I am in presence either of father or mother ; whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else ; I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly,... Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most eminent ... - Page 77by Elegant extracts - 1812Full view - About this book
| Roger Ascham - Latin language - 1711 - 296 pages
...made the World , or tlfe I am fo foarplj 9, taunted, fo cruelly threatned, yta prefentlj 9, fometimes with Pinches, Nips, and Bobs, and ,, other ways (which I will not name for the f, Honour I bear them) fo without Meafure it miforderd, that 1 think my felf in HJly tiff 3t Time come... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - Great Britain - 1790 - 466 pages
...God mnde the world ; orelie I am fo (harply taunted, fo cruelly threatened, yea prefentiy fomctimcs with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways, (which I will not name, for the honour I bear them) without meafure mifordered, till the time come, that 1 muft go to Mr. Elmer; who teacheth me fo gently,... | |
| John Hughes, Nicholas Rowe, Mrs. Inchbald - Damascus (Syria) - 1808 - 282 pages
...or go ; eat, drink, be merry or sad ; be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing any thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number,...without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell ; and fall a weeping when I am called from my studies, because whatsoever I do else but learning, is... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 348 pages
...or go ; eat, drink, be merry or sad ; be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing any thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number,'...without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell ; and fall a weeping when 1 am called from my studies, because whatsoever I do else but learning, is... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 328 pages
...or go ; eat, drink, be merry or sad ; be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing any thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number,...without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell; and fall a weeping when I am called from my studies, because whatsoever I do else but learning, is... | |
| Great Britain - 1808 - 588 pages
...or go ; eat, drink, be merry, or sad; be sowing, playing, dancins, or doing any thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number,...(which I will not name, for the honour I bear them) s<> without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till the time come, that I must go to... | |
| William Oldys, Thomas Park - Great Britain - 1808 - 586 pages
...stand, or go; eat, drink, be merry, or sad; be sowing, playing, dancing, or doing any thin? else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly, as God made the world j or eke I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes, with pinches, nips,... | |
| James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 480 pages
...go, 4' eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, " dancing, or doing any thing else, I must do it as it " were, in such weight, measure, and number,...bobs, and other " ways, which I will not name for the honor I bear " them, so without measure misordered, that I think tl myself in ****, till time come... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 536 pages
...dancing, or doing any thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, and even so perfectly, as God made the world, or else,...yea, presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs (or other ways, which I will not name, for the honour I bear them), so without measure misordered,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 538 pages
...dancing, or doing any thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, and even so perfectly, as God made the world, or else,...yea, presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs (or other ways, which I will not name, for the honour J bear them)! so without measure misordered,... | |
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