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Pagina 33
... subject , that it is usual for a young tradesman , at his first setting - up , to add to his ⚫ own fign that of the master whom he served ; as ⚫ the husband , after marriage , gives a place to his mistress's arms in his own coat ...
... subject , that it is usual for a young tradesman , at his first setting - up , to add to his ⚫ own fign that of the master whom he served ; as ⚫ the husband , after marriage , gives a place to his mistress's arms in his own coat ...
Pagina 40
... subjects for raillery . He was going on when Sir Andrew Freeport took him up short , and told him , that the ... subject of my specu- lations was taken away from me , by one or other of the club ; and began to think myself in the ...
... subjects for raillery . He was going on when Sir Andrew Freeport took him up short , and told him , that the ... subject of my specu- lations was taken away from me , by one or other of the club ; and began to think myself in the ...
Pagina 69
... subjects ; for which reason I shall enter upon my present under- taking with greater chearfulness . In this , and ... subject of it , as in the rest of the poems which follow , bears fome remote affinity with the figure , for it ...
... subjects ; for which reason I shall enter upon my present under- taking with greater chearfulness . In this , and ... subject of it , as in the rest of the poems which follow , bears fome remote affinity with the figure , for it ...
Pagina 70
... subject of the poem . The altar is infcribed with the epitaph of Troi- Jus the son of Heçuba ; which , by the way , makes me believe , that these false pieces of wit are much more ancient than the authors to whom they are generally ...
... subject of the poem . The altar is infcribed with the epitaph of Troi- Jus the son of Heçuba ; which , by the way , makes me believe , that these false pieces of wit are much more ancient than the authors to whom they are generally ...
Pagina 75
... subject . ' If this be a true definition of wit , I am apt to think that Euclid was the greatest wit that ever set pen to paper : it is certain that never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject , than what ...
... subject . ' If this be a true definition of wit , I am apt to think that Euclid was the greatest wit that ever set pen to paper : it is certain that never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject , than what ...
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Æneid almoſt alſo anſwer beauty becauſe behaviour beſt buſineſs cauſe confider confideration converſation defire deſcribed deſign diſcourſe diſcover dreſs dreſſed Engliſh eſteem exerciſe expreſs eyes faid falſe fame fatire fecret feem fide fince firſt fome foon foul fuch gentleman give himſelf honour houſe humble ſervant humour inſtance itſelf juſt kind lady laſt leſs live look mankind manner maſter meaſure mind miſtreſs moſt muſt myſelf nature never obſerved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffion paſs paſſage paſſed paſſion perſon pleaſed pleaſure poet preſent purpoſe raiſe reader reaſon repreſented reſpect ſame ſay ſcene ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſet ſeveral ſex ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould Sir Roger ſome ſomething ſometimes ſpeak ſpecies Spectator ſpeculation ſpeech ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe themſelves theſe thing thoſe thought tion uſe verſe virtue whole whoſe woman