The British Essayists;: TatlerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... brought in with her , turned her raillery upon me . " Mr. Bickerstaff , you remember you followed me one night from the play - house ; suppose you should carry me thither to - morrow night , and lead me into the front - box . " This put ...
... brought in with her , turned her raillery upon me . " Mr. Bickerstaff , you remember you followed me one night from the play - house ; suppose you should carry me thither to - morrow night , and lead me into the front - box . " This put ...
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... brought a great destruction upon my own species , I must endeavour in this to raise fresh recruits , and , if possible , to supply the places of the unborn and the deceased . It is said of Xerxes , that when he stood upon a hill , and ...
... brought a great destruction upon my own species , I must endeavour in this to raise fresh recruits , and , if possible , to supply the places of the unborn and the deceased . It is said of Xerxes , that when he stood upon a hill , and ...
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... the way of Cleora are Orson Thicket and Mr. Walter Wisdom . Orson is a huntsman , whose father's death , and some diffi- culties about legacies , brought him out of the woods to town last November . He was at that 76 No 98 . TATLER .
... the way of Cleora are Orson Thicket and Mr. Walter Wisdom . Orson is a huntsman , whose father's death , and some diffi- culties about legacies , brought him out of the woods to town last November . He was at that 76 No 98 . TATLER .
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... brought up to letters . A learned education , passing through great schools and uni- versities , is very expensive ; and consumes a mode- rate fortune , before it is gone through in its proper forms . The purchase of an handsome ...
... brought up to letters . A learned education , passing through great schools and uni- versities , is very expensive ; and consumes a mode- rate fortune , before it is gone through in its proper forms . The purchase of an handsome ...
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... brought her in a very considerable dowry ; though it was impossible for it to be equal to their value . Every one will know , that I here mean the works of the late archbishop of Canterbury * , the copy of which was sold for two ...
... brought her in a very considerable dowry ; though it was impossible for it to be equal to their value . Every one will know , that I here mean the works of the late archbishop of Canterbury * , the copy of which was sold for two ...
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Стр. 123 - So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Стр. 150 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Стр. 63 - ... for which reason, I found he had very much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives and adventures of Don Bellianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, the Seven Champions, and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son; and that these diversions might turn to some profit, I found the boy had made remarks, which might be of service to him during the course of his whole life. He would tell you the mismanagements...
Стр. 80 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Стр. 168 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Стр. 62 - He would have gone on in this tender way, when the good lady entered, and, with an inexpressible sweetness in her countenance, told us she had been searching her closet for something very good, to treat such an old friend as I was. Her husband's eyes sparkled with pleasure at the cheerfulness of her countenance; and I saw all his fears vanish in an instant. The lady observing something in our looks which showed we had been more serious than ordinary, and seeing her husband receive her with great...
Стр. 123 - Would have mourn'd longer, — married with my uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Стр. 59 - I cannot indeed express the pleasure it is to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child which loses the race to me runs back again to tell the father it is Mr.
Стр. 102 - O'er other creatures : yet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Стр. 60 - With such reflections on little passages which happened long ago, we passed our time, during a cheerful and elegant meal. After dinner, his lady left the room, as did also the children. As soon as we were alone, he took me by the hand: "Well, my good friend...