The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq: Revised and Corrected, Volumen2John Nutt, and sold by John Morphew, 1712 |
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... Reason in what he afferted ; and he met me fince , and ac- cofted me in the following Manner : " It is won- derful to me , Mr. Bickerstaff , that you can pre- tend to be a Man of Penetration , and fall upon us Knights of the Industry as ...
... Reason in what he afferted ; and he met me fince , and ac- cofted me in the following Manner : " It is won- derful to me , Mr. Bickerstaff , that you can pre- tend to be a Man of Penetration , and fall upon us Knights of the Industry as ...
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... Reasons , we ought firmly to believe , that were thofe great Wits prefent to anfwer for themselves , we should to our Wonder be convinced , that we only are guilty of the Mi- flakes DS · fakes we before attributed to them . If you think ...
... Reasons , we ought firmly to believe , that were thofe great Wits prefent to anfwer for themselves , we should to our Wonder be convinced , that we only are guilty of the Mi- flakes DS · fakes we before attributed to them . If you think ...
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... Reason to expect very , fuddenly fome great Event . The TATLER . [ N ° 60 . From Thurfd . Aug. 25. to Saturd . Aug. 27. 1709 . T White's Chocolate - house , August 26 . O proceed regularly in the Hiftory of my Worthies , I ought to give ...
... Reason to expect very , fuddenly fome great Event . The TATLER . [ N ° 60 . From Thurfd . Aug. 25. to Saturd . Aug. 27. 1709 . T White's Chocolate - house , August 26 . O proceed regularly in the Hiftory of my Worthies , I ought to give ...
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... Reason for which you once defired us to excufe you when you feem'd any thing dull . Moft Writers , like the Generality of Paul Lorrain's Saints , feem to place a peculiar Vanity in dying hard . But you , Sir , to show a good Ex- ample l ...
... Reason for which you once defired us to excufe you when you feem'd any thing dull . Moft Writers , like the Generality of Paul Lorrain's Saints , feem to place a peculiar Vanity in dying hard . But you , Sir , to show a good Ex- ample l ...
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... Reasons the most likely Perfon of their Ac- quaintance to receive these Propofals . Upon ' all other Accounts , he is the laft Man either of them would chufe , yet for this preferable to all the reft . They defire to know your Opinion ...
... Reasons the most likely Perfon of their Ac- quaintance to receive these Propofals . Upon ' all other Accounts , he is the laft Man either of them would chufe , yet for this preferable to all the reft . They defire to know your Opinion ...
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volumen2 Sir Richard Steele,Joseph Addison Vista completa - 1723 |
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Página 197 - THERE are two kinds of immortality; that which the soul really enjoys after this life, and that imaginary existence by which men live in their fame and reputation. The best and greatest actions have proceeded from the prospect of the one or the other of these; but my design is to treat only of those who have chiefly proposed to themselves the latter, as the principal reward of their labours. It was for...
Página 281 - His mother, between laughing and chiding, would have put him out of the room; but I would not part with him so. I found upon conversation with him, though he was a little noisy in his mirth, that the child had excellent parts, and was a great master of all the learning on the other side eight years old.
Página 277 - The boys and girls strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child which loses the race to me runs back again to tell the father it is Mr.
Página 351 - I read in books or see among mankind, than such passages as represent human nature in its proper dignity. As man is a creature made up of different extremes, he has something in him very great and very mean.
Página 225 - I see you do not like the subject I am upon: let nothing provoke you to fall upon an imperfection he cannot help; for, if he has a resenting spirit, he will think your aversion as immoveable as the imperfection with which you upbraid him.
Página 57 - August 24. The author of the ensuing letter, by his name, and the quotations he makes from the ancients, seems a sort of spy from the old world, whom we moderns ought to be careful of offending; therefore I must be free, and own it a fair hit where he takes me, rather than disoblige him. • SIR, ' Having a peculiar humour of desiring to be . somewhat the better or wiser for what I read, I am always...
Página 197 - ... which Men live in their Fame and Reputation. The best and greatest Actions have proceeded from the Prospect of the one or the other of these; but my Design is to treat only of those who have chiefly proposed to themselves the latter as the principal Reward of their Labours. It was for this Reason that I excluded from my Tables of Fame all the great Founders and Votaries of Religion; and it is for this...
Página 105 - He never attempts your passions until he has convinced your reason. All the objections which he can form are laid open and dispersed before he uses the least vehemence in his sermon ; but when he thinks he has your head, he very soon wins your heart; and never pretends to show the beauty of holiness until he hath convinced you of the truth of it.
Página 277 - I am, as it were, at home at that house, and every member of it knows me for their wellwisher. I cannot, indeed, express the pleasure it is to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first when they think it is I that am knocking at the door...
Página 351 - Their business is, to depreciate human nature, and consider it under its worst appearances. They give mean interpretations and base motives to the worthiest actions : they resolve virtue and vice into constitution. In short, they endeavour to make no distinction between man and man, or between the species of men, and that of brutes.