The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface, historical and biographical, by A. Chalmers, Volumen4Alexander Chalmers 1817 |
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... reason but to ruin it . I did not believe this piece of philo- sophy until that night I was just now speaking of ; but I then saw the same thing pass between an Ogler and a Coquette . Mirtillo , the most learned of the former , had for ...
... reason but to ruin it . I did not believe this piece of philo- sophy until that night I was just now speaking of ; but I then saw the same thing pass between an Ogler and a Coquette . Mirtillo , the most learned of the former , had for ...
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... reason they agreed to throw all the blessings and calamities together into one large vessel , and in that manner offer them up at the feet of Jupiter . This was performed accordingly ; the Eldest Sister presenting herself before the ...
... reason they agreed to throw all the blessings and calamities together into one large vessel , and in that manner offer them up at the feet of Jupiter . This was performed accordingly ; the Eldest Sister presenting herself before the ...
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... reason , the virtue which we gather from a fable , or an allegory , is like the health we get by hunting ; as we are engaged in an agreeable pursuit that draws us on with pleasure , and makes us insensible of the fatigues that accompany ...
... reason , the virtue which we gather from a fable , or an allegory , is like the health we get by hunting ; as we are engaged in an agreeable pursuit that draws us on with pleasure , and makes us insensible of the fatigues that accompany ...
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... reason , even to this day , we use the word Sheep - biter as a term of reproach , as we do Beef - eater in a respectful and honourable sense . As for the flesh of lamb , veal , chicken , and other animals under age , they were the ...
... reason , even to this day , we use the word Sheep - biter as a term of reproach , as we do Beef - eater in a respectful and honourable sense . As for the flesh of lamb , veal , chicken , and other animals under age , they were the ...
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... reason , we at present see the florid com- plexion , the strong limb , and the hale constitution , are to be found chiefly among the meaner sort of people , or in the wild gentry who have been educated among the woods or mountains ...
... reason , we at present see the florid com- plexion , the strong limb , and the hale constitution , are to be found chiefly among the meaner sort of people , or in the wild gentry who have been educated among the woods or mountains ...
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acquaintance actions admiration agreeable Apartment appear beauty behaviour Bickerstaff Bouchain Cælia cerned character Coffee-house consider conversation dæmon death delight desire discourse endeavour entertain epistle Erasistratus esteem eyes fancy father favour fortune gentleman give Great-Britain Hanno the Carthaginian happy hath heart honour humour husband imagination impertinent inns of court ISAAC BICKERSTAFF June kind king of Sweden lady learned letter live look lovers mankind manner marriage merit mind nature neral never observe occasion Othello OVID Palamede pass passion persons Philander play pleased pleasure poet present proper Pyrrha racter reason received ridiculous Roman Censors sense Sheer-lane soul speak spirit Stratonice TATLER tell temper Terentia thing thou thought THURSDAY tion told town tural turn upholsterer vanity VIRG virtue wherein whole wife woman write young
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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.