Les bijoux indiscrets: or, The indiscreet toys, Volume 1Re-printed for Pierrot Ragout, 1749 |
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againſt Alcina anfwered appartment Banza Brama Bramin Celebi CHAP Codindo Congo converfation court cried defire difcourfe dogs Egle Emir Erguebzed faid fhe faid Mangogul faid Mirzoza faid the Sultan fame Fatme favorite fays fecret feems feet felf felves fenfe fhall fhould filence filly fingular firft firſt fome fometimes foon foul fpeak fpeech fpoke Frenicol ftill fubject fuch fure gogul Haria head herſelf highneſs himſelf huſband iffue juſt Kerfael ladies leaſt lefs lofe loft lover madam Manilla minifters miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt muzzles myſelf nefs never noiſe obferved Orcotomus paffion penfions perfon philofopher pleaſe pleaſure Pompey pray Prince raiſed reafon refolved reft replied Mirzoza replied the Sultan Sambuco ſhall ſhe Sindor Sophia ſpeak thefe Thelis themſelves theſe words thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion Toyman turn'd his ring underſtand uſe whofe woman women yourſelf 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.