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... reader ; the humour is eafy , clofe , and natu- ral ; the raillery of falfe politenefs and modish foibles is fupported with a fpirited delicacy , and a variety of fancy , equal to any thing of the fame kind in the Spectators ; and the ...
... reader ; the humour is eafy , clofe , and natu- ral ; the raillery of falfe politenefs and modish foibles is fupported with a fpirited delicacy , and a variety of fancy , equal to any thing of the fame kind in the Spectators ; and the ...
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... reader regret that even exemplary attention to an extenfive circle of domeftic duties fhould pre- vent the more frequent ufe of fo animated and elegant a pen . an For No. 53 and 58 , two papers of uncommon merit , I have reafon to think ...
... reader regret that even exemplary attention to an extenfive circle of domeftic duties fhould pre- vent the more frequent ufe of fo animated and elegant a pen . an For No. 53 and 58 , two papers of uncommon merit , I have reafon to think ...
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... readers with something above the common run of news papers . I confidered them as fo many guests , for whom it was both my intereft and inclination , to provide every dish which the place and season could afford , fo as that every one ...
... readers with something above the common run of news papers . I confidered them as fo many guests , for whom it was both my intereft and inclination , to provide every dish which the place and season could afford , fo as that every one ...
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... readers , that I am by no means abfolutely unqua- lified for fuch an undertaking . There is nothing more common than to fee the apothecary , from fitting in the midst of the Materia Medica , become fuddenly a very useful practitioner in ...
... readers , that I am by no means abfolutely unqua- lified for fuch an undertaking . There is nothing more common than to fee the apothecary , from fitting in the midst of the Materia Medica , become fuddenly a very useful practitioner in ...
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... readers of both fexes will endeavour to ac- quire a habit of committing their thoughts to paper . There is no one act of the mind , by which it ftrength- ens itself so much , as by compofition . It gives a fa- cility of arranging the ...
... readers of both fexes will endeavour to ac- quire a habit of committing their thoughts to paper . There is no one act of the mind , by which it ftrength- ens itself so much , as by compofition . It gives a fa- cility of arranging the ...
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Page 205 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
Page 65 - Canft thou not minifter to a mind difeas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted forrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with fome fweet oblivious antidote, Cleanfe the ftuff'd bofom of that perilous ftuff. Which weighs upon the heart ? DOCT.
Page 202 - The balmy spirit of the western gale Eternal breathes on fruits untaught to fail ; Each dropping pear a following pear supplies, On apples apples, figs on figs arise ; The same mild season gives the blooms to blow, The buds to harden and the fruits to grow. Here order'd vines in equal ranks appear, With all th...
Page 209 - Ne suffred storme nor frost on them to fall, Their tender buds or leaves to violate, Nor scorching heat, nor cold intemperate, T...
Page 205 - Thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view ; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm, Others whose fruit, burnish'd with golden rind, Hung amiable, Hesperian fables true, If true, here only, and of delicious taste : Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interpos'd...
Page 208 - Araby the bleft j with fuch delay Well pleas'd they flack their courfe, and many a league Chear'd with the grateful fmell old Ocean fmiles...
Page 202 - The red'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'erflows, With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year. The balmy spirit of the...
Page 202 - Four acres was the' allotted space of ground, Fenced with a green enclosure all around : Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mould ; The reddening apple ripens here to gold : Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'erflows, With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year.
Page 279 - Breaft is open laid, And while the Head's intent, the Heart's betray'd. Then, bafe Defire of Gain, then, Rage appears, Quarrels and Brawls arife, and anxious Fears ; Then, Clamours and Revilings reach the Sky, While lofing Gamefters all the Gods defie.
Page 210 - Was gather'd, which coft Ceres all that pain To feek her through the world ; nor that fweet grove Of Daphne by Orontes, and th...