The Guardian, Volum 1J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1747 |
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Pàgina 12
... Writer , is sub- fcribed Johannes Ward de Civitat . Ceftria , Etat . fuæ 58. An . Dom . 1706. The ferene Aspect of thefe Writers , join'd with the great Encou- ragement I obferve is given to another , or , what is indeed to be fufpected ...
... Writer , is sub- fcribed Johannes Ward de Civitat . Ceftria , Etat . fuæ 58. An . Dom . 1706. The ferene Aspect of thefe Writers , join'd with the great Encou- ragement I obferve is given to another , or , what is indeed to be fufpected ...
Pàgina 27
... writing an Heroick Poem , as making a fervent Prayer . When Men are thus low and narrow in their Appre- henfions of things , and at the fame time vain , they are naturally led to think every thing they do not understand , not to be ...
... writing an Heroick Poem , as making a fervent Prayer . When Men are thus low and narrow in their Appre- henfions of things , and at the fame time vain , they are naturally led to think every thing they do not understand , not to be ...
Pàgina 28
... Writers as this , who has no Spirit but that of Malice , pretend to inform the Age , Mohocks and Cut - throats may well fet up for Wits and Men of Pleasure . IT will be perhaps expected , that I should produce fome Inftances of the ill ...
... Writers as this , who has no Spirit but that of Malice , pretend to inform the Age , Mohocks and Cut - throats may well fet up for Wits and Men of Pleasure . IT will be perhaps expected , that I should produce fome Inftances of the ill ...
Pàgina 31
... Writer not to be mercenary , yet the great Man is no more in Reafon obliged to thank him for his Picture in a Dedication , than to thank a Painter for that on a Sign - Poft ; except it be a lefs Injury to touch the most Sacred Part of ...
... Writer not to be mercenary , yet the great Man is no more in Reafon obliged to thank him for his Picture in a Dedication , than to thank a Painter for that on a Sign - Poft ; except it be a lefs Injury to touch the most Sacred Part of ...
Pàgina 32
... Writers think it will be most pleasing to others to compliment them with , one may form fome Judgment which are most fo to themselves ; and , in confequence , what fort of People they Without this View one can read very few Dedications ...
... Writers think it will be most pleasing to others to compliment them with , one may form fome Judgment which are most fo to themselves ; and , in confequence , what fort of People they Without this View one can read very few Dedications ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 240 - Excellent wretch ! Perdition catch my soul, But I do love thee ! and when I love thee not Chaos is come again.
Pàgina 342 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Pàgina 409 - French never so little, it is not to be conceived to what unheard-of torments owls, cats, and frogs may be yet reserved.
Pàgina 409 - However it be, I don't know, I say, why this prejudice, well improved and carried as far as it would go, might not be made to conduce to the preservation of many innocent creatures, which are now exposed to all the wantonness of an ignorant barbarity.
Pàgina 407 - I CANNOT think it extravagant to imagine, that mankind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings, than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species.
Pàgina 452 - I myself remember king Charles the Second leaning on Tom D'Urfey's shoulder more than once, and humming over a song with him.
Pàgina 474 - ... whom they may devour. To unriddle this paradox, I must acquaint my rural reader, that we polite men of the town give the name of a lion to any one that is a great man's spy.
Pàgina 35 - ... appropriated to the honour of the Deity are applied to a mortal of good quality. As I am naturally emulous, I cannot but endeavour, in imitation of this lady, to be the inventor, or, at...
Pàgina 524 - FOR THE MACHINES. Take of Deities, male and female, as many as you can use. Separate them into two equal parts, and keep Jupiter in the middle. Let Juno put him in a ferment, and Venus mollify him. Remember, on all occasions, to make use of volatile Mercury.
Pàgina 532 - He is slighted in men's conversation, overlooked in their assemblies, and beaten at their doors. But from whence, alas, has he this treatment? from a creature that has only the supply of, but not an exemption from, the wants for which he despises him.