The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface, historical and biographical, by A. Chalmers, Volumen4Alexander Chalmers 1817 |
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... raising the Fortunes of Ten Young Ladies ..... 201. Faults of the Women attributable to the Men - Letters from Lovers - Benefit Plays - Advertisement from the Trum- pet 202. On unreasonable Expectations - On He- roic Actions in private ...
... raising the Fortunes of Ten Young Ladies ..... 201. Faults of the Women attributable to the Men - Letters from Lovers - Benefit Plays - Advertisement from the Trum- pet 202. On unreasonable Expectations - On He- roic Actions in private ...
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... raise affliction to themselves out of every thing . Lands and houses , sheep and oxen , convey happiness and misery into the hearts of rea- sonable creatures . Nay , I have known a muff , a scarf , or a tippet , become a solid blessing ...
... raise affliction to themselves out of every thing . Lands and houses , sheep and oxen , convey happiness and misery into the hearts of rea- sonable creatures . Nay , I have known a muff , a scarf , or a tippet , become a solid blessing ...
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... raise discourse , ' I thought Margarita sung extremely well last night . ' Upon this , says the lady , looking as pale as ashes , I suppose she had cherry - coloured ribbands on . ' ' No , ' answered the husband with a flush in his face ...
... raise discourse , ' I thought Margarita sung extremely well last night . ' Upon this , says the lady , looking as pale as ashes , I suppose she had cherry - coloured ribbands on . ' ' No , ' answered the husband with a flush in his face ...
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... raise schemes and conjectures upon futurity . For my own part , I love to range through that half of eternity which is still to come , rather than look on that which is already run out ; because I know I have a real share and interest ...
... raise schemes and conjectures upon futurity . For my own part , I love to range through that half of eternity which is still to come , rather than look on that which is already run out ; because I know I have a real share and interest ...
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... raised to the dignity of Hunting - horns , I shall desire , for the future , that they may be known by that name . I must not here omit the Bag - pipe species , that will entertain you from morning to night with the repetition of a few ...
... raised to the dignity of Hunting - horns , I shall desire , for the future , that they may be known by that name . I must not here omit the Bag - pipe species , that will entertain you from morning to night with the repetition of a few ...
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Página 26 - Her husband the relater she preferr'd Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather; he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses: from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Página 221 - Full of crusadoes : and, but my noble Moor Is true of mind and made of no such baseness As jealous creatures are, it were enough To put him to ill thinking. Emil. Is he not jealous? Des. Who, he ? I think the sun where he was born Drew all such humours from him.
Página 12 - READING is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and; invigorated; by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
Página 222 - O now, for ever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war...
Página 222 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 98 - YESTERDAY came hither about two hours before the company generally make their appearance, with a design to read over all the newspapers ; but upon my sitting down I was accosted by Ned Softly, who saw me from a corner in the other end of the room, where I found he had been writing something.
Página 8 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
Página 190 - I say, when we let our thoughts wander from such noble objects, and consider the havoc which is made among the tender and the innocent, pity enters with an unmixed softness, and possesses all our souls at once. Here (were there words to express such sentiments with proper tenderness) I should record the beauty, innocence, and untimely death, of the first object my eyes ever beheld with love.
Página 101 - assured me, he would rather have written that Ah ! than to have been the author of the JEneid. He inded objected, that I made Mira's pen like a quill in one of the lines, and like a dart in the other. But as to that " " Oh ! as to that," says I, " it is but supposing Cupid to be like a porcupine, and his quills and darts will be the same thing.
Página 101 - Pray how do you like that ah ! Doth it not make a pretty figure in that place ? Ah ! — it looks as if I felt the dart, and cried out at being pricked with it. " For, ah ! it wounds me like his dart.