on this important Subject will have the greatest Reward , that which defcends on such as ' feel the Sorrows of the Afflicted . Give me leave to [ subscribe my self , 6 " ་ Your unfortunate Humble Servant , CELINDA . I had it in ...
... Thoughts on this important Subject will have the greatest Reward , that which defcends on such as ' feel the Sorrows of the Afflicted . Give me leave to [ subscribe my self , 6 " ་ Your unfortunate Humble Servant , CELINDA . I had it in ...
Side 46
... Thoughts occur in a Point of Hu- mour , which a difcreet Author in Modefty fuppreffes ; how many Strokes of Rallery prefent themselves , which could not fail to please the ordinary , Taste of Mankind , but are ftifled in their Birth by ...
... Thoughts occur in a Point of Hu- mour , which a difcreet Author in Modefty fuppreffes ; how many Strokes of Rallery prefent themselves , which could not fail to please the ordinary , Taste of Mankind , but are ftifled in their Birth by ...
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Side 305 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Side 103 - If exercise throws off all superfluities, temperance prevents them ; if exercise clears the vessels, temperance neither satiates nor overstrains them; if exercise raises proper ferments in the humours, and promotes...
Side 106 - If we consider these ancient sages, a great part of whose philosophy consisted in a temperate and abstemious course of life, one would think the life of a philosopher and the life of a man were of two different dates.
Side 212 - IF we look abroad upon the great multitude of mankind, and endeavour to trace out the principles of action in every individual, it will, I think...
Side 207 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Side 222 - Athenians, with what wonderful art are almost all the different tempers of mankind represented in that elegant audience? You see one credulous of all that is said; another wrapt up in deep suspense; another saying, there is some reason in what he says; another angry that the apostle destroys a favourite opinion which he is unwilling to give up; another wholly convinced, and holding out his hands in rapture; while the generality attend, and wait for the opinion of those who are of leading characters...
Side 60 - To justify this assertion, I shall put my reader in mind of Horace, the greatest wit and critic in the Augustan age ; and of Boileau, the most correct poet among the moderns ; not to mention La Fontaine, who by this way of writing is come more into vogue than any other author of our times.
Side 89 - I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast.
Side 63 - Pain of the vicious part of that species which was given up to them. But upon examining to which of them any individual they met with belonged, they found each of them had a right to him ; for that, contrary...
Side 217 - When these have pointed out to us which course we may lawfully steer, it is no harm to set out all our sail; if the storms and tempests of adversity should rise upon us, and not suffer us to make the haven where we would be, it will however prove no small consolation to us in these circumstances, that we have neither mistaken our course, nor fallen into calamities of our own procuring. Religion therefore (were we to...