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Pagina 1
To gratify this curiofity , which is fo natural to a reader , I defign this paper and my next as prefatory difcourfes to my following writings , and fhal give fome account in them of the feveral perfons that are engaged in this work .
To gratify this curiofity , which is fo natural to a reader , I defign this paper and my next as prefatory difcourfes to my following writings , and fhal give fome account in them of the feveral perfons that are engaged in this work .
Pagina 4
There are three very material points which I have not fpoken to in this paper ; and which , for feveral important reafons I must keep to myfelf , at leaft for fome time : I mean , an account of my name , my age , and my lodgings .
There are three very material points which I have not fpoken to in this paper ; and which , for feveral important reafons I must keep to myfelf , at leaft for fome time : I mean , an account of my name , my age , and my lodgings .
Pagina 8
He abounds in feveral frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , A penny faved is a penny got . ' A general trader of good fenfe is pleasanter company than a general scholar ; and Sir Andrew having a natural unaffected ...
He abounds in feveral frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , A penny faved is a penny got . ' A general trader of good fenfe is pleasanter company than a general scholar ; and Sir Andrew having a natural unaffected ...
Pagina 12
The Lady feemed to fet an unfpeakable value upon these feveral pieces of furniture , infomuch that the often refreshed her eye with them , and often finiled with a fecret pleasure as the looked upon them ; but , at the fame time ...
The Lady feemed to fet an unfpeakable value upon these feveral pieces of furniture , infomuch that the often refreshed her eye with them , and often finiled with a fecret pleasure as the looked upon them ; but , at the fame time ...
Pagina 19
... it would be ridiculous to draw the country only upon the fcenes , and to croud feveral parts of the stage with theep and oxen . This is joining together inconfiftences , and making the decoration partly real and partly imaginary .
... it would be ridiculous to draw the country only upon the fcenes , and to croud feveral parts of the stage with theep and oxen . This is joining together inconfiftences , and making the decoration partly real and partly imaginary .
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