 | Sir Richard Steele - 1712 - 418 pages
...\Vifdom of the Ancients had deicnbed Man to-' > be an Anknal of Fmir Legs in the Morning, Twoit Neon, and Three at Night ; by which they, intimated, that a Cane might very properly bei'oijie Part of us in fome Period of Lire. Upon which I askc*d him, Whether he wore it at his- i... | |
 | Tatler - 1754 - 338 pages
...Situation of our Bodies, to walk upon our Hands and Feet; and that the Wifdom of the Antients had defcribed Man to be an Animal of Four Legs in the Morning* Two...that a Cane might very properly become Part of us in fonie Period of Life. Upon which I aiked him, Whether he wore it at his Breaft to have in Readinffo... | |
 | English essays - 1709 - 388 pages
...of our bodies, to walk upon our hands and feet ; and that the wifdom of the ancients had defcribed man to be an animal of four legs in the morning, two...become part of us in fome period of" life. Upon which I afked him, whether he wore it at his breaft to have it in readinefs when that period mould: arrive... | |
 | 1785 - 698 pages
...of our bodies, to walk upon our hands and feet ; and that the wifdom of the ancients had defcribed man to be an animal of four, legs in the morning,...very properly become part of us in fome period of lite.' Upon which I aiked him, whether he wore it at his bread to have it in rcadinefs when that period... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 572 pages
...of our bodies, to walk upon our hands end feet ; and that the wisdom of the ancients had described man to be an animal of four legs in the morning, two...and three at night; by which they intimated, that the cane might very properly become part of us in some period of life." Upon which I asked him, "whether... | |
 | 1804 - 676 pages
...situation of our bodies, to walk upon our hands and feet; and that the wisdom of the antients had deseribed man to be an animal of four legs in the morning, two...that a cane might very properly become part of us in some period of life. Upon which I asked him, whether he wore it at his breast to have it ili readiness... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...of- our bodies, to walk upon our hands and- feet ; and that the wisdom of the ancients had described man to be an animal of four legs in the morning, two...that a cane might very properly become part of us in some period of life. Upon which, I asked him, " Whether he wore it at his breast to have it in readiness... | |
 | English essays - 1804 - 450 pages
...of our bodies, to walk upon our hands and feet ;' and that the wisdom of the ancients had described man to be an animal of four legs in the morning, two...and three at night ; by which they intimated, that the cane might very properly become part of us in some period of life. Upon which I asked him, whether... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 pages
...situation of our bodies, to walk upon our hands and feet; and that the wisdom of the ancients had described man to be an animal of four legs in the morning, two...that a cane might very properly become part of us in some period of life.' Upon which I asked him, ( whether he wore it at his breast to have it in readiness... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...of our bodies, to walk upon our hands and feet ; and that the wisdom of the ancients had described man to be an animal of four legs in the morning, two...and three at night ; by which they intimated, that the cane might very properly become part of us in some period of life." Upon which I asked him, " whether... | |
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whether he wore it at his breast to have it in readiness when that period should arrive?" My young lawyer immediately told me, he had a property in it, and a right to hang it where he... 
