The Trifler: A New Periodical Miscellany, Issues 1-431788 |
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... whole · company let fly the battery of their pointless wit : one pulling me by the fleeve , archly ob- ferved ; my father was only the ninth part of a man , and as he was intended for a Cantab , it was neceffary be should know numbers ...
... whole · company let fly the battery of their pointless wit : one pulling me by the fleeve , archly ob- ferved ; my father was only the ninth part of a man , and as he was intended for a Cantab , it was neceffary be should know numbers ...
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... whole house a folemn ftillness holds , Save from the ftaircafe - head with noify tongue My landlady inexorably fcolds , And with fhrill clamours interrupts my fong . Beneath a heap of rude waste paper plac'd , ( Alas that Grub - street ...
... whole house a folemn ftillness holds , Save from the ftaircafe - head with noify tongue My landlady inexorably fcolds , And with fhrill clamours interrupts my fong . Beneath a heap of rude waste paper plac'd , ( Alas that Grub - street ...
Page 74
... whole exertion of his faculties , and which he now confiders as a bleffing merely through the imprudent or wilful perverfion of those fa- culties , though before his imagination could form nothing more dreadful than its voluntary ...
... whole exertion of his faculties , and which he now confiders as a bleffing merely through the imprudent or wilful perverfion of those fa- culties , though before his imagination could form nothing more dreadful than its voluntary ...
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... whole system of the divine adminiftration will appear to be founded on the most perfect and cohesive parts ; univerfal prosperity could be caused only by a spontaneous fertility of the earth , and would then produce on imperfect beings ...
... whole system of the divine adminiftration will appear to be founded on the most perfect and cohesive parts ; univerfal prosperity could be caused only by a spontaneous fertility of the earth , and would then produce on imperfect beings ...
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... whole , I may safely venture to affirm , that I am the most wretched being upon the face of the earth . Society , the greatest comfort of life , is denied me ; my < company 1 < company is C · < every where avoided TIO THE TRIFLER .
... whole , I may safely venture to affirm , that I am the most wretched being upon the face of the earth . Society , the greatest comfort of life , is denied me ; my < company 1 < company is C · < every where avoided TIO THE TRIFLER .
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abfurd affiftance againſt almoſt amuſement AUTHORS beſt breaft caufe cauſe character charms confequence confideration courſe cuſtom defire difpofition diftrefs ego auditor tantum Entered at Stationers eſtabliſhed faid falfe fame faſhion fatire favor fcience feems fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhort fhould fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome foon foul fpirit ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure greateſt happineſs himſelf honor houſe human inftruction intereft JUVENAL ladies laft laſt leaſt lefs M.DCC.LXXXVIII mankind Meffieurs ROBINSONS mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never NUMBER obferved opinion paffion Pater-nofter-Row perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed praiſe prefent prove purpoſe racter raiſe readers reafon refpect ridiculous SATURDAY Semper ego auditor ſhe Sold by Meffieurs ſtate Stationers Hall ſtill ſtudy tafte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou TIMOTHY TOUCHSTONE tion TRIFLE TRIFLER underſtanding univerfal uſe virtue whilft whofe whoſe
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Page 220 - This man, who never besieged a town which he did not take, nor fought a battle which he did not gain, was at St.
Page 49 - If there be any thing which makes human nature appear ridiculous to beings of superior faculties, it must be pride. They know so well the vanity of...
Page 23 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd; Bring with thee airs from heav'n, or blasts from hell; Be thy intents wicked or charitable; Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee. I'll call thee Hamlet, King, Father, Royal Dane: Oh! answer me, Let me not burst in ignorance; but tell Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements?
Page 52 - ... than even the merchant himself. For he will certainly find, when a decay of trade has carried away one part of our money out of the kingdom, and the other is kept in the...
Page 536 - Ten cenfure wrong, for one who writes amifs ; A fool might once himfelf alone expofe, Now one in verfe makes many more in profe.
Page 234 - This story was intended (at a time when the press overflows with the productions of female pens) ... to admonish them, that . . . because a few have gained applause by studying the dead languages, all womankind should [not] assume their Dictionaries and Lexicons; else ... (as the Ladies made rapid advances towards manhood) we might in a few years behold a sweepstakes rode by women, or a second battle at Odiham, fought with superior skill, by Mesdames Humphries and Mendoza."22 The prediction that...
Page 28 - Tell me, will you still go about and ask one another, what news?' What can be more astonishing news than this, that the man of Macedon makes war upon the Athenians, and disposes of the affairs of Greece? Is Philip dead? No, but he is sick. What signifies it to you whether he be dead or alive ? For, if any thing happens to this Philip, you will immediately raise up another.
Page 227 - Author, form a perfect edition, or compile a Lexicon ; yet when we learn that it is the work of a Lady, however highly we may prize her productions, we...
Page 149 - The ftage might be made a perpetual fource of the moft noble and ufeful entertainments, were it under proper regulations. But the mind never unbends itfelf fo agreeably as in the converfation of a well-chofen friend. There is indeed no bleffing of life that is any way comparable -to the enjoyment of a difcreet and virtuous friend.
Page 111 - What unnatural motions and counter-ferments muft fuch a medley of intemperance produce in the body ? For my part, when I behold a fafhionable table fet out in . all its magnificence, I fancy, that I fee gouts and dropfies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable diftempers, lying in ambufcade among the difties.