The Tatler, Volumen3C. Whittingham, published by John Sharpe, 1804 - 400 páginas |
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... given directions for an engine of several legs , that could contract or open itself like the top of an umbrella , in order to place the petti- coat upon it , by which means I might take a leisurely survey of it , as it should appear in ...
... given directions for an engine of several legs , that could contract or open itself like the top of an umbrella , in order to place the petti- coat upon it , by which means I might take a leisurely survey of it , as it should appear in ...
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... given out to be dead , while he was preparing to leave his country in quest of adventures . The hero having heard of his friend's death , immediately repaired to his mistress , to con- dole with her , and comfort her . Upon his arrival ...
... given out to be dead , while he was preparing to leave his country in quest of adventures . The hero having heard of his friend's death , immediately repaired to his mistress , to con- dole with her , and comfort her . Upon his arrival ...
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... given over my prosecution of the dead for this season , having by me many other pro- jects for the reformation of mankind ; but I have re- ceived so many complaints from such different hands , that I shall disoblige multitudes of my cor ...
... given over my prosecution of the dead for this season , having by me many other pro- jects for the reformation of mankind ; but I have re- ceived so many complaints from such different hands , that I shall disoblige multitudes of my cor ...
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... given over your face - painting for some time , because I think you have employed yourself more in grotesque figures than in beauties ; for which reason I would rather see you work upon history - pieces , than on single portraits . Your ...
... given over your face - painting for some time , because I think you have employed yourself more in grotesque figures than in beauties ; for which reason I would rather see you work upon history - pieces , than on single portraits . Your ...
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... called Rapine , and on his left a particular favourite , to whom he had given the title of Parsimony . The first was his collector , and the other his cashier . There were several long tables placed on each side of 123 . 49 TATLER .
... called Rapine , and on his left a particular favourite , to whom he had given the title of Parsimony . The first was his collector , and the other his cashier . There were several long tables placed on each side of 123 . 49 TATLER .
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acquaintance ADDISON admired agreeable Anticyra Apartment appear beautiful behaviour Bickerstaff called character Cicero coffee-house confess death delight desire discourse dress entertain Erasistratus esquire esteem eyes fancy favour fortune Gascon gentleman give happy hath heart Henry Dodwell honour humour husband imagination Isaac Bickerstaff John Sharpe Joshua Barnes kind knight-errant lady lately learned letter live look lover mankind manner marriage ment mind nation nature neral never night observe occasion OVID particular pass passion persons petitioner petticoat pleased pleasure poet present proper racter reader reason received Roman censors says sense Sheer Lane shew sion soul speak Spect spirit STEELE Stratonice Tatler tell temper Terentia thing thought THURSDAY Timoleon tion Tiresias told town turn Ulysses upholsterer VIRG Virgil virtue walk whole wife woman words write young
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Página 17 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 124 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.
Página 123 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Página 186 - 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 pleas'd her.
Página 387 - 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 352 - ... before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo; and receives impressions so forcible, that they are as hard to be removed by reason, as any mark with which a child is born is to be taken away by any future application.
Página 218 - are Prince Menzikoff, and the Duchess of Mirandola." He backed his assertions with so many broken hints, and such a show of depth and wisdom, that we gave ourselves up to his opinions.
Página 171 - 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 261 - Dear Mr. Bickerstaff," says he, shaking me by the hand, " every body knows you to be a judge of these things : and to tell you truly, I read over Roscommon's translation of ' Horace's Art of Poetry* three several times, before I sat down to write the sonnet which I have shown you. But you shall hear it again, and pray observe every line of it; for not one of them shall pass without your approbation. When dress'd in laurel wreaths you shine, " That is," says he, " when you have your garland on ; when...
Página 260 - Softly has got all the bad ones without book ; which he repeats upon occasion, to show his reading, and garnish his conversation. Ned is indeed a true English reader, incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but wonderfully pleased with the little Gothic ornaments of epigrammatical conceits, turns, points, and quibbles, which are so frequent in the most admired of our English poets...