The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd, Том 61856 |
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... writers ; yet some inaccuracies of style have escaped him , which it is the chief design of the following notes to ... writer [ Addison ] . I then took a surfeit of his natural , easy manner ; and was taken , like my betters , with the ...
... writers ; yet some inaccuracies of style have escaped him , which it is the chief design of the following notes to ... writer [ Addison ] . I then took a surfeit of his natural , easy manner ; and was taken , like my betters , with the ...
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... writing himself . ADDISON TO THE EARL OF STAIR . MY LORD , Whitehall , June 18th , 1717 . I have laid your Excellency's letter of June 16th before the king , whom Monsieur d'Iberville has acquainted with the despatches received by the ...
... writing himself . ADDISON TO THE EARL OF STAIR . MY LORD , Whitehall , June 18th , 1717 . I have laid your Excellency's letter of June 16th before the king , whom Monsieur d'Iberville has acquainted with the despatches received by the ...
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... writing deputed ( as far as in me lies ) to execute the office of Secretary and Clerk of the Enrolments during my absence . But if your Excellency shall not think fit to approve of him , I hope Mr. Peter Beckford will , for the good of ...
... writing deputed ( as far as in me lies ) to execute the office of Secretary and Clerk of the Enrolments during my absence . But if your Excellency shall not think fit to approve of him , I hope Mr. Peter Beckford will , for the good of ...
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... writing of this , that he has stated to you Mr. Benson's and your own case , who , I find , is better acquainted with it than I am , that affair having been transacted by my Lord Sunderland during my illness . ADDISON TO THE EARL OF ...
... writing of this , that he has stated to you Mr. Benson's and your own case , who , I find , is better acquainted with it than I am , that affair having been transacted by my Lord Sunderland during my illness . ADDISON TO THE EARL OF ...
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... writing till I could have made a suitable return . Shall we never again talk together in laconic ? Whenever you see England , your company will be the most acceptable in the world at Holland House , where you are highly esteemed by Lady ...
... writing till I could have made a suitable return . Shall we never again talk together in laconic ? Whenever you see England , your company will be the most acceptable in the world at Holland House , where you are highly esteemed by Lady ...
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Страница 713 - When it was first acted, the numerous and violent claps of the Whig party on the one side of the theatre were echoed back by the Tories on the other, while the author sweated behind the scenes with concern to find their applause proceeding more from the hand than the head.
Страница 697 - Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?
Страница 735 - THERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress: within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten 'years ago it shot up to a very great height, insomuch that the female part of our species were much taller than the men. (a) The women were of such an enormous stature, that we appeared as grasshoppers before them.