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... thing more than what was supposed to be in those of ' scantier make , we are wonderfully at a loss about it . The women give out , in defence of these wide ' bottoms , that they are airy , and very proper for the " season : but this I ...
... thing more than what was supposed to be in those of ' scantier make , we are wonderfully at a loss about it . The women give out , in defence of these wide ' bottoms , that they are airy , and very proper for the " season : but this I ...
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... thing but the sex . I do not know a finer piece of of satire on this part of woman kind than those lines of Mr. Dryden : Our thoughtless sex is caught by outward form • And empty noise , and loves itself in man . ' This is a source of ...
... thing but the sex . I do not know a finer piece of of satire on this part of woman kind than those lines of Mr. Dryden : Our thoughtless sex is caught by outward form • And empty noise , and loves itself in man . ' This is a source of ...
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... thing but the fighting of prizes , and knocking out mens brains . As he had no taste of true glory , we see him in several medals and statues which are still extant of him , equipped like an Hercules with a club and a lion's skin . I ...
... thing but the fighting of prizes , and knocking out mens brains . As he had no taste of true glory , we see him in several medals and statues which are still extant of him , equipped like an Hercules with a club and a lion's skin . I ...
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... things they live upon , which they bestow very plenti- fully upon all those that apply themselves to them . You see now and then some handsome young jades among them the sluts have very often white teeth and black eyes . Sir Roger ...
... things they live upon , which they bestow very plenti- fully upon all those that apply themselves to them . You see now and then some handsome young jades among them the sluts have very often white teeth and black eyes . Sir Roger ...
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... thing to my mind ; whereas , in town , whilst I am following one charac- ter , it is ten to one but I am crossed in my way by ano- ther , and put up such a variety of odd creatures in both sexes , that they foil the scent of one another ...
... thing to my mind ; whereas , in town , whilst I am following one charac- ter , it is ten to one but I am crossed in my way by ano- ther , and put up such a variety of odd creatures in both sexes , that they foil the scent of one another ...
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Page 158 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Page 158 - What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.
Page 249 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Page 156 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness...
Page 157 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Page 156 - ... music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one astonished, he beckoned to me, and by the waving of his hand directed me to approach the place where he sat.
Page 155 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Page 159 - I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates...
Page 249 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering: If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep: If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; then let mine arm fall from my shoulderblade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Page 160 - The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me. I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating ; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands...