About sixteen, And I in years superiour to her father.
Tis for my Improvement, Madam, to address a Lady whose superiour Talents so much excel those Politicks, her condescending Goodness pleases to commend in me.
I knew your Ladyship had a muchsuperiour Aim, but my Ambition soars no higher than being an honest Citizen's Wife.
Tis handsomly contriv'd to slur the Notion of a Superiour Nature, to disarm the Terrors of Religion, and make the Court Above as Romantick as that of the Fairies.
And by this process, allowing a few hours for maceration, an infusion is prepared, greatly superiour in strength to any decoction, infusion, or tincture of bark I ever saw.
Number 2 changed colour but little, and on standing precipitated a brown sediment, which, the superiour part of the liquor being decanted off, became again transparent on the addition of a few drops of the vitriolic acid.
Magnesia prepared from the waters of Epsom, is superiour to that prepared from the bitter purging salt; and he assures us that the Magnesia sold by him is so prepared.
From Mans effeminate slackness it begins, 630 Said th' Angel, who should better hold his place By wisdome, and superiour gifts receavd.
He was by no means convinced that the judgment of those, to whom he was required to submit, was superiour to his own.
This he treated as an empty menace; and, perhaps, might have hastened the publication, only to show how much he was superiour to their insults, had not all his schemes been suddenly destroyed.
From Mans effeminate slackness it begins, Said th' Angel, who should better hold his place By wisdome, and superiour gifts receavd.
Next day I reached Vescovato, where I was received by Signor Buttafoco, who proved superiour to the character I had conceived of him from the letter of M.
How much superiour is this great man's idea of agreeable conversation to that of professed wits, who are continually straining for smart remarks, and lively repartees.
The authour of an approved book may allow his natural disposition an easy play, and yet indulge the pride of superiour genius when he considers that by those who know him only as an authour, he never ceases to be respected.
He made warres against the French king, in all which this Iames then king of Scots attended vpon him, as vpon his superiour lord, with a conuenient number of Scots, notwithstanding their league with France.
Rasselas listened to him, with the veneration due to the instructions of a superiour being, and, waiting for him at the door, humbly implored the liberty of visiting so great a master of true wisdom.
When, in prospect of some good, whether natural or moral, we break the rules prescribed us, we withdraw from the direction of superiour wisdom, and take all consequences upon ourselves.
He must write, as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself, as presiding over the thoughts and manners of future generations; as a being superiour to time and place.
Amidst the splendour of encircling beauty, Superiourmajesty proclaims thee queen, And nature justifies our monarch's choice.
As I bore a superiour character, I was often called to terminate their quarrels, which I decided as equitably as I could.
Superiour and unmoved; here only weak Against the charm of Beauty's powerful glance.
From Man's effeminate slackness it begins, Said the Angel, who should better hold his place By wisdom, andsuperiour gifts received.
Nearer his presence Adam, though not awed, Yet with submiss approach and reverence meek, As to a superiour nature bowing low, Thus said.
Ground oak is bushy, and seldom exceeds six feet in height; it bears a small acorn of a very superiour flavour, which is the chief food of the deer, and sheep, who run wild in the woods.
Live oak is said to be very superiour to all the rest, and the best ship-timber in the world.
The white, turkey, and chesnut are used for ship-timber; the acorn of the latter very superiour in size to any other.
Were not the food and liquor belonging to the white men of the law far superiour to these insipid fish, these dried roots, and these running waters?
The circumstance of superiour beauty is thought worthy attention in the propagation of our horses, dogs, and other domestic animals; why not in that of man?
As much as the mind is superiour to the body, so much are those charming regions preferable to these which we now inhabit.
Glad of the removal of a barrier which has kept them at a distance from those above them, they revel in the idea that the fall of a superiour is their own proper elevation.
Because they were ordained by Bishops, not as Lord Bishops, or as a superiour Order by divine Right above a Presbyter; but as they were Presbyters.
What are become of the Marots, the Ronsards, the Scuderies of our neighbour Nation, yet these Writers were infinitely superiour to what most of our taking Authors have been.
And the stern Brow, and the harsh Voice defies, And with superiour Greatness smiles.
It is known, likewise, that trade cannot be continued in war, without the protection of naval armaments; and that our fleet is at present superiour in strength to those of the greatest part of the universe united.
In war, my lords, that commander has generally been esteemed most prudent, who keeps his designs most secret, and assaults the enemy in an unguarded quarter, withsuperiour and unexpected strength.
While they made war with adventitious treasures, and only squandered one year what another would repay them, it was not easy to foresee how long their pride would incline them to hold out against superiour strength.
To convince the understanding, and to tickle the fancy, are purposes very different, and must be promoted by different means; nor is he always to imagine himself superiour in the dispute, who is applauded with the loudest laugh.
At his Majestys Superiour Court of Judicature Court of Assize and General Goal Delivery began and held at Cambridge within and for the County of Middlesex on the first Tuesday of August Annoque Domini 1755-- By the Honoble.
I think it is an impudent Thing for a Parcel of Country Boobies to desire to be serv'd first, or better, than so many Hundred Congregations, that are superiour to them in Number and Knowledge, as well as Wealth and Quality.
A virtuous Man thinks himself obliged to obey the Laws of his Country; but a Man of Honour acts from a Principle which he is bound to believe Superiour to all Laws.
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