Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and GuardianClarendon Press, 1896 - 504 стор. |
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... Character of a Christian Heroe ? This was no doubt inevitable ; but from his adding that ' one or two of his Acquaintance thought fit to misuse him , and try their Valour upon him " , it has been conjectured that more serious ...
... Character of a Christian Heroe ? This was no doubt inevitable ; but from his adding that ' one or two of his Acquaintance thought fit to misuse him , and try their Valour upon him " , it has been conjectured that more serious ...
Сторінка xvii
... character . The Christian Hero had , however , one result , of more mo- ment to letters than its irreverent reception by the author's unsympathetic comrades . Being ' slighted , ' he says , instead of ' encouraged , for his Declarations ...
... character . The Christian Hero had , however , one result , of more mo- ment to letters than its irreverent reception by the author's unsympathetic comrades . Being ' slighted , ' he says , instead of ' encouraged , for his Declarations ...
Сторінка xx
... character is that of the romance - reading Miss Biddy , who objects to any thing so ordinary as going out at a door ... Characters and Conduct of Sir John Edgar ( Letter i , January , 1720 ) accuses Steele of taking Biddy Tipkin from the ...
... character is that of the romance - reading Miss Biddy , who objects to any thing so ordinary as going out at a door ... Characters and Conduct of Sir John Edgar ( Letter i , January , 1720 ) accuses Steele of taking Biddy Tipkin from the ...
Сторінка xxxiv
... Character of Richard St - le , Esq . , by Toby , Abel's kinsman ( i . e . Abel Roper of the Tory Postboy ) , usually fathered upon an obscure William Wagstaffe . Swift carried far more guns than Steele in this kind of conflict , and his ...
... Character of Richard St - le , Esq . , by Toby , Abel's kinsman ( i . e . Abel Roper of the Tory Postboy ) , usually fathered upon an obscure William Wagstaffe . Swift carried far more guns than Steele in this kind of conflict , and his ...
Сторінка xl
... character of Edgar , comments as follows : - ' It could not be imagined , that , to diminish a worthy man , as soon as he was no more to be seen , could add to him who had always raised , and almost worshipped him , when living . There ...
... character of Edgar , comments as follows : - ' It could not be imagined , that , to diminish a worthy man , as soon as he was no more to be seen , could add to him who had always raised , and almost worshipped him , when living . There ...
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acquaintance actions Addison admiration Æsop affection agreeable appear battle of Ramillies beauty behaviour Callisthenes character charms circumstances coffee-house command common Conscious Lovers conversation countenance creature delight desire discourse dress Drury Lane Dunkirk endeavour entertain Estcourt Eubulus excellent eyes father favour fellow fortune gentleman give good-nature happy heard heart honest honour Hudibras humour husband imagination impertinent kind lady letter live Llangunnor look lover man's mankind manner Margaret Clark marriage master merit methinks mind mirth Mohocks morning nature never night obliged observed occasion ordinary passed passion person Phocion pleased pleasure pretend reason reflection Roger de Coverley satisfaction sense Sir Roger sort speak Spectator spirit spleen Steele Steele's talk Tatler tell temper thee thing thought tion told town turn virtue Whig whole woman word yard land young youth
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Сторінка 142 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
Сторінка 415 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Сторінка 142 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Сторінка 110 - ... 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...
Сторінка 109 - 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.
Сторінка 113 - This way of talking of his very much enlivens the conversation among us of a more sedate turn ; and I find there is not one of the company, but myself, who rarely speak at all, but speaks of him as of that sort of man, who is usually called a well-bred fine gentleman. To conclude his character, where women are not concerned, he is an honest, worthy man. I cannot tell whether I am to account him whom I am next to speak of as one of our company, for he visits us but seldom; but when he does, it adds...
Сторінка 112 - He is very ready at that sort of discourse with which men usually entertain women. He has all his life dressed very well, and remembers habits as others do men. He can smile when one speaks to him, and laughs easily. He knows the history of every mode...
Сторінка 145 - Papa could not hear me, and would play with me no more, for they were going to put him under ground, whence he could never come to us again.
Сторінка 470 - There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school : A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Сторінка 145 - She was a very beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport; which, methought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since.