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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... mention some of the most precious parts of their treasure , without a kind of an apology for it . I have been shewn a beetle valued at twenty crowns , and a toad at an hundred : but we must take this for a general rule , " That whatever ...
... mention some of the most precious parts of their treasure , without a kind of an apology for it . I have been shewn a beetle valued at twenty crowns , and a toad at an hundred : but we must take this for a general rule , " That whatever ...
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... mention is one of your common modest women , that is to say , those who are ordinarily reckoned such . Her husband knows every pain in life with her , but jealousy . Now , because she is clear in this particular , the man cannot say his ...
... mention is one of your common modest women , that is to say , those who are ordinarily reckoned such . Her husband knows every pain in life with her , but jealousy . Now , because she is clear in this particular , the man cannot say his ...
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Alexander Chalmers. they had received this odd intelligence ; especially when I heard them mention the names of several other great generals , as the prince of Hesse , and the king of Sweden , who , they said , were both running away ...
Alexander Chalmers. they had received this odd intelligence ; especially when I heard them mention the names of several other great generals , as the prince of Hesse , and the king of Sweden , who , they said , were both running away ...
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... mention was the softness of their climate . This gave the lover opportunities of being abroad in the air , or of lying upon the earth whole hours together , without fear of damps or dews ; but as for our tramontane lovers , when they ...
... mention was the softness of their climate . This gave the lover opportunities of being abroad in the air , or of lying upon the earth whole hours together , without fear of damps or dews ; but as for our tramontane lovers , when they ...
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... pro and con in the case of " the morning - gown " is still carried on after the same manner . I need not mention the several pro- A truss - maker . prietors of Dr. Anderson's pills ; nor take notice of N ° 224 . 67 TATLER .
... pro and con in the case of " the morning - gown " is still carried on after the same manner . I need not mention the several pro- A truss - maker . prietors of Dr. Anderson's pills ; nor take notice of N ° 224 . 67 TATLER .
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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.