The British Essayists: SpectatorC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... woman with his know- ledge of the world , and acute discernment of character ? " If , " says an author to whom I have often referred , " she was a woman of such a de- spicable understanding ; that such a woman should have engaged , for ...
... woman with his know- ledge of the world , and acute discernment of character ? " If , " says an author to whom I have often referred , " she was a woman of such a de- spicable understanding ; that such a woman should have engaged , for ...
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... woman , he indulged in the licentiousness of brothels , in one of which he was found dead , Feb. 19 , 1717-18 * . The affectionate letter on the death of a wife , in No. 520 , is attributed to a Mr. Francham , of Norwich , of whom ...
... woman , he indulged in the licentiousness of brothels , in one of which he was found dead , Feb. 19 , 1717-18 * . The affectionate letter on the death of a wife , in No. 520 , is attributed to a Mr. Francham , of Norwich , of whom ...
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... woman of a hand- some dignified figure , as she is described to have been in the 113th number of the Spectator . She was a personage well known and much distinguished in her day , and is described very respectably in the New Atalantis ...
... woman of a hand- some dignified figure , as she is described to have been in the 113th number of the Spectator . She was a personage well known and much distinguished in her day , and is described very respectably in the New Atalantis ...
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... woman , who doth not indeed pretend to an ancient family , but has certainly as many forefathers as any lady in the land , if she could but reckon up their names . I must own I conceived very extraordinary hopes of you from the moment ...
... woman , who doth not indeed pretend to an ancient family , but has certainly as many forefathers as any lady in the land , if she could but reckon up their names . I must own I conceived very extraordinary hopes of you from the moment ...
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... woman was then smitten , another was taken with him at the head of his troop in the Park . In all these important rela- tions , he has ever about the same time received a kind glance , or a blow of a fan , from some celebrated beauty ...
... woman was then smitten , another was taken with him at the head of his troop in the Park . In all these important rela- tions , he has ever about the same time received a kind glance , or a blow of a fan , from some celebrated beauty ...
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Страница xxvii - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Страница 47 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
Страница 8 - ... town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Страница 203 - Let me not burst in ignorance; but tell Why thy canoniz'd bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements; why the sepulchre, Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn'd, Hath op'd his ponderous and marble jaws To cast thee up again...
Страница 60 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ! oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk, With heavenly touch of instrumental sounds, In full harmonic number join'd, their songs Divide the night,...
Страница 288 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Страница 1 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Страница 122 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Страница 221 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Страница 6 - ... a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley. His great grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance which is called after him. All who know that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world, only as he thinks the world is in the wrong.