The midwife: or, The old woman's magazine, 1. köide1750 |
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... Thing but Having thus proved mathematically and beyond all Contradiction , what Wit is like , I fhall now proceed to demonftrate to you what it is not like . Wit then , for Inftance , is not like the Writings , or any Part of the ...
... Thing but Having thus proved mathematically and beyond all Contradiction , what Wit is like , I fhall now proceed to demonftrate to you what it is not like . Wit then , for Inftance , is not like the Writings , or any Part of the ...
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... Thing ; but Philofophers who know better , place them at a great Distance and diametrically oppofite . To give an Inftance , the Rev. Dr. *** has a Fever in his Brain , that precipitates him to fcribble an Epigram , the Point of which ...
... Thing ; but Philofophers who know better , place them at a great Distance and diametrically oppofite . To give an Inftance , the Rev. Dr. *** has a Fever in his Brain , that precipitates him to fcribble an Epigram , the Point of which ...
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... Things , fends me Word that there is no Senfe in my Book ; but affures me at the fame Time , that I need not be dishearten'd on that Account , for it is the more likely to fell ; and to verify this , he refers me to fe- veral fenfeless ...
... Things , fends me Word that there is no Senfe in my Book ; but affures me at the fame Time , that I need not be dishearten'd on that Account , for it is the more likely to fell ; and to verify this , he refers me to fe- veral fenfeless ...
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... Thing , Mrs. Midnight , for a Man to be ftarving in a Jail , while his Wife and Family are perifhing at Home , only because he has not wherewith to fatisfy his angry Creditors . Take Notice of that Mrs. Midnight ! I am fure I have felt ...
... Thing , Mrs. Midnight , for a Man to be ftarving in a Jail , while his Wife and Family are perifhing at Home , only because he has not wherewith to fatisfy his angry Creditors . Take Notice of that Mrs. Midnight ! I am fure I have felt ...
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... Thing ' twou'd be , Mrs. Midnight , to make so many People happy who are now in the utmoft Distress , and even ... Things to tell you of that wicked Man ; but I muft defer it till another Time ; for I am afraid I have tired you with this ...
... Thing ' twou'd be , Mrs. Midnight , to make so many People happy who are now in the utmoft Distress , and even ... Things to tell you of that wicked Man ; but I muft defer it till another Time ; for I am afraid I have tired you with this ...
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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...