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,... The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining ... - Page 317edited by - 1808Full 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,... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 328 pages
...as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea,...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
...as it were, in such weight, measure, and number,' even so perfectly as God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea,...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... | |
| John Hughes, Nicholas Rowe, Mrs. Inchbald - Damascus (Syria) - 1808 - 282 pages
...as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea,...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
...as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly, as God made the world; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea...(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... | |
| James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 480 pages
...it " were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so " perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so " sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened,...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 - 538 pages
...it were, in such weight, measure, and number, and even so perfectly, as God made the world, or else, I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, 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,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 536 pages
...it were, in such weight, measure, and number, and even so perfectly, as God made the world, or else, I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, 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 - 1814 - 516 pages
...thing else, I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, rips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name, for...measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I' must go to Mr. Aylmer, who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements... | |
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