An Asylum for Fugitive Pieces: In Prose and Verse, Not in Any Other Collection, with Several Pieces Never Before Published, Volume 4J. Debrett, 1798 - English literature |
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... pleasure , but could not master that ftrength of mind with which he argued ; and it was with great fatisfaction that he communicated to me afterwards a method of curing corns by applying a piece of oiled filk . In the early history of ...
... pleasure , but could not master that ftrength of mind with which he argued ; and it was with great fatisfaction that he communicated to me afterwards a method of curing corns by applying a piece of oiled filk . In the early history of ...
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... pleasure This fond heart no more must know ; Can it beat to mirth's gay measure , All its ftrings attun'd to woe ? No - the mind by hope forfaken , But of forrow feeks relief ; Joy no tranfport can awaken- Sighs muft number out its ...
... pleasure This fond heart no more must know ; Can it beat to mirth's gay measure , All its ftrings attun'd to woe ? No - the mind by hope forfaken , But of forrow feeks relief ; Joy no tranfport can awaken- Sighs muft number out its ...
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... the poet : fay , ye critics , what bard could fo beautifully modernife Horace and Mace- nas , at Brundufium , as the noble author of THE EXCUR- SION TO WEYMOUTH ? EXCUR EXCURSION ΤΟ WEYMOUTH . SINCE it is your pleasure that [ 56 ]
... the poet : fay , ye critics , what bard could fo beautifully modernife Horace and Mace- nas , at Brundufium , as the noble author of THE EXCUR- SION TO WEYMOUTH ? EXCUR EXCURSION ΤΟ WEYMOUTH . SINCE it is your pleasure that [ 56 ]
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... pleasure that I should write In fuch a way as gives delight , I will immediately begin , And boldly dafh through thick and thin . Left that my fervants fhould not wake , I frequently my flumbers break , And strike my watch at every hour ...
... pleasure that I should write In fuch a way as gives delight , I will immediately begin , And boldly dafh through thick and thin . Left that my fervants fhould not wake , I frequently my flumbers break , And strike my watch at every hour ...
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... It gave their Majefties much pleasure , To be eye - witnefs of this measure.— I crave your pardon for this fmall digreffion , The fact was fresh , fo made the more impreffion . But But to return - I from the chaise got out [ 65 ]
... It gave their Majefties much pleasure , To be eye - witnefs of this measure.— I crave your pardon for this fmall digreffion , The fact was fresh , fo made the more impreffion . But But to return - I from the chaise got out [ 65 ]
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Page 8 - Sir, there is as much evidence for the existence of spirits as against it. You may not believe it, but you cannot deny it.
Page 7 - I endeavoured to defend a work which had afforded me so much pleasure, but could not master that strength of mind with which he argued ; and it was with great satisfaction that he communicated to me afterwards a method of curing corns by applying a piece of oiled silk. In the early history...
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Page 228 - For which reason I go scattering my water every where about Richmond. And now that I am upon this topic, I must cite you two lines of a letter from Bounce, of celebrated memory, to Fop, a dog in the country to a dog at court. She is giving an account of her generous offspring, among which she mentions two, far above the vice I now censure : ' One ushers friends to Bathurst's door, One fawns at Oxford's on the poor.
Page 6 - But, sir, as the poet says, ' he is devoid of all care.' " Pozz. " Yes, sir, he cares for nobody; he has none of the cares of life: he cannot be a merchant, sir, for he cannot write his name; he cannot be a politician, sir, for he cannot talk; he cannot be an artist, sir, for he cannot see; and yet, sir, there is science in drinking." Bozz. " I suppose you mean that a man ought to know what he drinks.
Page 5 - Sir, I would ask him how he got his corn in, and whether his wife was with child ; but I would not talk politics." Bozz. " But perhaps, Sir, he would talk of nothing else." Pozz. " Then, Sir, it is plain what he would do.
Page 6 - I begged he would repeat this, that I might remember it, and he complied with great good humour. " Dr. Pozz," said I, "you ought to keep a coach.