Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeR. Gibson, 1786 |
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Page 67
... fatire upon that great man , as upon the fex in ge- neral . A writer , who could delineate fuch characters as Lady Grandifon , Mifs Byron , Clariffa , and Clementina , must have con- templated the fair creation through the noft ...
... fatire upon that great man , as upon the fex in ge- neral . A writer , who could delineate fuch characters as Lady Grandifon , Mifs Byron , Clariffa , and Clementina , must have con- templated the fair creation through the noft ...
Page 94
... fatire upon the blockheads who detracted from the merit of that excel- lent work . Every body read the fatire ; and Don Quixote ' thereby gained a repu- tation which its own intrinfic merit ought rather to have procured it . Hercupon ...
... fatire upon the blockheads who detracted from the merit of that excel- lent work . Every body read the fatire ; and Don Quixote ' thereby gained a repu- tation which its own intrinfic merit ought rather to have procured it . Hercupon ...
Page 123
... fatire , and it was foon in every bodies hands . " The Vizir eafily found out who was the author . He went to the Sultana with the commiffion fhe had folicited , and , over and above , an order on the treasury for one hundred thousand ...
... fatire , and it was foon in every bodies hands . " The Vizir eafily found out who was the author . He went to the Sultana with the commiffion fhe had folicited , and , over and above , an order on the treasury for one hundred thousand ...
Page 192
... fatire or wit mifapplied , Can render my feelings or conduct decried ! " A generous bofom will ever difdain To wound in the dark , or to virtue give pain ; So cruel a triumph let bafenefs purfue , Who cowardly ftabs whilft fecreted from ...
... fatire or wit mifapplied , Can render my feelings or conduct decried ! " A generous bofom will ever difdain To wound in the dark , or to virtue give pain ; So cruel a triumph let bafenefs purfue , Who cowardly ftabs whilft fecreted from ...
Page 231
... fatire I abftain religiously : Perfonal fatire is al- ways an evil : It provokes , it hardens , but it never corrects , nor reftores to the right way . In this work I only hold the painter's pencil . If mifery has oftener occurred than ...
... fatire I abftain religiously : Perfonal fatire is al- ways an evil : It provokes , it hardens , but it never corrects , nor reftores to the right way . In this work I only hold the painter's pencil . If mifery has oftener occurred than ...
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Page 229 - If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
Page 280 - ... tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five: For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five.
Page 282 - The man immortalized for purring like a cat was, as he told me, one Busby, a proctor in the Commons. He who barked so ingeniously, and then called the drawer to drive away the dog, was father to Dr. Salter of the Charterhouse. He who sung a song, and by correspondent motions of his arm chalked out a giant on the wall, was one Richardson, an attorney. The letter signed Sunday, was written by Miss Talbot ; and he fancied the billets in the first volume of the Rambler, were sent him by Miss Mulso, now...
Page 275 - Paris, he spent so much of his time at cards, dice, and tennis, that a lampoon was fixed upon the gate of the Sorbonne, directing those that would see this monster of erudition, to look for him at the tavern.
Page 19 - ... of the time we remained in the bay, whenever Captain Cook came on shore, he was attended by one of these priests, who went before him, giving notice that the Orono had landed, and ordering the people to prostrate themselves. The same person also constantly accompanied him on the water, standing in the bow of the boat, with a wand in his hand...
Page 112 - Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness.
Page 75 - It is a ruff, of the thickness of a finger, made in a curious manner, of exceedingly small feathers, woven so close together as to form a surface as smooth as that of the richest velvet. The ground was generally of a red colour, with alternate circles of green, yellow, and black.
Page 453 - ... night and had no manner of disturbance. ' Thursday night the tenant and I lay together in one room and the man in another room, and he saw something walk along in a black gown and place itself against a window, and there stood for some time, and then walked off. Friday morning the man relating this, I asked him why he did not call me, and I told him...
Page 348 - Cook's person was in any danger, otherwise he would have detained the prince, which no doubt would have been a great check on the Indians. One man was...
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