The Spectator, Том 1Alexander Chalmers D. Appleton and Company, 1853 |
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... faces and antic gestures ; and many ad- mirers of farce and fun , with whom bombast and big words would pass for exquisite ridicule . But wry faces are made with little effort , caricatures may be sketched by a very unskilful hand , and ...
... faces and antic gestures ; and many ad- mirers of farce and fun , with whom bombast and big words would pass for exquisite ridicule . But wry faces are made with little effort , caricatures may be sketched by a very unskilful hand , and ...
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... face is likewise very well known at the Grecian , the Cocoa - tree , and in the theatres both of Drury - lane and the Haymarket . I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years , and sometimes pass for a ...
... face is likewise very well known at the Grecian , the Cocoa - tree , and in the theatres both of Drury - lane and the Haymarket . I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years , and sometimes pass for a ...
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... face these twelve years , and so must you ; but I believe you are the first ever asked who he was . There are , I must confess , many to whom my person is as well known as that of their nearest relations , who give them- selves no ...
... face these twelve years , and so must you ; but I believe you are the first ever asked who he was . There are , I must confess , many to whom my person is as well known as that of their nearest relations , who give them- selves no ...
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... faces by consent . Whispers , squeezes , nods , and embraces , are the innocent free- doms of the place . In short , the whole design of this libidinous assembly seems to terminate in assig- nations and intrigues ; and I hope you will ...
... faces by consent . Whispers , squeezes , nods , and embraces , are the innocent free- doms of the place . In short , the whole design of this libidinous assembly seems to terminate in assig- nations and intrigues ; and I hope you will ...
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... face was not akin to my tongue ; and looking upon her watch , I accidentally discovered the figure of a coronet on the back of it . I was so transported with the thought of such an amour , that I plied her from one room to another with ...
... face was not akin to my tongue ; and looking upon her watch , I accidentally discovered the figure of a coronet on the back of it . I was so transported with the thought of such an amour , that I plied her from one room to another with ...
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Страница 81 - 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 309 - 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 83 - I had not been long at the University, before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence; for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.
Страница 21 - It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by the labour of others to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the lights which he afforded them.
Страница 206 - Some of them were covered with such extravagant epitaphs, that if it were possible for the dead person to be acquainted with them, he would blush at the praises which his friends have bestowed upon him. There are others so excessively modest, that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew, and by that means are not understood once in a twelvemonth. In the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets.
Страница 20 - ... and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, "above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Страница 290 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Страница 521 - Of nuptial sanctity and marriage rites : Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Страница 271 - ... troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments, and an impartial execution of poetical justice.
Страница 324 - The women look like angels, and would be more beautiful than the sun, were it not for little black spots that are apt to break out in their faces, and sometimes rise in very odd figures. I have observed that those little blemishes wear off very soon ; but when they disappear in one part of the face, they are very apt to break out in another, insomuch that I have seen a spot upon the forehead in the afternoon, which was upon the chin in the morning.