The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volum 2J.N. and sold by E. Nutt, 1710 |
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Pàgina 5
... himself : He has no Commerce with the reft of Mankind , but as they are the Objects of Imitation ; like the In- dian Fowl , called the Mock - Bird , who has no Note of his own , but hits every Sound in the Wood as foon as he hears it ...
... himself : He has no Commerce with the reft of Mankind , but as they are the Objects of Imitation ; like the In- dian Fowl , called the Mock - Bird , who has no Note of his own , but hits every Sound in the Wood as foon as he hears it ...
Pàgina 15
... himself , that he makes his Court at large : If you won't give him a great Employ- ment , he will be glad of a little one . He has fo great a Deference for his Benefactor's Judg- ment , that as he thinks himself fit for any Thing he can ...
... himself , that he makes his Court at large : If you won't give him a great Employ- ment , he will be glad of a little one . He has fo great a Deference for his Benefactor's Judg- ment , that as he thinks himself fit for any Thing he can ...
Pàgina 18
... himself into Return of Defire and Paffion for his Wife , by the Contemplation of her excel- lent Qualities , his great Obligations to her , and the high Value he faw all the World except himself did put upon her . But fuch is Man's un ...
... himself into Return of Defire and Paffion for his Wife , by the Contemplation of her excel- lent Qualities , his great Obligations to her , and the high Value he faw all the World except himself did put upon her . But fuch is Man's un ...
Pàgina 22
... himself as the greatest of Lovers , not as the first of Princes : And then let him fay a more tender Thing than ever Man faid before - For his Feather and Eagle's Beak are nothing at all . The Man is to be expreffed by his Sentiments ...
... himself as the greatest of Lovers , not as the first of Princes : And then let him fay a more tender Thing than ever Man faid before - For his Feather and Eagle's Beak are nothing at all . The Man is to be expreffed by his Sentiments ...
Pàgina 25
... himself to be upon his Guard , and not permit ted his vagrant Eye ' to let in fo many different Inclinations upon him , as all his Days he has been perplex'd with . But indeed , at present he has brought himself to be confin'd only to ...
... himself to be upon his Guard , and not permit ted his vagrant Eye ' to let in fo many different Inclinations upon him , as all his Days he has been perplex'd with . But indeed , at present he has brought himself to be confin'd only to ...
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Pàgina 168 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
Pàgina 227 - Among those who were far advanced in their way, there were some that by one false step fell backward, and lost more ground in a moment than they had gained for many hours, or could be ever able to recover. We were now advanced very high, and observed that all the different paths which ran about the sides of the mountain began to meet in two great roads: which insensibly gathered the whole multitude of travellers into two great bodies. At a little...
Pàgina 117 - My beloved! and the words grace ! regeneration! sanctification! a new light! the day! the day! ay, my beloved, the day! or rather the night! the night is coming!
Pàgina 117 - ... so much concern for them as to give them all the additional force they were able, it is not possible that nonsense should have so many hearers as you find it has in dissenting congregations, for no reason in the world but because it is spoken extempore. For ordinary minds are wholly governed by their eyes and ears, and there is no way to come at their hearts, but by power over their imaginations.
Pàgina 325 - Every moment of her life brings me fresh instances of her complacency to my inclinations, and her prudence in regard to my fortune. Her face is to me much more beautiful than when I first saw it; there is no decay in any feature which I cannot trace from the very instant it was occasioned by some anxious concern for my welfare and interests.
Pàgina 67 - His allowance from his father was a very plentiful one for a man of sense, but as scanty for a modern fine gentleman. His frequent losses had reduced him to so necessitous a condition, that his lodgings were always haunted by impatient creditors; and all his thoughts employed in contriving low methods to support himself in a way of life from which he knew not how to retreat, and In which he wanted means to proceed. There is never wanting some...
Pàgina 328 - for being the champion of England; and by this means had his thoughts insensibly moulded into the notions of discretion, virtue, and honour. I was extolling his accomplishments, when the mother told me, that the little girl who led me in this morning was in her way a better scholar than he. "Betty...
Pàgina 322 - THERE are several persons who have many pleasures and entertainments in their possession, which they do not enjoy. It is, therefore, a kind and good office to acquaint them with their own happiness, and turn their attention to such instances of their good fortune as they are apt to overlook.
Pàgina 398 - That it should come to this! But two months dead! Nay, not so much, not two. So excellent a king, that was to this Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Pàgina 337 - ... larger stature than ordinary approaching towards him. One of them had a very noble air, and graceful deportment ; her...