History of John Bull. Essays. PoetryJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... heart , unto poor babes , in tearing from them the half - eaten apples , which they privily munched at church . But verily it pitied me , for I remembered the days of my youth . Thirdly , With the sweat of my own hands , I did make make ...
... heart , unto poor babes , in tearing from them the half - eaten apples , which they privily munched at church . But verily it pitied me , for I remembered the days of my youth . Thirdly , With the sweat of my own hands , I did make make ...
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... heart , neither would I at any sea- son mingle myself in the societies of fanaticks , whom I from my infancy abhorred more than the heathen or gentile . It was in these days I bethought myself , that that much profit might accrue unto ...
... heart , neither would I at any sea- son mingle myself in the societies of fanaticks , whom I from my infancy abhorred more than the heathen or gentile . It was in these days I bethought myself , that that much profit might accrue unto ...
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... hearts of our generals and our lawgivers ; and from henceforth , even as as we devised , thus did they . [ After this , the book is turned on a sudden from his own life to a history of all the publick transac- tions of Europe , compiled ...
... hearts of our generals and our lawgivers ; and from henceforth , even as as we devised , thus did they . [ After this , the book is turned on a sudden from his own life to a history of all the publick transac- tions of Europe , compiled ...
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... hearts favour gallants , and the pretenders to married women ; for The queen of Charles II of Spain , upon whose death without issue the war broke out . VOL . XVII . M if if the true legal foundation of the married state be JOHN BULL . 161.
... hearts favour gallants , and the pretenders to married women ; for The queen of Charles II of Spain , upon whose death without issue the war broke out . VOL . XVII . M if if the true legal foundation of the married state be JOHN BULL . 161.
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... heart upon it ; it is like an only child ; I cannot endure it should miscarry ; for God's sake consider only to what a dismal condition old Lewis is brought . He is at an end of all his cash ; his attorneys have hardly one trick left ...
... heart upon it ; it is like an only child ; I cannot endure it should miscarry ; for God's sake consider only to what a dismal condition old Lewis is brought . He is at an end of all his cash ; his attorneys have hardly one trick left ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 419 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 419 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 115 - Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light, Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or...
Seite 111 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Seite 471 - Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Seite 106 - Methinks already I your tears survey, Already hear the horrid things they say, Already see you a degraded toast, And all your honour in a whisper lost! How shall I then your helpless fame defend? 'Twill then be infamy to seem your friend! And shall this prize, th...
Seite 418 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 113 - Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears. ) "Boast not my fall
Seite 461 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE; Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY; His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Seite 418 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year...