The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... Apartment , January 8 . I THOUGHT to have given over my prosecution of the dead for this season , having by me many other projects for the reformation of mankind ; but I have received so many complaints from such different hands , that ...
... Apartment , January 8 . I THOUGHT to have given over my prosecution of the dead for this season , having by me many other projects for the reformation of mankind ; but I have received so many complaints from such different hands , that ...
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... apartments , into which the whole temple was divided . I was here stunned with a mixed noise of clamour and jollity . On one side of me I heard singing and dancing ; on the other brawls and clashing of swords . In short , I was so ...
... apartments , into which the whole temple was divided . I was here stunned with a mixed noise of clamour and jollity . On one side of me I heard singing and dancing ; on the other brawls and clashing of swords . In short , I was so ...
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... Apartment , January 16 . I WAS recollecting the remainder of my vision when " there was a my maid came to me and told me , * About three years before this time , in 1706 , towards the end of April , the Morocco ambassador made dis ...
... Apartment , January 16 . I WAS recollecting the remainder of my vision when " there was a my maid came to me and told me , * About three years before this time , in 1706 , towards the end of April , the Morocco ambassador made dis ...
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... Apartment , January 18 . I FIND it is thought necessary , that I , who have taken upon me to censure the irregularities of the age , should give an account of my own actions , when they appear doubtful , or subject to miscon- struction ...
... Apartment , January 18 . I FIND it is thought necessary , that I , who have taken upon me to censure the irregularities of the age , should give an account of my own actions , when they appear doubtful , or subject to miscon- struction ...
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... Apartment , January 20 . A CONTINUATION OF THE VISION . WITH much labour and difficulty I passed through the first part of my vision , and recovered the centre of the wood , from whence I had the prospect of the three great roads . I ...
... Apartment , January 20 . A CONTINUATION OF THE VISION . WITH much labour and difficulty I passed through the first part of my vision , and recovered the centre of the wood , from whence I had the prospect of the three great roads . I ...
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Страница 41 - 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.
Страница 41 - With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike : Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Страница viii - 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...
Страница viii - 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...
Страница 56 - 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...
Страница vii - 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!
Страница 42 - 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.
Страница 24 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Страница 192 - 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 cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
Страница 360 - Papa could not hear me, and would play with me no more, for they were going to put him under ground, whence he could never come to us again.