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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... living bear to see Miss Gruel , lean as she is , with her hair tied back after the modern way ? But such is the folly of our ladies , that because one who is a beauty , out of os- tentation of her being such , takes care to wear ...
... living bear to see Miss Gruel , lean as she is , with her hair tied back after the modern way ? But such is the folly of our ladies , that because one who is a beauty , out of os- tentation of her being such , takes care to wear ...
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... is as patient and good - natured as your own Worship , or any man living can be . Pray give me some di- rections , for I would observe the strictest and se- • verest rules you can think of to cure myself N ° 221 . 55 TATLER .
... is as patient and good - natured as your own Worship , or any man living can be . Pray give me some di- rections , for I would observe the strictest and se- • verest rules you can think of to cure myself N ° 221 . 55 TATLER .
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... living knows how long he shall continue to be a living creature , or an honest man . And whereas I. B. am going to enter into the state of matrimony with Mrs. D. therefore I shall from henceforth make it indifferent to me whether from ...
... living knows how long he shall continue to be a living creature , or an honest man . And whereas I. B. am going to enter into the state of matrimony with Mrs. D. therefore I shall from henceforth make it indifferent to me whether from ...
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... living the most miserably envious . I desired the circum- stances of his distemper : upon which , with a sigh that would have moved the most inhuman breast , " Mr. Bickerstaff , " said he , " I am nephew to a gentleman of very great ...
... living the most miserably envious . I desired the circum- stances of his distemper : upon which , with a sigh that would have moved the most inhuman breast , " Mr. Bickerstaff , " said he , " I am nephew to a gentleman of very great ...
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... living creature is inhabited . A flea has a thousand invisi ble insects that teaze him as he jumps from place to place , and revenge our quarrels upon him . A very ordinary microscope shews us , that a louse is itself a very lousy ...
... living creature is inhabited . A flea has a thousand invisi ble insects that teaze him as he jumps from place to place , and revenge our quarrels upon him . A very ordinary microscope shews us , that a louse is itself a very lousy ...
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Página 38 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Página 123 - Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions, as he list, phantasms and dreams ; Or if, inspiring venom, he might taint The animal spirits, that from pure blood arise Like gentle breaths from rivers pure, thence raise, At least, distemper'd, discontented thoughts, Vain hopes, vain aims, inordinate desires, Blown up with high conceits engendering pride.
Página 89 - That from their noyance he no where can rest, But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.
Página 266 - I have loved thy assemblies, I l:ave mourned for the divisions of thy church, I have delighted in the brightness of thy sanctuary. This vine, which thy right hand hath planted in this nation, I have ever prayed unto thee that it might have the first and the latter rain, and that it might stretch her branches to the seas and to the floods.
Página 94 - ... peace, which I believe would save the lives of many brave words, as well as men. The war has introduced abundance of polysyllables, which will never be able to live many more campaigns. Speculations...
Página 250 - As through unquiet rest: he, on his side Leaning, half raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus: ' Awake My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight!
Página 123 - As when a spark Lights on a heap of nitrous powder, laid Fit for the tun, some magazine to store Against a rumour'd war, the smutty grain, With sudden blaze diffused, inflames the air ; So started up, in his own shape, the fiend.
Página 266 - Besides my innumerable sins, I confess before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it, as I ought, to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but misspent it in things for which I was least fit : so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me into thy bosom, or guide me in thy ways.
Página 247 - ... whether the same change of inclination has happened to any other animals. For this reason, I desired a friend of mine in the country to let me know whether the lark rises as early as he did formerly and whether the cock begins to crow at his usual hour. My friend...
Página 128 - tis fair, yet seems to call a coach. The tuck'd-up sempstress walks with hasty strides, While streams run down her oil'd umbrella's sides. Here various kinds by various fortunes led, Commence acquaintance underneath a shed. Triumphant Tories, and desponding Whigs, Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs.