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... received the following letter , or rather billet- doux , from a pert young baggage , who congratulates with me upon the same occasion . ' Dear Mr. Prate - apace , June 23 , 1714 . ' I AM a member of a female society , who call ourselves ...
... received the following letter , or rather billet- doux , from a pert young baggage , who congratulates with me upon the same occasion . ' Dear Mr. Prate - apace , June 23 , 1714 . ' I AM a member of a female society , who call ourselves ...
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... receiving the ad- dresses of a gentleman in the neighbourhood , who made love to her in the second month of her widow- hood . This gentleman was discarded in a fortnight for the sake of a young templar , who had the posses- sion of her ...
... receiving the ad- dresses of a gentleman in the neighbourhood , who made love to her in the second month of her widow- hood . This gentleman was discarded in a fortnight for the sake of a young templar , who had the posses- sion of her ...
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... received abundance of epistles from gentlemen of the blade , who , I find , have been so used to action that they know not how to lie still . They seem generally to be of opinion , that the fair at home ought to reward them for their ...
... received abundance of epistles from gentlemen of the blade , who , I find , have been so used to action that they know not how to lie still . They seem generally to be of opinion , that the fair at home ought to reward them for their ...
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... received private advice from some of my correspondents , that if I would give my paper a general run , I should take care to season it with scan- dal . I have indeed observed of late that few writings sell which are not filled with ...
... received private advice from some of my correspondents , that if I would give my paper a general run , I should take care to season it with scan- dal . I have indeed observed of late that few writings sell which are not filled with ...
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... received the following essay against quacks which I shall here communicate to my readers for the good of the public , begging the writer's pardon for those additions and retrenchments which I have made in it . THE desire of life is so ...
... received the following essay against quacks which I shall here communicate to my readers for the good of the public , begging the writer's pardon for those additions and retrenchments which I have made in it . THE desire of life is so ...
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Page 285 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 267 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 18 - IT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy, would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a division.
Page 20 - One little packet I could not but take notice of, which was a complication of all the diseases incident to human nature, and was in the hand of a great many fine people ; this was called the spleen. But what most of all surprised me, was a remark I made, that there was not a single vice or folly thrown into the whole heap...
Page 20 - The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humour with my own countenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. It happened very luckily that one who stood by me had just before thrown down his visage, which it seems was too long for him. It was indeed extended to a most shameful length ; I believe the very chin was, modestly speaking, as long as my whole face.
Page 23 - My friend with a long visage had no sooner taken upon him my short face, but he made such a grotesque figure in it, that as I looked upon him I could not forbear laughing at myself, insomuch that I put my own face out of countenance. The poor gentleman was so sensible of the ridicule, that I found he was ashamed of what he had done ; on the other side, I found that I myself had no great reason to triumph, for as I went to touch my forehead, I missed the place, and clapped my finger upon my upper...
Page 47 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 43 - ... till the whole firmament was in a glow. The blueness of the ether was exceedingly heightened and enlivened by the season of the year, and by the rays of all those luminaries that passed through it. The galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white. To complete the scene, the full moon rose at length in that clouded majesty...
Page 44 - The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other; as it is possible there may be such a sense in ourselves hereafter, or in creatures which are at present more exalted than ourselves.
Page 44 - In the same manner when I considered that infinite host of stars, or, to speak more philosophically, of suns which were then shining upon me, with those innumerable sets of planets or worlds which were moving round their respective suns ; when I still enlarged the idea, and supposed another heaven of suns and worlds rising still above this which we discovered, and these still enlightened by a superior firmament of luminaries, which are planted at so great a distance, that they may appear to the inhabitants...