The midwife: or, The old woman's magazine, 1. köide1750 |
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... Sifter with the Duke of Savoy , has given up his Right to those Dominions to his Sardinian Majefty . This Monarch is indeed defcended of a Race of Princes , who have art fully drawn fome Advantage from all the Difputes in their ...
... Sifter with the Duke of Savoy , has given up his Right to those Dominions to his Sardinian Majefty . This Monarch is indeed defcended of a Race of Princes , who have art fully drawn fome Advantage from all the Difputes in their ...
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... or Language . Let us rouze therefore , my dear Brothers and Sifters , let us rouze , and let my Example fire you with Emulation . I have here G 3 fent fent you a Greek Tranflation of Virgil's famous Epigram on The 65 MIDWIFE .
... or Language . Let us rouze therefore , my dear Brothers and Sifters , let us rouze , and let my Example fire you with Emulation . I have here G 3 fent fent you a Greek Tranflation of Virgil's famous Epigram on The 65 MIDWIFE .
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... Sifter Sue can tell ) Was always ready for the Sermon - Bell : I honour'd both the Teacher and the Day ; Nor us'd to giggle when he bid me pray : Then fure for me there's fomething good in ftore , When Colinetta shall be seen no more ...
... Sifter Sue can tell ) Was always ready for the Sermon - Bell : I honour'd both the Teacher and the Day ; Nor us'd to giggle when he bid me pray : Then fure for me there's fomething good in ftore , When Colinetta shall be seen no more ...
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... Sifter M. Midnight . Dear Sifter , NAPLES , May 2d , 1750. N. S. IN my laft , of the 20th of April , I inform'd you that we were fafely arrived here , in order to view the numberlefs Curiofities that have been late- ly dug out of the ...
... Sifter M. Midnight . Dear Sifter , NAPLES , May 2d , 1750. N. S. IN my laft , of the 20th of April , I inform'd you that we were fafely arrived here , in order to view the numberlefs Curiofities that have been late- ly dug out of the ...
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... Sifters of the Quill , who would think the Title of Old Women , were I to bestow it on them , rather a Difgrace than an Honour . I do not fear bringing this Title , however , into the Light and Reputation it de . ferves . And as we have ...
... Sifters of the Quill , who would think the Title of Old Women , were I to bestow it on them , rather a Difgrace than an Honour . I do not fear bringing this Title , however , into the Light and Reputation it de . ferves . And as we have ...
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Page 64 - ... to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah fed with eagerness and gratitude. When the repast was over —
Page 64 - by what chance thou hast been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness, in which I never saw a man before.
Page 219 - Tis almost morning. I would have thee gone; And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, That lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty. ROMEO. I would I were thy bird.
Page 65 - Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not...
Page 64 - At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper.
Page 137 - At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day. However, the fire fell at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to...
Page 62 - ... in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road. Having thus calmed his solicitude, he renewed his pace, though he suspected that he was not gaining ground.
Page 135 - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.
Page 134 - The court which led to his apartment being now almost filled with stones and ashes, if he had continued there any time longer, it would have been impossible for him to have made his way out; it was thought proper therefore to awaken him.
Page 136 - Though it was now morning, the light was exceedingly faint and languid, the buildings all around us tottered, and though we stood upon open...