The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... spirit with high raptures , by pro- portioning the shows of things to the desires of the mind , and not submitting the mind to things , as reason and history do . And by these allurements and congruities , whereby it cherisheth the soul ...
... spirit with high raptures , by pro- portioning the shows of things to the desires of the mind , and not submitting the mind to things , as reason and history do . And by these allurements and congruities , whereby it cherisheth the soul ...
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... birth is celebrated , The bird of dawning singeth all night long , And then , they say , no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike , No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm 28 111 . TATLER .
... birth is celebrated , The bird of dawning singeth all night long , And then , they say , no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike , No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm 28 111 . TATLER .
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... spirit . The first are the impertinent , and the second the dangerous part of mankind . It grieves me to the very heart , when I see se- veral young gentlemen , descended of honest parents , run up and down , hurrying from one end of ...
... spirit . The first are the impertinent , and the second the dangerous part of mankind . It grieves me to the very heart , when I see se- veral young gentlemen , descended of honest parents , run up and down , hurrying from one end of ...
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... spirit of prophecy , and a particular zeal against the French king , I have some thoughts of sending for him from the banks of Styx , and reinstating him in his own house , at the sign of the Globe in Salisbury street . For the ...
... spirit of prophecy , and a particular zeal against the French king , I have some thoughts of sending for him from the banks of Styx , and reinstating him in his own house , at the sign of the Globe in Salisbury street . For the ...
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... spirit of virtue which appeared in that people , upon some expressions in a scene of a famous tragedy ; an account of which we have in one of Seneca's Epistles . A covetous person is represented speaking the common senti- ments of all ...
... spirit of virtue which appeared in that people , upon some expressions in a scene of a famous tragedy ; an account of which we have in one of Seneca's Epistles . A covetous person is represented speaking the common senti- ments of all ...
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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.