Miscellanies in Prose and VerseJohn Morphew, 1713 - 414 pages |
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Page 110
... tell you they Honour a Clergy - man ; but talk at the fame time as if there were not three in the King- dom who could fall in with their Definition . After the like Manner they infult the Universities as Poi- foned Fountains , and ...
... tell you they Honour a Clergy - man ; but talk at the fame time as if there were not three in the King- dom who could fall in with their Definition . After the like Manner they infult the Universities as Poi- foned Fountains , and ...
Page 186
... tell you , he intends to be drunk this Evening , or was fo laft Night , with as little Ceremony or Scruple , as he would tell you the time of the Day . He will let you know he is going to a Whore , or that he has got a Clap , with as ...
... tell you , he intends to be drunk this Evening , or was fo laft Night , with as little Ceremony or Scruple , as he would tell you the time of the Day . He will let you know he is going to a Whore , or that he has got a Clap , with as ...
Page 240
... tell when a Suit will end , and whether to the Advantage of the Plaintiff or Defendant ; thus making the Matter depend entirely upon the Influence of the Stars , without the leaft Regard to the Merits of the Cause . * THE THE Expreffion ...
... tell when a Suit will end , and whether to the Advantage of the Plaintiff or Defendant ; thus making the Matter depend entirely upon the Influence of the Stars , without the leaft Regard to the Merits of the Cause . * THE THE Expreffion ...
Page 252
... tell my Cri- ticks and Witlings , that they are no more Judges of this , than a Man that is born Blind can have any true Idea of Colours . I have always observed that your empty Veffels found loudest : I value I 1 I value their Lashes ...
... tell my Cri- ticks and Witlings , that they are no more Judges of this , than a Man that is born Blind can have any true Idea of Colours . I have always observed that your empty Veffels found loudest : I value I 1 I value their Lashes ...
Page 262
... tell them , for there we find at the End of the Year , that no Month paffes without the Death of fome Perfon of Note : and it would be hard if it fhould be otherwife when there are at least Two thousand Perfons of Note , in this Kingdom ...
... tell them , for there we find at the End of the Year , that no Month paffes without the Death of fome Perfon of Note : and it would be hard if it fhould be otherwife when there are at least Two thousand Perfons of Note , in this Kingdom ...
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Page 356 - Because he's always in my Chamber, and I always take his Part; So, as the Devil would have it, before I was aware, out I blunder'd, Parson, said I, can you cast a Nativity, when a Body's plunder'd? (Now you must know, he hates to be call'd Parson, like the Devil) Truly, says he, Mrs.
Page 156 - Great wits love to be free with the highest objects, and if they cannot be allowed a God to revile or renounce, they will speak evil of dignities, abuse the Government, and reflect upon the Ministry...
Page 352 - Then the Bell rung, and I went down to put my Lady to Bed, And, God knows, I thought my Money was as safe as my Maidenhead. So when I came up again, I found my Pocket feel very light, But when I search'd, and miss'd my Purse, Lord! I thought I should have sunk outright: Lord! Madam, says Mary, how d'ye do? Indeed...
Page 160 - But still there is in this project a greater mischief behind; and we ought to beware of the woman's folly, who killed the hen, that every morning laid her a golden egg. For, pray what would become of the race of men in the next age, if we had nothing to trust to beside the scrofulous consumptive productions, furnished by our men of wit and pleasure...
Page 404 - While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o'er Her frolics, and pursues her tail no more. Returning home at night, you'll find the sink Strike your offended sense with double stink. If you be wise, then go not far to dine; You'll spend in coach-hire more than save in wine. A coming shower your shooting corns presage, Old aches throb, your hollow tooth will rage: Sauntering in coffee-house is Dulman seen; He damns the climate and complains of spleen.
Page 230 - Nature sent him into the world strong and lusty, in a thriving condition, wearing his own hair on his head, the proper branches of this reasoning vegetable, until the axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs...
Page 403 - Till drown'd in shriller notes of chimney-sweep : Duns at his lordship's gate began to meet ; And brickdust Moll had scream'd through half the street. The turnkey...
Page 233 - WE have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Page 212 - But if one in twenty should be brought over to true piety by this, or the like methods, and the other nineteen be only hypocrites, the advantage would still be great. Besides, hypocrisy is much more eligible than open infidelity and vice; it wears the livery of religion; it acknowledges her authority, and is cautious of giving scandal.
Page 355 - Tis the same thing, the chaplain will be here anon." So the chaplain came in. Now the servants say he is my sweetheart, Because he's always in my chamber, and I always take his part. So, as the devil would have it, before I was aware, out I blunder'd.