The Guardian, Band 1J. Tonson, 1714 |
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... tell you I have not obferved in any Man a greater Candour and Simplicity of Mind than in your felf You are a Man that are not incli- ned to launch into the World , but prefer Security and Eafe in a Collegiate or Single Life , to going ...
... tell you I have not obferved in any Man a greater Candour and Simplicity of Mind than in your felf You are a Man that are not incli- ned to launch into the World , but prefer Security and Eafe in a Collegiate or Single Life , to going ...
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... tell you which Horfe will ' win the Match , and which Cock the Battel ; and if you are of another Opinion , will lay you what you please on their own , and ' tis odds but you lofe . What I fear to be the greatest Prejudice to them , is ...
... tell you which Horfe will ' win the Match , and which Cock the Battel ; and if you are of another Opinion , will lay you what you please on their own , and ' tis odds but you lofe . What I fear to be the greatest Prejudice to them , is ...
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... tell you that Sappho , Anacreon , and Horace- in fome of his fhorter Lyricks , are the Compleateft Mo. dels of little Odes or Sonnets . You will find them ge- nerally pursuing a fingle Thought in their Songs , which is driven to a Point ...
... tell you that Sappho , Anacreon , and Horace- in fome of his fhorter Lyricks , are the Compleateft Mo. dels of little Odes or Sonnets . You will find them ge- nerally pursuing a fingle Thought in their Songs , which is driven to a Point ...
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... tell what to do with . Love indeed might occafion fome Rivalships amongst them , be- cause many Lovers fix upon one Object , for the Lofs of which they will be fatisfied with no Compenfation . O therwise it was a State of Eafe ...
... tell what to do with . Love indeed might occafion fome Rivalships amongst them , be- cause many Lovers fix upon one Object , for the Lofs of which they will be fatisfied with no Compenfation . O therwise it was a State of Eafe ...
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... tell him why he is pleased . THE first Reafon is , because all Mankind loves Ease . Though Ambition and Avarice employ moft Mens : Thoughts , they are fuch uneafie Habits , that we do not indulge them out of Choice , but from fome ...
... tell him why he is pleased . THE first Reafon is , because all Mankind loves Ease . Though Ambition and Avarice employ moft Mens : Thoughts , they are fuch uneafie Habits , that we do not indulge them out of Choice , but from fome ...
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affure againſt agreeable almoft Anſwer Archbishop of Cambray Beauty becauſe befides beft Cafe Caufe Character Chriftian Circumftances confider Confideration Converfation Defign defire Delight Difcourfe eafie Eftate Eyes faid fame feems feen felf felves fent feveral fhall fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon Fortune fpeak Friend ftill fuch fufficient fuppofed fure Gentleman give greateſt Guardian Happineſs hath Heart himſelf Honour Houfe Houſe Humble Servant Inftances Intereft IRONSIDE juft King Lady laft leaft lefs live Lizard Love Madam Mankind manner Mind moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary never Number obferve Occafion paffed Paffion Paftoral Perfon pleafing pleaſed Pleaſure poffible prefent Publick purchaſe racter raiſed Reafon Religion reprefented Scaron ſelf Senfe ſhall ſhe Soul thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Thoughts ufual Underſtanding univerfal uſeful Vifit Virgil Virtue whofe World young
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Seite 135 - From the several characters that were given, and the exceptions that were made, as this or that gentleman happened to be named, I found that a lady is not difficult to be pleased, and that the town swarms with fine gentlemen. A nimble pair of heels, a smooth complexion, a full-bottom wig, a laced shirt, an embroidered suit, a pair of fringed gloves, a hat and feather; any one or more of these and the like...
Seite 14 - As they hired people to rail at him in that circumstance to make him as humble as they could, we have fellows to flatter him, and make him as proud as they can.
Seite 97 - Besides the Decency of this Rule, it is certainly founded in good Policy. A Man who talks of any thing he is already famous for, has little to get, but a great deal to lose.
Seite 263 - Providence hath with a bountiful hand prepared variety of pleasures for the various stages of life. It behoves us 'not to be wanting to ourselves, in forwarding the intention of nature, by the culture of our minds...
Seite 203 - Having by an habitual reflection on these truths made them familiar, the effect is, that I, among a number of persons who have debauched their natural taste, see things in a peculiar light, which I have arrived at, not by any uncommon force of genius, or acquired knowledge, but only by unlearning the false notions instilled by custom and education.
Seite 68 - I remember about thirty years ago, an eminent divine, who was also most exactly well-bred, told his congregation at Whitehall, that if they did not vouchsafe to give .their lives a new turn, they must certainly go to a place which he did not think fit to name in that courtly audience.
Seite 85 - And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures...
Seite 45 - Senses, delightful in the Operation, may be taken at all Hours without Confinement, and is as properly given at a Ball or Playhouse as in a private Chamber. It restores and vivifies the most dejected Minds, corrects and extracts all that is painful in the Knowledge of a Man's self.
Seite 133 - A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.