The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 2G. Risk, 1728 |
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Pagina 9
From my own Apartment , August 8 . I HAD the Honour this Evening to vifit fome La- dies , where the Subject of the Converfation was Mode- fty , which they commended as a Quality quite as beco- ming in Men as in Women , I took the ...
From my own Apartment , August 8 . I HAD the Honour this Evening to vifit fome La- dies , where the Subject of the Converfation was Mode- fty , which they commended as a Quality quite as beco- ming in Men as in Women , I took the ...
Pagina 30
mour or Confcience , no Demand is called a Debt of Honour fo indifputably as theirs . You may lofe your Honour to them , but they lay none against you : As the Priesthood in Roman - Catholick Countries can pur- chafe what they pleafe ...
mour or Confcience , no Demand is called a Debt of Honour fo indifputably as theirs . You may lofe your Honour to them , but they lay none against you : As the Priesthood in Roman - Catholick Countries can pur- chafe what they pleafe ...
Pagina 33
... honour'd . I have a Third from an Officer of the Army , wherein he defires I would do Juftice to the many gallant Acti- ons which have been done by Men of private Cha- racters , or Officers of lower Stations , during this long War ...
... honour'd . I have a Third from an Officer of the Army , wherein he defires I would do Juftice to the many gallant Acti- ons which have been done by Men of private Cha- racters , or Officers of lower Stations , during this long War ...
Pagina 36
... Honour to drink half a Pint with Sir Tri- ftram , Harry Coppersmith , and Giles Twofhoes . Thefe Wags give one another Credit in Difcourfe , according to their Purfes ; they jeft by the Pound , and make An- fwers as they honour Bills ...
... Honour to drink half a Pint with Sir Tri- ftram , Harry Coppersmith , and Giles Twofhoes . Thefe Wags give one another Credit in Difcourfe , according to their Purfes ; they jeft by the Pound , and make An- fwers as they honour Bills ...
Pagina 38
... Honour to talk to me now and then very freely of his moft fecret Thoughts , and tells me his moft private Frailties ) own- ed to me , that tho ' he is in his very Prime of Life , Love had killed all his Defires , and he was now as much ...
... Honour to talk to me now and then very freely of his moft fecret Thoughts , and tells me his moft private Frailties ) own- ed to me , that tho ' he is in his very Prime of Life , Love had killed all his Defires , and he was now as much ...
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