The Retrospective Review, Volume 13Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1826 - Books |
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Page 21
... plays his game more cunningly : your Frenchman is much the fairer duellist , for when he goeth into the field , he commonly puts off his doublet and opens his breast ; the Spaniard , clean contrary , besides his shirt , hath his doublet ...
... plays his game more cunningly : your Frenchman is much the fairer duellist , for when he goeth into the field , he commonly puts off his doublet and opens his breast ; the Spaniard , clean contrary , besides his shirt , hath his doublet ...
Page 47
... player at wasters , " Mr. Barrington informs us , on the authority of Minshew , " signifies a cudgeller ; " but an ingenious correspondent supposes it rather to imply " a wrestler , " from " wast , " hodie waist . Mr. Pennant , how ...
... player at wasters , " Mr. Barrington informs us , on the authority of Minshew , " signifies a cudgeller ; " but an ingenious correspondent supposes it rather to imply " a wrestler , " from " wast , " hodie waist . Mr. Pennant , how ...
Page 62
... played at the ball . Here , I think , you will scarcely refrain from an in- credulous smile . An elephant , you will say , playing at the ball , and dancing ! So it was , however : when he was ordered to dance , he raised his legs ...
... played at the ball . Here , I think , you will scarcely refrain from an in- credulous smile . An elephant , you will say , playing at the ball , and dancing ! So it was , however : when he was ordered to dance , he raised his legs ...
Page 99
... played the archbishop , as it was thought by the Jesuits , with whom he has had a great contest about Molina's ( the Spanish Jesuit , ) doctrines . The libel went off at any rate , when the first buyers had read the title further , and ...
... played the archbishop , as it was thought by the Jesuits , with whom he has had a great contest about Molina's ( the Spanish Jesuit , ) doctrines . The libel went off at any rate , when the first buyers had read the title further , and ...
Page 107
... plays , gaming , walking , or coach- ing . The plays are here divided into two houses : one for the operas , and the ... play he made , and how he could really put himself into any passion he had in his head . Also of the great danger ...
... plays , gaming , walking , or coach- ing . The plays are here divided into two houses : one for the operas , and the ... play he made , and how he could really put himself into any passion he had in his head . Also of the great danger ...
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