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Pagina 6
Such an habit has perhaps raised in me uncommon reflections ; but this effect I cannot communicate but by my writings . As my pleasures are almost wholly confined to thofe of the fight , I take it for a peculiar happinefs that I have ...
Such an habit has perhaps raised in me uncommon reflections ; but this effect I cannot communicate but by my writings . As my pleasures are almost wholly confined to thofe of the fight , I take it for a peculiar happinefs that I have ...
Pagina 7
He afterwards to call Mynheer Handel the Orpheus of our age , and to acquaint us , in the fame fublimity of ftile , that he compofed this opera in a fortnight , Such are the wits to whofe taftes we fo ambitiously conform ourselves .
He afterwards to call Mynheer Handel the Orpheus of our age , and to acquaint us , in the fame fublimity of ftile , that he compofed this opera in a fortnight , Such are the wits to whofe taftes we fo ambitiously conform ourselves .
Pagina 10
I pronounced these words with such a languishing air , that I had fome reafon to conclude I had made a conqueft . She told me that the hoped my face was not akin to my tongue , and looking upon her watch , I accidentally difcovered the ...
I pronounced these words with such a languishing air , that I had fome reafon to conclude I had made a conqueft . She told me that the hoped my face was not akin to my tongue , and looking upon her watch , I accidentally difcovered the ...
Pagina 24
I have given him directions , according to the most exact rules of optics , to place himself in such a manner that he shall meet his eyes wherever he throws them ; I have hopes that when Will confronts him , and all the ladies ...
I have given him directions , according to the most exact rules of optics , to place himself in such a manner that he shall meet his eyes wherever he throws them ; I have hopes that when Will confronts him , and all the ladies ...
Pagina 49
Loud as the wolves , on Orca's ftormy steep , Howl to the roarings of the northern deep : Such is the fhout , the long - applauding note , At Quin's high plume , or Oldfield's petticoat ; Or when from court a birth - day fuit beftow'd ...
Loud as the wolves , on Orca's ftormy steep , Howl to the roarings of the northern deep : Such is the fhout , the long - applauding note , At Quin's high plume , or Oldfield's petticoat ; Or when from court a birth - day fuit beftow'd ...
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