The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... mention this cudgelling part of the story with a design to engage the secular arm in matters of this nature : but certainly , if it ever exerts itself in affairs of opinion and speculation , it ought to do it on such shallow and ...
... mention this cudgelling part of the story with a design to engage the secular arm in matters of this nature : but certainly , if it ever exerts itself in affairs of opinion and speculation , it ought to do it on such shallow and ...
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... mention as an example has always the second apprentice out of the counting - house for her own use on her visiting- day , and he sets down very methodically all the visits which are made her . I remember very well , that on the first of ...
... mention as an example has always the second apprentice out of the counting - house for her own use on her visiting- day , and he sets down very methodically all the visits which are made her . I remember very well , that on the first of ...
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... mention its crowing all hours of the night about Christmas time , and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season . " It faded on the crowing of the cock . Some say , that ever ' gainst that season comes Wherein our ...
... mention its crowing all hours of the night about Christmas time , and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season . " It faded on the crowing of the cock . Some say , that ever ' gainst that season comes Wherein our ...
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... mention , because Mr. Dryden has said , in his preface to Juvenal , that he could meet with no turn of words in Milton . It may be further observed , that though the sweetness of these verses has something in it of a pastoral , yet it ...
... mention , because Mr. Dryden has said , in his preface to Juvenal , that he could meet with no turn of words in Milton . It may be further observed , that though the sweetness of these verses has something in it of a pastoral , yet it ...
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... mention that which follows , in which he describes the fallen angels engaged in the intricate disputes of predes- tination , free - well , and fore - knowledge ; and , to humour the perplexity , makes a kind of labyrinth in the very ...
... mention that which follows , in which he describes the fallen angels engaged in the intricate disputes of predes- tination , free - well , and fore - knowledge ; and , to humour the perplexity , makes a kind of labyrinth in the very ...
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acquaintance admired Æneid agreeable Anticyra appear beautiful behaviour Bickerstaff called character Cicero Coffee-house confess Coquette creatures dead death delight desire discourse dress endeavour entertain Erasistratus Eriphyle Esquire eyes fancy father favour fortune Gascon gentleman give greatest hand happy hath heart honour human humble humour husband imagination impertinent ISAAC BICKERSTAFF Jupiter kind lady learned letter live look lover mankind manner marriage ment mind Mohocks Nando's nation nature never night observe occasion OVID particular pass passion persons petitioner petticoat pleased pleasure poet present proper Pyrrha racter reader reason received Roman Censors Rome SATURDAY says sense Sheer-lane soul speak spirit Stratonice Tatler tell temper Terentia thing thought THURSDAY Timoleon tion Tiresias told town TUESDAY turn upholsterer VIRG Virgil virtue walk whole wife woman words write young
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Página 47 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Página 5 - So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Página 5 - Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth ! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman! A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she follow'd my poor father's body...
Página 6 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Página 47 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Página 62 - 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 48 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Página 30 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 198 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of Earth and Heaven.
Página 366 - She was a very beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport; which, methought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, 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.