The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, that Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, Volume 15Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott James Ridgway, 1812 Being an impartial selection of the most exquisite essays and jeux d'esprits, principally prose, that appear in the newspapers and other publications. |
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... things should be in such a country as this but I have for some time observed , and you know I am a pretty close observer , that the Editors of two or three of the London Journals have of late been af- flicted with a train of disorders ...
... things should be in such a country as this but I have for some time observed , and you know I am a pretty close observer , that the Editors of two or three of the London Journals have of late been af- flicted with a train of disorders ...
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... thing itself ,. a very good sort of man so distressed by an overflow- ing of the bile as to become captious , uncandid , and a lover of contradiction ; but he must be affected by some influence more deplorable than bile , when he takes ...
... thing itself ,. a very good sort of man so distressed by an overflow- ing of the bile as to become captious , uncandid , and a lover of contradiction ; but he must be affected by some influence more deplorable than bile , when he takes ...
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... thing which is always thought excusable ; but I apprehend it arises from another circumstance , which I wish to plead in fa- vour of the gentlemen of the pole and lantern . Per- haps , after all , our magistrates are to blame in this ...
... thing which is always thought excusable ; but I apprehend it arises from another circumstance , which I wish to plead in fa- vour of the gentlemen of the pole and lantern . Per- haps , after all , our magistrates are to blame in this ...
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... things to be carefully attended to . I shall produce an example . When Mr. Dogberry , who , I presume , was in the commission of the peace , was giving this important advice to the constable of the night , and the watch- men , among ...
... things to be carefully attended to . I shall produce an example . When Mr. Dogberry , who , I presume , was in the commission of the peace , was giving this important advice to the constable of the night , and the watch- men , among ...
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... thing never dies . " On this ac- count , I rejoice at the admirable precedent they must leave behind them . It will now be impossible for any dealer , whether in theatrical or other wares , to de- mand any price but what the mob may ...
... thing never dies . " On this ac- count , I rejoice at the admirable precedent they must leave behind them . It will now be impossible for any dealer , whether in theatrical or other wares , to de- mand any price but what the mob may ...
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Page 249 - AIR. From hardy sports, from manly schools, From Truth's pure lore in Learning's bower* From equal Law alike that rules The people's will, the monarch's power; From Piety, whose soul sincere Fears God, and knows no other fear ; From Loyalty, whose high disdain Turns from the fawning, faithless train ; From deeds the Historian's records show, . Valour's renown, and Freedom's glow, "Tis hence that springs the unconquered fire, That bids to Glory's heights aspire.
Page 163 - ... battle, Tooth and nail strove to worry him out of his life ; He robb'd him of children, slaves, houses, and cattle, But, mark me, he ne'er thought of taking his wife. But heaven at length Job's forbearance rewards, At length double wealth, double honor arrives, He doubles his children, slaves, houses, and herds, But we don't hear a word of a couple of wives.
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