The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, כרך 31754 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 78
עמוד
... whole Art feems to be refolved into that one Motive of Speaking , Sincerity in the Intention . The graceful Manner , the apt Gesture , and the affumed Concern , are impotent Helps to Perfuafion , in Comparison of the honeft Countenance ...
... whole Art feems to be refolved into that one Motive of Speaking , Sincerity in the Intention . The graceful Manner , the apt Gesture , and the affumed Concern , are impotent Helps to Perfuafion , in Comparison of the honeft Countenance ...
עמוד 3
... whole Performance ; for I must confefs , that I have naturally fo ftrong a Defire of Praise , that I cannot bear Reproach , though from a Piece of Timber . As for Punch , who takes all Opportunities of befpattering me , I know very well ...
... whole Performance ; for I must confefs , that I have naturally fo ftrong a Defire of Praise , that I cannot bear Reproach , though from a Piece of Timber . As for Punch , who takes all Opportunities of befpattering me , I know very well ...
עמוד 7
... whole Court of Judicature with a kind of filken Rotunda , in its Form not unlike the Cupola of St. Paul's . I enter'd upon the whole Cause with great Sa- tisfaction as I fat under the Shadow of it . THE Counsel for the Petticoat was now ...
... whole Court of Judicature with a kind of filken Rotunda , in its Form not unlike the Cupola of St. Paul's . I enter'd upon the whole Cause with great Sa- tisfaction as I fat under the Shadow of it . THE Counsel for the Petticoat was now ...
עמוד 11
... whole Evening . BUT fince in Hiftory , Events are of a mixed Na- ture , and often happen alike to the Worthlefs and the Deferving , infomuch that we frequently fee a virtuous Man dying in the Midft of Difappointments and Calami- ties ...
... whole Evening . BUT fince in Hiftory , Events are of a mixed Na- ture , and often happen alike to the Worthlefs and the Deferving , infomuch that we frequently fee a virtuous Man dying in the Midft of Difappointments and Calami- ties ...
עמוד 15
... . Dodwell's Book against the Immorta- lity of the Soul , which would be of great Confolation to our whole Fraternity , who would be very glad to find that they they are dead for good and all , and would No 118 IS The TATLER .
... . Dodwell's Book against the Immorta- lity of the Soul , which would be of great Confolation to our whole Fraternity , who would be very glad to find that they they are dead for good and all , and would No 118 IS The TATLER .
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admired Affembly againſt agreeable antient appear arife aſked beautiful becauſe beſt Bickerstaff caft Cenfor Circumftances Company confefs confider Confideration Converfation Correfpondents Defign defired Difcourfe diſcover Drefs Eyes fafe faid fame Favour fays feems feen felf fent feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething foon fpeaking Friend ftand ftill fuch fure Gentleman give greateſt herſelf himſelf Honour Houfe Houſe Hufband Humour impoffible Inftance Inftruments itſelf juft Lady laft lefs Letter likewife live look Love Mafter Mankind Manner Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary Number obferve Occafion ourſelves paffed Paffion Perfons Petticoat pleafed pleaſed Pleaſure Poet poffible prefent proper publick racter raiſed Reaſon received Refpect reprefented ſee ſeems Senfe ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sheer-Lane ſpeak Tatler thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand ufual underſtand uſe Vifit Virtue whofe whole Wife Woman World
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 283 - She was a very beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport; which...
עמוד 284 - ... departure. Who can have lived in an army, and in a serious hour reflect upon the many gay and agreeable men that might long have flourished in the arts of peace, and not join with the imprecations of the fatherless and widow on the tyrant to whose ambition they fell sacrifices...
עמוד 283 - The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo, and receives impressions so forcible, that they are as hard to be removed by reason, as any mark with which a child is born is to be taken away by any future application.
עמוד 172 - Postman, and that he would take two or three turns to the other end of the town before his neighbours were up, to see if there were any Dutch mails come in. He had a wife and several children, but was much more inquisitive to know what passed in Poland than in his own family, and was in greater pain and anxiety of mind for king Augustus's welfare than that of his nearest relations.
עמוד 283 - The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me.
עמוד 282 - ... cast a melancholy thought or two after those with whom, perhaps, we have indulged ourselves in whole nights of mirth and jollity.
עמוד 134 - Jupiter as he sat upon his throne, and the other on his left. The first was filled with all the blessings, and the other with all the calamities, of human life. Jupiter, in the...
עמוד 13 - ... height upon such a range of rocks, as would have dashed her into ten thousand pieces had her body been made of adamant. It is much easier for my reader to imagine my state of mind upon such an occasion than for me to express it. I said to myself, It is not in the power of heaven to relieve me! when I awaked, equally transported and astonished, to see myself drawn out of an affliction which, the very moment before, appeared to me altogether inextricable.
עמוד 39 - ... several days with great toil and uneasiness, and without the necessary refreshments of food and sleep. The only relief they met with, was in a river that ran through the bottom of the valley on a bed of golden sand. They often drank of...
עמוד 153 - The memory of an old visiting lady is so filled with gloves, silks, and ribbands, that I can look upon it as nothing else but a toy-shop. A matron of my acquaintance, complaining of her daughter's vanity, was observing, that she had all of a...