Table Talk: Or, Selections from the Ana. Containing Extracts from the Different Collections of Ana, French, English, Italian, and German. With Bibliographical Notices |
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Page 127
... lords , " said she , " here is the case in a single word : I engaged to pay to the opposite party a certain sum , for a piece of Flanders tapes- try , with figures as handsome as my Lord the Pre- sident . He attempts to palm off upon me ...
... lords , " said she , " here is the case in a single word : I engaged to pay to the opposite party a certain sum , for a piece of Flanders tapes- try , with figures as handsome as my Lord the Pre- sident . He attempts to palm off upon me ...
Page 165
... lord of mis- rule . 2. Our meats and our sports ( much of them ) have relation to church - works . The coffin of our Christmas pies , in shape long , is in imitation of the cratch our choosing kings and queens , on Twelfth - night ...
... lord of mis- rule . 2. Our meats and our sports ( much of them ) have relation to church - works . The coffin of our Christmas pies , in shape long , is in imitation of the cratch our choosing kings and queens , on Twelfth - night ...
Page 168
... Lord's sake , tell me what this is ; I will give you any content for your pains . " V. DEVILS . A person of quality came to my chamber in the Temple , and told me he had two devils in his head , ( I wondered what he meant , ) and , just ...
... Lord's sake , tell me what this is ; I will give you any content for your pains . " V. DEVILS . A person of quality came to my chamber in the Temple , and told me he had two devils in his head , ( I wondered what he meant , ) and , just ...
Page 174
... lord mayor , he desired to take mea- sure of his lordship's mouth . XV . LAW . 1. A man may plead not guilty , and yet tell no lie ; for by the law no man is bound to accuse himself : so that when I say , not guilty , the mean- ing is ...
... lord mayor , he desired to take mea- sure of his lordship's mouth . XV . LAW . 1. A man may plead not guilty , and yet tell no lie ; for by the law no man is bound to accuse himself : so that when I say , not guilty , the mean- ing is ...
Page 177
... lord , and have peas and bacon every day , and a whip that cried slash . XX . MORAL HONESTY . They that cry down moral honesty , cry down that which is a great part of religion - my duty to- wards God , and my duty towards man . What ...
... lord , and have peas and bacon every day , and a whip that cried slash . XX . MORAL HONESTY . They that cry down moral honesty , cry down that which is a great part of religion - my duty to- wards God , and my duty towards man . What ...
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