The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, that Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, 第 3 卷Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott James Ridgway, 1805 Being an impartial selection of the most exquisite essays and jeux d'esprits, principally prose, that appear in the newspapers and other publications. |
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... great Moralift and Lexicographer , faying , " May not I flatter myself , Sir , that it was a paffable metaphor ? " — Johnfon , " Why , yes , Sir . " SIR , THE ART OF MAKING EXCUSES . [ From THI 96 SPECIMEN OF MODERN BIOGRAPHY .
... great Moralift and Lexicographer , faying , " May not I flatter myself , Sir , that it was a paffable metaphor ? " — Johnfon , " Why , yes , Sir . " SIR , THE ART OF MAKING EXCUSES . [ From THI 96 SPECIMEN OF MODERN BIOGRAPHY .
第 97 頁
... EXCUSES . [ From the Monthly Beauties . ] TO THE EDITOR . ALTHOUGH there is not a more useful accom plishment in genteel life , than the art of making excufes , I don't recollect that it has ever been made the fubject of a popular effay ...
... EXCUSES . [ From the Monthly Beauties . ] TO THE EDITOR . ALTHOUGH there is not a more useful accom plishment in genteel life , than the art of making excufes , I don't recollect that it has ever been made the fubject of a popular effay ...
第 98 頁
... there are two forts of men who do infinite mischief to his Majefty's liege fubjects . The poftmen hinder them from writing their letters , and the e hair - dreffer fpoils their devotion . And when 98 THE ART OF MAKING EXCUSES .
... there are two forts of men who do infinite mischief to his Majefty's liege fubjects . The poftmen hinder them from writing their letters , and the e hair - dreffer fpoils their devotion . And when 98 THE ART OF MAKING EXCUSES .
第 99 頁
... excuses are exceed- gly good . But poftmen and barbers are not the only inftru- ents of delay , parents of procraftination , and beget- s of apologies . Taylors and fhoemakers , a very eful body of men , are , I am forry to say it , to ...
... excuses are exceed- gly good . But poftmen and barbers are not the only inftru- ents of delay , parents of procraftination , and beget- s of apologies . Taylors and fhoemakers , a very eful body of men , are , I am forry to say it , to ...
第 100 頁
... fometimes thought , Mr. Editor , though w fubmiffion , that this art of excufing , when carried t far ( for every thing may be carried to an extrem trefpa affes a little on the art of making fomething that 960 THE ART OF MAKING EXCUSES .
... fometimes thought , Mr. Editor , though w fubmiffion , that this art of excufing , when carried t far ( for every thing may be carried to an extrem trefpa affes a little on the art of making fomething that 960 THE ART OF MAKING EXCUSES .
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第 337 頁 - Twas no fancy, no dream, he could plainly survey That the devil himself was in sight. You rascally dauber ! old Beelzebub cries, Take heed how you wrong me again ! Though your caricatures for myself I despise, Make me handsomer now in the multitude's eyes, Or see if I threaten in vain ! Now the painter was bold, and religious beside, And on faith he had certain reliance; So earnestly he all his countenance eyed, And thank'd him for sitting, with Catholic pride, And sturdily bade him defiance.
第 216 頁 - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
第 334 頁 - WHOSOEVER will be saved : before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
第 199 頁 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
第 383 頁 - Letters from Paddington bring little more, than that William Squeak, the sow-gelder, passed through that place the fifth instant. They advise from Fulham, that things remained there in the same state they were. They had intelligence, just as the letters came away, of a tub of excellent ale just set abroach at Parsons Green ; but this wanted confirmation.
第 96 頁 - ... to hazards, from which he might fly to the cannon's mouth as a refuge or a relaxation ! Sir, let us now be told no more of the infamy of the rope-dancer.
第 276 頁 - ... the grant of which adds gentility to a man's family ; in like manner as civil nobility, among the Romans, was founded in the jus imaginum, or having the image of one ancestor at least, who had borne some curule office.
第 335 頁 - And yet, they are not two obedients, but one obedient. For there is one dominion nominal of the husband, and another dominion real of the wife. And yet, there are not two dominions, but one dominion.
第 270 頁 - But the influence of the belles lettres was -shed in vain on his licentious nature; and the opportunity of appropriating the contents of his landlord's till was found too powerful for the sense either of safety or compunction. The dykes of a stream once removed, its...
第 94 頁 - Sir, you might as well say that St Paul was the most despicable of human beings. Let us beware how we petulantly and ignorantly traduce a character which puts all other characters to shame. Sir, a rope-dancer concentrates in himself all the cardinal virtues.