The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; ...C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, C. Say [and 25 others in London], 1774 - 8 pàgines |
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... drefs , our difcourfe , and our beha- viour . No man has a better judgment for the difco- very , or a nobler fpirit for the contempt of all im- pofture , than yourfelf ; which qualities render you the moft proper patron for the Author ...
... drefs , our difcourfe , and our beha- viour . No man has a better judgment for the difco- very , or a nobler fpirit for the contempt of all im- pofture , than yourfelf ; which qualities render you the moft proper patron for the Author ...
Pàgina 19
... drefs he has given her of a ftraw - hat and a ribbon , to reprefent that fort of beauty which enters the heart with a certain familiarity , and cheats it into a belief , that it has received a lover as well as an object of love . The ...
... drefs he has given her of a ftraw - hat and a ribbon , to reprefent that fort of beauty which enters the heart with a certain familiarity , and cheats it into a belief , that it has received a lover as well as an object of love . The ...
Pàgina 74
... drefs appear . Ere yet the clouds let fall the treafur'd fnow , Or winds begun thro ' hazy skies to blow . At ev'ning a keen eastern breeze arofe ; And the defcending rain unfully'd froze . Soon as the filent shades of night withdrew ...
... drefs appear . Ere yet the clouds let fall the treafur'd fnow , Or winds begun thro ' hazy skies to blow . At ev'ning a keen eastern breeze arofe ; And the defcending rain unfully'd froze . Soon as the filent shades of night withdrew ...
Pàgina 78
... drefs , and her judgment in the choice of that very pretty mourning . Having had women before under my care , I trembled at the apprehenfion of a man of fenfe who could talk upon trifles , and refolved to ftick to my poft with all the ...
... drefs , and her judgment in the choice of that very pretty mourning . Having had women before under my care , I trembled at the apprehenfion of a man of fenfe who could talk upon trifles , and refolved to ftick to my poft with all the ...
Pàgina 83
... drefs . Thefe patriots infefted the days of Verus , while they alternately committed and releafed each others prifoners . But Verus regarded them as criminals , and always looked upon men as they ftood in the eye of juftice , without ...
... drefs . Thefe patriots infefted the days of Verus , while they alternately committed and releafed each others prifoners . But Verus regarded them as criminals , and always looked upon men as they ftood in the eye of juftice , without ...
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The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq Sir Richard Steele,Joseph Addison Visualització completa - 1785 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 210 - ... accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted, and bellowed, that I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Pàgina 257 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Pàgina 29 - He was not by any means to be forced from the body, but was removed with it bleeding in his arms, and attended with tears by all their comrades who knew their enmity. When he was brought to a tent, his wounds were dressed...
Pàgina 285 - In this accomplished lady, love is the constant effect, because it is never the design. Yet, though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; and to love her is a liberal education...
Pàgina 75 - His wandering feet the magic paths pursue ; And while he thinks the fair illusion true, The trackless scenes disperse in fluid air, And woods and wilds, and thorny ways appear : A tedious road the weary wretch returns, And, as he goes, the transient vision mourns.
Pàgina 269 - ... to benevolence, and tend to a certain manner of being or appearing equal to the rest of the company ; for conversation is composed of an assembly of men, as they are men, and not as they are distinguished by fortune: therefore he who brings his quality with him into conversation, should always pay the reckoning ; for he came to receive homage, and not to meet his friends.
Pàgina 148 - I am going about, and run over in my imagination all the endless crowd of men of honour who will be offended at such a discourse; I am undertaking, methinks, a work worthy an invulnerable hero in romance, rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier...
Pàgina 90 - This careless jade was eternally romping with the footman, and downright starved me ; insomuch that I daily pined away, and should never have been relieved had it not been that, on the thirtieth day of my life, a Fellow of the Royal Society, who had writ upon Cold Baths...
Pàgina 13 - Homer, and the design of it, is a good representation of the age in which that comedy was written ; at which time love and wenching were the business of life, and the gallant manner of pursuing women was the best recommendation at Court.
Pàgina 4 - Theodosius of Greece, and Henry the Eighth of England. It is well known, he has been in the condition of each of those illustrious personages for several hours together, and behaved himself in those high stations, in all the changes of the scene, with suitable dignity. For these reasons, we intend to repeat this...