The British Essayists, Том 7Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... master in his own profession , and which is worse , improves nothing which he finds . Nature fails him , and being forced to his old shift , he has recourse to witticism . This passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the ...
... master in his own profession , and which is worse , improves nothing which he finds . Nature fails him , and being forced to his old shift , he has recourse to witticism . This passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the ...
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... masters of the ceremonies in a bear - garden : yet these are they who have the most admirers . But it often happens , to their mortification , that as their readers improve their stock of sense ( as they may by reading better books ...
... masters of the ceremonies in a bear - garden : yet these are they who have the most admirers . But it often happens , to their mortification , that as their readers improve their stock of sense ( as they may by reading better books ...
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... master , all marks of splendour and magnifi- cence , though the head of such a joyful people , he will conceive a greater idea of the honour done to his master , than when he sees the generality of the people in the same habit . When ...
... master , all marks of splendour and magnifi- cence , though the head of such a joyful people , he will conceive a greater idea of the honour done to his master , than when he sees the generality of the people in the same habit . When ...
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... is safely brought from her nurse , before she is capable of forming one simple no- tion of any thing in life , she is delivered to the hands VOL . VII . D of her dancing - master ; and with a collar No 66 . 25 SPECTATOR .
... is safely brought from her nurse , before she is capable of forming one simple no- tion of any thing in life , she is delivered to the hands VOL . VII . D of her dancing - master ; and with a collar No 66 . 25 SPECTATOR .
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Alexander Chalmers. of her dancing - master ; and with a collar round her neck , the pretty wild thing is taught a fantastical gra- vity of behaviour , and forced to a particular way of holding her head , heaving her breast , and moving ...
Alexander Chalmers. of her dancing - master ; and with a collar round her neck , the pretty wild thing is taught a fantastical gra- vity of behaviour , and forced to a particular way of holding her head , heaving her breast , and moving ...
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Страница 193 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country...
Страница 195 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Страница 220 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it, he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Страница 196 - Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon.
Страница 268 - ... monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh, desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence ; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not still more like himself than a Saracen, I composed my countenance in the best manner I could, and...
Страница 122 - Of nuptial sanctity, and marriage rites : Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Страница 196 - found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not show it. I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is.
Страница 220 - ... mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion. This authority of the knight, though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see any thing ridiculous in his behaviour; besides that the general good sense and worthiness of his character make his friends...
Страница 237 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.