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... town , on the 12th of March , 16721 . His father , who died when he was ' not quite Five Years of Age , was an attorney . His mother , Elinor Symes , was Irish . Her son describes her as ' a very beautiful Woman , of a noble Spirit ...
... town , on the 12th of March , 16721 . His father , who died when he was ' not quite Five Years of Age , was an attorney . His mother , Elinor Symes , was Irish . Her son describes her as ' a very beautiful Woman , of a noble Spirit ...
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... Town no ill Compliment for their kind Acceptance of this Comedy , in ac- knowledging that it has so far rais'd my Opinion of it , as to make me think it no improper Memorial of an Inviolable Friendship . ' According to the Muses ...
... Town no ill Compliment for their kind Acceptance of this Comedy , in ac- knowledging that it has so far rais'd my Opinion of it , as to make me think it no improper Memorial of an Inviolable Friendship . ' According to the Muses ...
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... town house in Bury Street , St. James's , to which he afterwards ( 1708 ) added a little cottage at Hampton Wick , christened unambitiously , from its proximity to the palace , by the name of The Hovel . ' Here he was the near neighbour ...
... town house in Bury Street , St. James's , to which he afterwards ( 1708 ) added a little cottage at Hampton Wick , christened unambitiously , from its proximity to the palace , by the name of The Hovel . ' Here he was the near neighbour ...
Сторінка xxviii
... Town , namely , ' to expose the false Arts of Life , to pull off the Disguises of Cunning , Vanity , and Affectation , and to recommend a general Simplicity in our Dress , our Discourse , and our Behaviour . ' At the time these words ...
... Town , namely , ' to expose the false Arts of Life , to pull off the Disguises of Cunning , Vanity , and Affectation , and to recommend a general Simplicity in our Dress , our Discourse , and our Behaviour . ' At the time these words ...
Сторінка xxxviii
... Town - Talk , No. 4 . 3 Town - Talk , No. 4. It is with reference to the Censorium ( the theatre , not the entertainment named after it ) that Drake tells the following anecdote : - ' Sir Richard had constructed a very elegant theatre ...
... Town - Talk , No. 4 . 3 Town - Talk , No. 4. It is with reference to the Censorium ( the theatre , not the entertainment named after it ) that Drake tells the following anecdote : - ' Sir Richard had constructed a very elegant theatre ...
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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.