The New spectator, with the sage opinions of John Bull, Utgåva 1–251784 |
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Sida 7
... seeing the peacock Abington in all the gaudy plumage of a theatric wardrobe ! Mils Farren always pleases the audience ; and if fhe is not fo much puffed in the papers as the charming Abington , " her ftate is the more graci- ous ...
... seeing the peacock Abington in all the gaudy plumage of a theatric wardrobe ! Mils Farren always pleases the audience ; and if fhe is not fo much puffed in the papers as the charming Abington , " her ftate is the more graci- ous ...
Sida 3
... see how deep it was , when she accidentally let the flower TRUTH drop into it . CURIOSITY was not at all concerned at the event ; for having ex- amined and smelled on the leaves , fhe was fatis- fied ; but REASON made great lamentation ...
... see how deep it was , when she accidentally let the flower TRUTH drop into it . CURIOSITY was not at all concerned at the event ; for having ex- amined and smelled on the leaves , fhe was fatis- fied ; but REASON made great lamentation ...
Sida 3
... See him hafting home at night , All adown the dusky dale , Heeding not the nightingale : His little children meet him on the way , And tell the fufferings of the long , long day ! Whilft he , with nature's fimple guile , Uses many a ...
... See him hafting home at night , All adown the dusky dale , Heeding not the nightingale : His little children meet him on the way , And tell the fufferings of the long , long day ! Whilft he , with nature's fimple guile , Uses many a ...
Sida 3
... seeing him on duty in Hyde Park , fhe , with fome friends , came up at the very moment he was caning an old foldier , and , on enquiry , finding it was more to indulge an in- human propensity , than from any real fault com- mitted by ...
... seeing him on duty in Hyde Park , fhe , with fome friends , came up at the very moment he was caning an old foldier , and , on enquiry , finding it was more to indulge an in- human propensity , than from any real fault com- mitted by ...
Sida 6
... see the comedy of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife , and the farce of the Sultan ; in both which pieces Mrs. Abington played with more than usual spirit . - Four of the Princeffes were alfo prefent ; but his Royal High- nefs the Prince of ...
... see the comedy of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife , and the farce of the Sultan ; in both which pieces Mrs. Abington played with more than usual spirit . - Four of the Princeffes were alfo prefent ; but his Royal High- nefs the Prince of ...
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Sida 8 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Sida 3 - My love is dead, Gone to his death-bed All under the willow tree. Black his hair as the winter night, White his skin as the summer snow, Red his face as the morning light; Cold he lies in the grave below. My love is dead, Gone to his death-bed, All under the willow-tree.
Sida 8 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Sida 7 - And Abraham arose, and went forth into the wilderness, and sought diligently for the man, and found him, and returned with him to the tent ; and when he had entreated him kindly, he sent him away on the morrow with gifts.
Sida 6 - Townshend, for ever on the rack of exertion, but rather lightened upon the subject, and reached the point by the flashings of the mind, which, like those of his eye, were felt but could not be followed. Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform...
Sida 6 - Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way. And the man said, Nay ; for I will abide under this tree.
Sida 4 - ... which are the overflowings of faculties they never enjoyed. Perfectly unconfcious that they are indebted to their ftupidity for the confiftency of their conduct, they plume themfelves on an imaginary virtue, which has its origin in what is really their difgrace. — Let fuch, if fuch dare approach the...
Sida 4 - The beauty of women is considerably owing to their weakness or delicacy, and is even enhanced by their timidity, . a quality of mind analogous to it.
Sida 3 - The envied lot of wealth denies ; If doom'd to drag life's painful load Through Poverty's uneven road, And, for the due bread of the day...
Sida 6 - a man bent with age, coming from the way of the wildernefs leaning on a ftaff.