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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... Soon after your meal you make visits , and the whole world that belongs to you speaks all the ill of you which you are re- peating of others . You see , Madam , whatever way you go , all about you are in a 2 N ° 210 . TATLER .
... Soon after your meal you make visits , and the whole world that belongs to you speaks all the ill of you which you are re- peating of others . You see , Madam , whatever way you go , all about you are in a 2 N ° 210 . TATLER .
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... soon had intelligence of their motion , and took a resolution to decamp in order to intercept them , within a day's march of our army . The king of Spain was apprehensive the enemy might make such a movement , and com- manded general ...
... soon had intelligence of their motion , and took a resolution to decamp in order to intercept them , within a day's march of our army . The king of Spain was apprehensive the enemy might make such a movement , and com- manded general ...
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... soon put into so great disorder , that their whole cavalry were commanded to sup- port their rear - guard . Upon the advance of this reinforcement , all the horse of the king of Spain were come up to sustain general Stanhope , inso ...
... soon put into so great disorder , that their whole cavalry were commanded to sup- port their rear - guard . Upon the advance of this reinforcement , all the horse of the king of Spain were come up to sustain general Stanhope , inso ...
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... soon be out of it . And we may ask very boldly , what can be a more sure consolation than to have an hope in death ? When men are arrived at think- ing of their very dissolution with pleasure , how few things are there that can be ...
... soon be out of it . And we may ask very boldly , what can be a more sure consolation than to have an hope in death ? When men are arrived at think- ing of their very dissolution with pleasure , how few things are there that can be ...
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... go to an assignation with a married woman at Rosamond's Pond , and was seen soon after reading the responses with great gravity at six - a - clock prayers . Sheer - lane , August 17 . Though the following 16 N ° 213 . TATLER .
... go to an assignation with a married woman at Rosamond's Pond , and was seen soon after reading the responses with great gravity at six - a - clock prayers . Sheer - lane , August 17 . Though the following 16 N ° 213 . 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.