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... asked him , " Pray , Sir , do you remember any good weather in the world ? " The country gentleman , - after ftaring a little at the fingularity of his man- her , and the oddity of the question , anfwered , Yes , Sir , I thank God , I ...
... asked him , " Pray , Sir , do you remember any good weather in the world ? " The country gentleman , - after ftaring a little at the fingularity of his man- her , and the oddity of the question , anfwered , Yes , Sir , I thank God , I ...
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... asked him if he was acquainted in Effex ; and let him know you was of the Quorum , and that I was your fon and heir ; but as for the family of the Claffics , I was fore there was no fuch in our county , nor none of any note : upon this ...
... asked him if he was acquainted in Effex ; and let him know you was of the Quorum , and that I was your fon and heir ; but as for the family of the Claffics , I was fore there was no fuch in our county , nor none of any note : upon this ...
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... asked how the doctor could fuf- fer the waiter to place fuch a ftinking chop be fore him . " Stinking ! " fays the doctor ; " in good truth I don't fmell it . " " I never fmelt any thing fo difagreeable in my life , ( fays the gen ...
... asked how the doctor could fuf- fer the waiter to place fuch a ftinking chop be fore him . " Stinking ! " fays the doctor ; " in good truth I don't fmell it . " " I never fmelt any thing fo difagreeable in my life , ( fays the gen ...
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... asked him many questions , but had no re- membrance of the circumftances he recapitulated . At length accident brought in his way an ancient domeftic , now a fuperannuated porter , who , con- fined to his lodge for 15 years , had barely ...
... asked him many questions , but had no re- membrance of the circumftances he recapitulated . At length accident brought in his way an ancient domeftic , now a fuperannuated porter , who , con- fined to his lodge for 15 years , had barely ...
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... asked him what he thought of a friend of ours , who was always making com- parifons .-- Pozz . " Sir , that fellow has a fimile for every thing but himself ; I knew him when he kept a fhop ; he then made money , fir , and . now he makes ...
... asked him what he thought of a friend of ours , who was always making com- parifons .-- Pozz . " Sir , that fellow has a fimile for every thing but himself ; I knew him when he kept a fhop ; he then made money , fir , and . now he makes ...
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Page 263 - The darksome pines, that o'er yon rocks reclin'd, Wave high, and murmur to the hollow wind, The wandering streams that shine between the hills, The grots that echo to the tinkling rills, The dying gales that pant upon the trees, The lakes that quiver to the curling breeze...
Page 98 - Stupified with the newly acquired power of changing his position, his limbs, like his tongue, refused, in spite of his efforts, to perform their office. At length he got through the formidable gate.
Page 255 - As war is the last of remedies, cuncta prius tentanda, all lawful expedients must be used to avoid it. As war is the extremity of evil, it is surely the duty of those whose station intrusts them with the care of nations, to avert it from their charge. There are diseases of animal nature which nothing but amputation can remove; so there may, by the depravation of human passions, be sometimes a gangrene in collective life for which fire and the sword are the necessary remedies; but in what can skill...
Page 13 - ... walk backward and forward at a good pace for half an hour or an hour, without speaking to any mortal, or seeming in the least to attend to anything that was going forward there.
Page 14 - than I can say ; I never remember any weather that was not too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Page 95 - Though art's hid caufes are not found, All is not fweet, all is not found. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes fimplicity a grace ; Robes loofely flowing, hair as free : Such fweet neglecT: more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art ; They ftrike mine eyes, but not my heart.
Page 256 - If he that shared the danger enjoyed the profit, and after bleeding in the battle grew rich by the victory, he might shew his gains without envy. But at the conclusion of a ten years...
Page 122 - ... that he communicated to me afterwards a method of curing corns by applying a piece of oiled silk.
Page 256 - These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich as their country is impoverished; they rejoice when obstinacy or ambition adds another year to slaughter and devastation ; and laugh from their desks at bravery and science, while they are adding figure to figure, and...
Page 22 - I humbly pray your excellency,' answered the prisoner, ' to recollect that anger is a short madness, and I hope allowances will be made by your holy council for words spoken in haste to a rebellious mule : the prophet Balaam was thrown off his guard with a simple ass, and what is an ass compared to a mule : if your excellency had seen the lovely creature that was screaming in...