The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 4C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, 1774 |
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... answer . At laft I faw one on the other fide of the gate , who flood peeping through a fmall crevice . This was the porter ; he had a double face refembling a Janus , and was continually looking about him , as if he mistrusted fome ...
... answer . At laft I faw one on the other fide of the gate , who flood peeping through a fmall crevice . This was the porter ; he had a double face refembling a Janus , and was continually looking about him , as if he mistrusted fome ...
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... answering to the particulars of this Epiftle , I fhall only acquaint my cor- refpondent , that I am at prefent forming my thoughts upon the foundation of Sir Scudamore's progrefs in Spen- Jer , which has led me from all other amusements ...
... answering to the particulars of this Epiftle , I fhall only acquaint my cor- refpondent , that I am at prefent forming my thoughts upon the foundation of Sir Scudamore's progrefs in Spen- Jer , which has led me from all other amusements ...
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... answered , they were ; but that he was not in town . The ftranger afked , when he was expected at home ? The fervant replied , fhe would go in and afk his wife . The young woman repeated the word Wife , and fainted . This accident ...
... answered , they were ; but that he was not in town . The ftranger afked , when he was expected at home ? The fervant replied , fhe would go in and afk his wife . The young woman repeated the word Wife , and fainted . This accident ...
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... king , we will make merry . He was well answered , what hinders your doing that in the condition you are already . The reft- VOL . IV . D lefs 50 lefs defire of exerting themselves above the common level N ° 202 . THE TATLER . N° 202. ...
... king , we will make merry . He was well answered , what hinders your doing that in the condition you are already . The reft- VOL . IV . D lefs 50 lefs defire of exerting themselves above the common level N ° 202 . THE TATLER . N° 202. ...
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... answered with an air of furliness and honefty , If people will be free , let them be fo in the manner that I am , who never abuse a man but to his face . He had no reputation for faying dangerous truths ; therefore when it was repeated ...
... answered with an air of furliness and honefty , If people will be free , let them be fo in the manner that I am , who never abuse a man but to his face . He had no reputation for faying dangerous truths ; therefore when it was repeated ...
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THE TATLER, OR, LUCUBRATIONS OF ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, Esq: VOLUME THE ..., Volume 4 Sir Richard Steele,Joseph Addison Visualização integral - 1776 |
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Página 302 - 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 186 - Now from all Parts the swelling Kennels flow, And bear their Trophies with them as they go: Filth of all Hues and Odours seem to tell What Street they sail'd from, by their Sight and Smell.
Página 228 - ... where he dined upon me, and drank the king's health. When I came again into the world, I found that I had been happier in my retirement than I thought, having probably by that means escaped wearing a monstrous pair of breeches.
Página 150 - I think on those numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it: I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations.
Página 110 - The gentleman of the house told me, if I delighted in flowers, it would be worth my while ; for that he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country. I accepted the offer, and immediately found that they had been talking in terms of gardening, and that the kings and generals they had mentioned were only so many tulips, to which the gardeners, according to their usual custom, had given such high titles and appellations of honour. I was very much...
Página 268 - ... while she was at church, or to say her prayers in a posture that did not become a woman of her quality. The prisoner pleaded inadvertency; and the jury were going to bring it in chance-medley, had not several witnesses been produced against the said Elizabeth Makebate, that she was an old offender, and a woman of a bad reputation.
Página 227 - ... preacher. After this manner I made my way merrily through the world ; for, as I told you before, we shillings love nothing so much as travelling. I sometimes fetched in a shoulder...
Página 186 - Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs. Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient sits, While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within...
Página 117 - I have made some necessary variations both in the tube, and the fluid it contains. In the first place, I ordered a tube to be cast in a planetary hour, and took care to seal it hermetically, when the Sun was in conjunction with Saturn. I then took the proper precautions about the fluid, which is a compound of two very...