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Pagina 16
To clear up a matter that was fo variously reported , I have made it my business to examine whether this pretended Lion is really the favage he appears to be , or only a counterfeit . But before I communicate my difcoveries , I muft ...
To clear up a matter that was fo variously reported , I have made it my business to examine whether this pretended Lion is really the favage he appears to be , or only a counterfeit . But before I communicate my difcoveries , I muft ...
Pagina 34
To go to the bottom of this matter , I must obferve , that the tone , or , as the French call it , the accent of every nation in their ordinary fpeech is altogether different from that of every other people ; as we may fee even in the ...
To go to the bottom of this matter , I must obferve , that the tone , or , as the French call it , the accent of every nation in their ordinary fpeech is altogether different from that of every other people ; as we may fee even in the ...
Pagina 88
... which I fhall do according to the beft lights I have received in this matter . The Everlasting Club treats all other clubs with an eye of contempt , and talks even of the Kit - Cat and October as of a couple of upftarts .
... which I fhall do according to the beft lights I have received in this matter . The Everlasting Club treats all other clubs with an eye of contempt , and talks even of the Kit - Cat and October as of a couple of upftarts .
Pagina 92
But this fenfe of the matter is fo far from being received among people even of condition , that Vocifer paffes for a fine gentleman . He is loud , haughty , gentle , foft , lewd , and obfequious by turns , juft as a little ...
But this fenfe of the matter is fo far from being received among people even of condition , that Vocifer paffes for a fine gentleman . He is loud , haughty , gentle , foft , lewd , and obfequious by turns , juft as a little ...
Pagina 31
However , it is ftill a matter of juft " complaint , that fincerity and plainnefs are out " of fashion , and that our language is running " into a lie ; and that men have almoft quite " perverted the use of ...
However , it is ftill a matter of juft " complaint , that fincerity and plainnefs are out " of fashion , and that our language is running " into a lie ; and that men have almoft quite " perverted the use of ...
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