The World as it Goes: Exemplified in the Characters of Nations, States, Princes, Peers, Judges, Counsellors, Senators, Gamblers, Poets, Players, Pimps, and Parasites: with an Exquisite Group of Ladies, Highly FinishedJ. Fielding, 1781 - 48 Seiten |
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... peace . ' Tis the office , ' Tis the first duty of the magistrate , To guard the people's welfare , and secure , As far as human wisdom can secure Their future . C. JOHNSON . The Q She sat like patience on a monument Smiling at grief ...
... peace . ' Tis the office , ' Tis the first duty of the magistrate , To guard the people's welfare , and secure , As far as human wisdom can secure Their future . C. JOHNSON . The Q She sat like patience on a monument Smiling at grief ...
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... peace , And if we die our joys increase . ANON . LORD AND LADY DUNCANNON , Young Celadon , And his Amelia were a matchless pair , With equal virtue form'd , and equal grace ; The same , distinguish'd by their sex alone : Her's , the ...
... peace , And if we die our joys increase . ANON . LORD AND LADY DUNCANNON , Young Celadon , And his Amelia were a matchless pair , With equal virtue form'd , and equal grace ; The same , distinguish'd by their sex alone : Her's , the ...
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... links the jarring elements in peace . Dr. Johnson . THE ENGLISH PEOPLE . I see the lords of human kind pass by , Pride in their port , defiance in their eye . GOLDSMITH . E LORD LORD CORNWALLIS . War , my Lord , Is of [ 17 ]
... links the jarring elements in peace . Dr. Johnson . THE ENGLISH PEOPLE . I see the lords of human kind pass by , Pride in their port , defiance in their eye . GOLDSMITH . E LORD LORD CORNWALLIS . War , my Lord , Is of [ 17 ]
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... peace and propagation , The world is overstock'd with fools , and wants A pestilence at least , if not a hero . When violence and rapine sound to arms , Bankrupts and prodigals are warm for war . Rash fruitless war , from wanton glory ...
... peace and propagation , The world is overstock'd with fools , and wants A pestilence at least , if not a hero . When violence and rapine sound to arms , Bankrupts and prodigals are warm for war . Rash fruitless war , from wanton glory ...
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... peaceful shade . There is an old man's warfare ; To talk of freezing nights , and burning days , And animate our youth to deeds of martial honour , Be now my sole ambition . FRANCIS . THE RECORDER OF LONDON . The quality of mercy is not ...
... peaceful shade . There is an old man's warfare ; To talk of freezing nights , and burning days , And animate our youth to deeds of martial honour , Be now my sole ambition . FRANCIS . THE RECORDER OF LONDON . The quality of mercy is not ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ambition appears aſs BEAUMONT beauty beſt break breaſt breath called captain cauſe characters charms courſe courts dead DOCTOR doth draw drown DRYDEN dull EARL Errors eyes face fair faith fate fear fellow firſt folly fool force fortune foul give gods grace grief grows guilt hand hath heart heaven himſelf holding honeſt honour houſe Ibid innocence JOHNSON juſt Keep KING LADY land laſt live looks LORD LORD Lothario mankind melted MICHIGAN mind moſt muſt nature never night o'er OTWAY paſſion peace poor Pope PRINCE reſt ride Rowe rule ſay ſee ſenſe SHAKESP ſhall ſhame ſhe SHILLINGS ſhine ſhould ſome ſoul ſpeak ſpring ſtill ſuch ſweet Tell thee theſe thing THOMSON thoſe thou thoughts turn vice virtue whore zeal
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 12 - To whip a top, to knuckle down at taw, To swing upon a gate, to ride a straw, To play at push-pin with dull brother peers, To belch out catches in a porter's ears, To reign the monarch of a midnight cell, To be the gaping chairman's oracle; Whilst, in most blessed union, rogue and whore Clap hands, huzza, and hiccup out, 'Encore;' Whilst gray Authority, who slumbers there In robes of watchman's fur, gives up his chair; With midnight howl to bay the...
Seite 9 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each. A cry more tuneable Was never holla'd to, nor cheer'd with horn, In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly : Judge when you hear.
Seite 8 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Seite 42 - Read much, and look'd as tho' he meant To be a fop no more. See him to LINCOLN'S-!NN repair. His refolution flag ; He cherimes a length of hair, And tucks it in a bag. Nor COKE nor SALKELD he regards, • But gets into the houfe, And foon a judge's rank rewards His pliant votes and bows. Adieu ye bobs ! ye bags give place...
Seite 5 - Th' avenging fiend that follows us behind With whips and stings. The blest...
Seite 28 - Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul, that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more.
Seite 30 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Seite 33 - Who gain'd no Title, and who loft no Friend, ' Ennobled by himfelf, by all approv'd, * Prais'd, wept, and honour'd, by the Mufe he lov'd.
Seite 12 - With midnight howl to bay the affrighted moon, To walk with torches through the streets at noon; To force plain Nature from her usual way, Each night a vigil, and a blank each day; To match for speed one feather...