An English Green Box, Or, The Green Box of the R---t H--------e E-----d L--d Churllow: Given by the Celebrated Mrs. Harvey to Roger O'Tickle ... with Occasional Remarks by the Editor : Dedicated to the Right Hon. Edward Lord Thurlow, Lord High Chancellor of England, &cG. Kearsly, 1779 - 102 pàgines |
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Pàgina viii
... fuch , and to twit them in the teeth with being upstarts , creatures of the day , tools of power , & c . & c . & c . & c . ) fay , my Lord , that befides this , it is well known your Lordship is Keeper of the K - ' s Confcience , and ...
... fuch , and to twit them in the teeth with being upstarts , creatures of the day , tools of power , & c . & c . & c . & c . ) fay , my Lord , that befides this , it is well known your Lordship is Keeper of the K - ' s Confcience , and ...
Pàgina 14
... chance I flood of acting upon the auditory , when fuch eloquence could perfuade a third part only of the mem- bers prefent to be honeft and faithful to their trust . THE EDITOR . The EDITOR , in clofe imitation of the Count , [ 14 ]
... chance I flood of acting upon the auditory , when fuch eloquence could perfuade a third part only of the mem- bers prefent to be honeft and faithful to their trust . THE EDITOR . The EDITOR , in clofe imitation of the Count , [ 14 ]
Pàgina 19
... fuch there are ) who ftill are inclined to think that B. has outwitted C. in the contract , it will not be amifs to add , that the latter is allowed on all hands to be as cunning an old fox as ever carried a brush . The former ...
... fuch there are ) who ftill are inclined to think that B. has outwitted C. in the contract , it will not be amifs to add , that the latter is allowed on all hands to be as cunning an old fox as ever carried a brush . The former ...
Pàgina 28
... fuch like , I muft expatiate on the inundation of our failors - the great increase of our young officers - our alliance with the powerful Edi- tor of the Morning Poft ; with the Charcas , Cherokees , and Chickefaws ; and that which we ...
... fuch like , I muft expatiate on the inundation of our failors - the great increase of our young officers - our alliance with the powerful Edi- tor of the Morning Poft ; with the Charcas , Cherokees , and Chickefaws ; and that which we ...
Pàgina 29
... fuch mad allies ; but this must be done by progreffive hints ; a point blank declara- tion , like a furcharge of electrical vapour , will be too great a fhock for his conftitu- tion . 4th . I begin to think we should tempt his ...
... fuch mad allies ; but this must be done by progreffive hints ; a point blank declara- tion , like a furcharge of electrical vapour , will be too great a fhock for his conftitu- tion . 4th . I begin to think we should tempt his ...
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An English Green Box: Or, the Green Box of the R----t H----e E----d L----d ... Richard Tickell Visualització completa - 1779 |
An English Green Box: Or, the Green Box of the R-t H--e E--d L-d Churllow ... Richard Tickell Visualització completa - 1779 |
An English Green Box: Or, the Green Box of the R----t H----e E----d L----d ... Richard Tickell Visualització completa - 1779 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 90 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts: I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him: For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on...
Pàgina 82 - I fay this, I think every man of wit has a right to laugh at fools, who give offence, or at coxcombs, who are public nufances.
Pàgina 81 - Not to be credited when he mall tell the " truth." . The character of a liar is at once fo hateful and contemptible, that even of thofe who have loft their virtue it might be expected that from the violation of truth thc.y fliould be reftrained by their pride.
Pàgina 91 - The great, th' important day Big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. Again, Who knows not this, but what can Cato do Againft a world, a bafe degenerate world, That courts the yoke, and bows the neck to Car far ?" Pent up in Utica, he vainly forms A poor epitome of Roman greatnefj. This is the very echo of the couplet meafure.
Pàgina 80 - ... the creation of mankind. It is not the increase of vices inseparable from humanity that alarms us, the riots of the licentious, or the outrages of the profligate ; but it is the absence of that integrity, the neglect of that virtue, the contempt of that honour, which by connecting individuals formed society, and without which society can no longer subsist.
Pàgina 88 - Ofe me dementir, dis-moi ce que tu vaux, Conte -moi tes vertus, tes glorieux travaux, Les rares qualités par où tu m'as dû plaire, Et tout ce qui t'éleve au-defïus du vulgaire. Ma faveur fait ta gloire, & ton pouvoir en vient f , Elle feule t...
Pàgina 88 - C'est elle qu'on adore, et non pas ta personne ; Tu n'as crédit ni rang qu'autant qu'elle t'en donne ; Et pour te faire choir je n'aurais aujourd'hui Qu'à retirer la main qui seule est ton appui.
Pàgina 53 - My religion is satyrised in Italian — my politics in Spanish and Dutch — I hear Washington ridiculed in Russian, and myself in all the jargon of Germany — I cannot bear it — Make Europe civil to America, or I'll follow Silas Deane.
Pàgina 1 - Lodgings. From the French of the Hague edition. Revised and corrected by those of Leipsic and Amsterdam.
Pàgina 94 - The professed wit, either in life or on the stage is usually severe and satirical. But mirth is the source of Falstaff s wit.