Les bijoux indiscrets: or, The indiscreet toys, Volume 1Re-printed for Pierrot Ragout, 1749 |
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Alcina amuſe anſwered appartment Banza beſt Brama Bramin buſineſs Celebi CHAP Codindo Congo converſation cried defire diſcourſe dogs Egle Erguebzed faid Mangogul faid Mirzoza faid ſhe faid the Sultan Fatme favorite feet filence filly firſt fome foon foul Frenicol fubject fuch fure gogul Haria head highneſs himſelf houſe husband iſſue juſt Kerfael ladies laſt leaſt leſs loft loſe lover madam Mangogul Manilla maſter miſtreſs moſt muſt muzzles myſelf neſs never noiſe obſerve Orcotomus paffion penſions perſon philofopher pleaſe pleaſure Pompey preſent Prince propoſe raiſed reaſon replied Mangogul replied Mirzoza replied the Sultan ſaid Sambuco ſame ſay ſee ſeems ſeized Seneſchal ſenſe ſervices ſeveral ſhall ſhort ſhould Sindor ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpeech ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtop ſuch ſyſtem Thelis themſelves theſe words thing thoſe thou tion Toyman turn'd his ring underſtand uſe vaſt Vorticists whoſe woman women Zelida Zulmis
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Page 261 - I faw him directing a long telefcope towards the heavens, eftimating the fall of bodies by means of a pendulum, determining the weight of the air by a tube fill'd with quickfilver, and difcompofing light with a prifm.
Page 21 - ... in a plain, audible voice. " Do not imagine however, that 'tis " by the mouth that they are to ** fpeak ?" By what then will they fpeak, fays Mangogul?
Page 8 - ... fifteen years of his life ; and at the age of twenty he could eat, drink, and fleep, as completely as any potentate of his age.
Page 261 - With his right hand he brandifhed a torch, whole light fpread a vaft way in the iky, enlightened even the bottom of the waters, and penetrated into the entrails of the earth. I alk'd Plato, what that gigantic figure was, that was comcoming towards us.
Page 162 - I cannot tell what be" nefit you will reap by your ring ; ** but the more you try it, the more •" odious my fex becomes to me : " even thofe, whom I thought I juft" ly held in fome efteem, are not
Page 262 - I faw experience draw near, and the columns of the portico of hypothefes to fhake, its arches to fink in, and its pavement to crack under our feet. " Let " us fly, faid Plato, let us fly: this " edifice has but a moment to ftand.