The Spectator, Том 1Alexander Chalmers D. Appleton and Company, 1853 |
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... Tatler , are excluded from its immediate successor , which , although not altogether faultless , is more uniform in all the valuable purposes of instruction , and all the excellences of style and invention . Steele and Addison appear to ...
... Tatler , are excluded from its immediate successor , which , although not altogether faultless , is more uniform in all the valuable purposes of instruction , and all the excellences of style and invention . Steele and Addison appear to ...
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... Tatler with a wish that his potent auxiliary had been called in sooner , and that , instead of improv- ing an ... Tatler , a measure which Swift igno- rantly attributes to scantiness of materials , or want * Preface to the Tatler , Life ...
... Tatler with a wish that his potent auxiliary had been called in sooner , and that , instead of improv- ing an ... Tatler , a measure which Swift igno- rantly attributes to scantiness of materials , or want * Preface to the Tatler , Life ...
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... Tatler , which , if we allow , it ap- pears to have been a circumstance of little impor- tance ; nor did the work " suffer much , " says John- son , " by his unconsciousness of its commencement , or his absence at its cessation , for he ...
... Tatler , which , if we allow , it ap- pears to have been a circumstance of little impor- tance ; nor did the work " suffer much , " says John- son , " by his unconsciousness of its commencement , or his absence at its cessation , for he ...
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... Tatler , that he became known as the author : this , however , savours a lit- tle of the cant of authorship . He was known long before the Tatler had reached half its progress , as appears from the personal attacks made upon him by his ...
... Tatler , that he became known as the author : this , however , savours a lit- tle of the cant of authorship . He was known long before the Tatler had reached half its progress , as appears from the personal attacks made upon him by his ...
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... Tatler , but many in the Spectator . Indeed no two men , even allowing the superiority of Addi- son , were ever better qualified , by correspondence or disposition of mind , to act as auxiliaries in a work of this nature . In most cases ...
... Tatler , but many in the Spectator . Indeed no two men , even allowing the superiority of Addi- son , were ever better qualified , by correspondence or disposition of mind , to act as auxiliaries in a work of this nature . In most cases ...
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Сторінка 143 - 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 others...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 290 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, 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!
Сторінка 84 - I am very well versed in the theory of an husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others better than those who are engaged in them, as standers-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 279 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Сторінка 524 - Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, Not obvious, not obtrusive, but...
Сторінка 428 - With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spoke more words than these : Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
Сторінка 82 - Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit which was then depending in the family, or my father's being a justice of the peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that I should arrive at in my future life, though that was the interpretation which the neighborhood put upon it.
Сторінка 87 - THE first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of an 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.