The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot, Volume 1James Carlile, 1751 - 312 pages |
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... live . King Philip honour'd Demofthenes with the Title of the Rampart of Athens , ( an Appellation fuperior to any yet bestow'd upon our Craftsman ) and yet Demosthenes was fo far from being corrupted by his Compliment , Compliment ...
... live . King Philip honour'd Demofthenes with the Title of the Rampart of Athens , ( an Appellation fuperior to any yet bestow'd upon our Craftsman ) and yet Demosthenes was fo far from being corrupted by his Compliment , Compliment ...
Page 69
... live and die by Pudding . For what is a Clyfter , but a Bag - Pudding ; a Pill , but a Dumpling ; or a Bolus , but a Tanfy , tho ' not al- together fo Toothfome . In a word ; Phyfick is on- ly a Puddingizing or Cookery of Drugs . The ...
... live and die by Pudding . For what is a Clyfter , but a Bag - Pudding ; a Pill , but a Dumpling ; or a Bolus , but a Tanfy , tho ' not al- together fo Toothfome . In a word ; Phyfick is on- ly a Puddingizing or Cookery of Drugs . The ...
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... lives in Burlington - gardens , who has a Poetical Villa at Twickenham , and who fnores under a Canopy once a Week in a certain Cathedral in his Majefty's Dominions . I have somewhere feen ( I think in the Gallery of Luxembourg , ) a ...
... lives in Burlington - gardens , who has a Poetical Villa at Twickenham , and who fnores under a Canopy once a Week in a certain Cathedral in his Majefty's Dominions . I have somewhere feen ( I think in the Gallery of Luxembourg , ) a ...
Page 92
... lives chiefly upon his own Demefns , feldom , except upon great Occasions , raising any Subfidies upon his Subjects , who are bound to at- tend him in his Wars at their own Expence . " ( Pag . 85. ) The Account of Rope - dancing is much ...
... lives chiefly upon his own Demefns , feldom , except upon great Occasions , raising any Subfidies upon his Subjects , who are bound to at- tend him in his Wars at their own Expence . " ( Pag . 85. ) The Account of Rope - dancing is much ...
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... Lives ? What Course was taken to fupply that Affem- bly when any Noble Family became extinct ? What Qualifications were neceffary in thofe , who are to be created new Lords ? Whether the Humour of the Prince , a Sum of Money to a Court ...
... Lives ? What Course was taken to fupply that Affem- bly when any Noble Family became extinct ? What Qualifications were neceffary in thofe , who are to be created new Lords ? Whether the Humour of the Prince , a Sum of Money to a Court ...
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Page 93 - ... not received a fall, and some of them two or three. I was assured that a year or two before my arrival, Flimnap would have infallibly broke his neck, if one of the King's cushions, that accidentally lay on the ground, had not weakened the force of his fall.
Page 108 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 93 - Reldresal, principal secretary for private affairs, is, in my opinion, if I am not partial, the second after the treasurer; the rest of the great officers are much upon a par. These diversions are often attended with fatal accidents, whereof great numbers are on record.
Page 93 - ... and whoever jumps the highest without falling, succeeds in the office. Very often the chief ministers themselves are commanded to...
Page 92 - When a great office is vacant, either by death or disgrace (which often happens), five or six of those candidates petition the emperor to entertain his majesty and the court with a dance on the rope, and whoever jumps the highest without falling, succeeds in the office. Very often the chief...
Page 94 - The ceremony is performed in his Majesty's great chamber of state, where the candidates are to undergo a trial of dexterity very different from the former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any other country of the old or new world.
Page 107 - Perfection is required towards the Procurement of any one Station among you; much less that Men are ennobled on Account of their Virtue, that Priests are advanced for their Piety or Learning, Soldiers for their Conduct or Valour, Judges for their Integrity, Senators for the Love of their Country, or Counsellors for their Wisdom. As for yourself...
Page 72 - Be of your patron's mind, whate'er he says ; Sleep very much ; think little ; and talk less ; Mind neither good nor bad, nor right nor wrong, But eat your pudding, slave; and hold your tongue.
Page 95 - It is allowed on all hands that the primitive way of breaking eggs, before we eat them, was upon the larger end; but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to eat an egg, and breaking it according to the ancient practice, happened to cut one of his fingers.
Page 94 - ... silk ; the red is given to the next, and the green to the third, which they all wear girt twice round about the middle ; and you see few great persons about this court who are not adorned with one of these girdles.