The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Том 4C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, 1774 |
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... characters of men and women under the names of Mufical In- flruments , the Distress of the News - writers , the Invers- tory of the Play - boufe , and the Defcription of the Ther- mometer , which I cannot but look upon as the greateft ...
... characters of men and women under the names of Mufical In- flruments , the Distress of the News - writers , the Invers- tory of the Play - boufe , and the Defcription of the Ther- mometer , which I cannot but look upon as the greateft ...
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... character of the Dean in the fixty - fixth Tatler , drawn for Doctor Atterbury ; I hope I need fay no more as to my impartiality . I really have acted in these cases with honefty , and am concerned it fhould be thought otherwife : For ...
... character of the Dean in the fixty - fixth Tatler , drawn for Doctor Atterbury ; I hope I need fay no more as to my impartiality . I really have acted in these cases with honefty , and am concerned it fhould be thought otherwife : For ...
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... character fo unjust as that of talking in party upon all occafions , without respect to merit or worth on the contrary fide ; so there is no part we can act fo julifable as to fpeak our mind when we fee things urged to extremity ...
... character fo unjust as that of talking in party upon all occafions , without respect to merit or worth on the contrary fide ; so there is no part we can act fo julifable as to fpeak our mind when we fee things urged to extremity ...
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... character to be terrible than agreeable . When it has once entered into a man's head to have an ambition to be thought crafty , all other evils are neceffary confequences . To deceive is the immediate endeavour of him , who is proud of ...
... character to be terrible than agreeable . When it has once entered into a man's head to have an ambition to be thought crafty , all other evils are neceffary confequences . To deceive is the immediate endeavour of him , who is proud of ...
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... character to be a powerful enemy , than an able friend . But it ought to be à mortification to men affected this way , that there wants but little more than instinct to be confiderable in it ; for when a man has arrived at being very ...
... character to be a powerful enemy , than an able friend . But it ought to be à mortification to men affected this way , that there wants but little more than instinct to be confiderable in it ; for when a man has arrived at being very ...
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