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I give a thousand thousand thanks for your very pretty and very kind letter of the
29th of last month . Forgive me that I am in hafte , with a stedfast resolution in
what you are so kind as to approve with so much affection . I remain your most ...
I give a thousand thousand thanks for your very pretty and very kind letter of the
29th of last month . Forgive me that I am in hafte , with a stedfast resolution in
what you are so kind as to approve with so much affection . I remain your most ...
Сторінка 236
Speaking of “ back - friends ” is unnecessary , for indeed nobody can have any
power with me but what should be necessary for affairs of that kind concerning
which I am talking therefore nobody could possibly lay any exceptions
concerning ...
Speaking of “ back - friends ” is unnecessary , for indeed nobody can have any
power with me but what should be necessary for affairs of that kind concerning
which I am talking therefore nobody could possibly lay any exceptions
concerning ...
Сторінка 304
It is this noble fimplicity which makes you surpass mankind in the faculties
wherein man . kind are distinguished from other creatures , reason and speech .
If these gifts were communicated to all men in proportion to the truth and ardour
of their ...
It is this noble fimplicity which makes you surpass mankind in the faculties
wherein man . kind are distinguished from other creatures , reason and speech .
If these gifts were communicated to all men in proportion to the truth and ardour
of their ...
Сторінка 313
kind of canon , as it is called . These artful . nesses , when well executed , give
infinite delight to the ear ; but that which I have mentioned is not formed after
those designs , but where the voices join , they move exactly together in plain ...
kind of canon , as it is called . These artful . nesses , when well executed , give
infinite delight to the ear ; but that which I have mentioned is not formed after
those designs , but where the voices join , they move exactly together in plain ...
Сторінка 347
kind in the least , as well as the greatest endowments . Nor were it a
circumstance to be mentioned , if the graces and attractions of your perfon were
not the only pre - eminence you have above others , which is left , almost ,
unobserved by ...
kind in the least , as well as the greatest endowments . Nor were it a
circumstance to be mentioned , if the graces and attractions of your perfon were
not the only pre - eminence you have above others , which is left , almost ,
unobserved by ...
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Addiſon affectionate againſt appear believe beſt buſineſs called character circumſtance Commons concern DEAR PRUE deſign deſire direct Duke Earl excellent expect faithful father favour firſt fortune give given hand happy heart himſelf honour hope houſe humble ſervant huſband intereſt juſt kind King Lady STEELE laſt late leave LETTER LETTER live Lord Madam manner March mean meet mind morning moſt humble moſt obedient muſt myſelf nature never night obliged perſon pleaſed pleaſure preſent reaſon received Rich RICHARD STEELE ſaid ſame ſay SCURLOCK ſee ſend Sept ſervice ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould Sir Richard ſome ſon ſpeak ſubject ſuch tell theſe thing thoſe thought tion town uſe virtue volume whole wife wiſh write written yourſelf
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Сторінка 342 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying : Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Hark, they whisper ; angels say,
Сторінка 333 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
Сторінка 7 - ... as yours is, our days will pass away with joy; and old age, instead of introducing melancholy prospects of decay, give us hope of eternal youth in a better life. I have but few minutes from the duty of my employment to write in, and without time to read over what I have writ; therefore beseech you to pardon the first hints of my mind, which I have expressed in so little order. ' I am, dearest creature, your most obedient, ' Most devoted servant,' ' The two next were written after the day for...
Сторінка 421 - Tisdall fellow, that he never minds it. So what care I for his wit ? for he is the worst company in the world, till he has a bottle of wine in his head.
Сторінка 333 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I begin, where...
Сторінка 343 - I. Vital fpark of heav'nly fl.ame ! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame; Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain, the blifs of dying ! Ceafe, fond Nature, ceafe thy ftrife, And let me languifh into life. II. Hark ! they whifper ; Angels fay, Sifter Spirit, come away...
Сторінка 343 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Сторінка 461 - ... William, it being the 4th November, as to drink his friend Addison up to conversation pitch, whose phlegmatic constitution was hardly warmed for society by that time. Steele was not fit for it. Two remarkable circumstances happened. John Sly, the hatter of facetious memory, was in the house; and...
Сторінка 14 - I am attending about business. There is a dirty crowd of busy faces all around me, talking of money ; while all my ambition, all my wealth is love ! Love which animates my heart, sweetens my humour, enlarges my soul, and affects every action of my life.
Сторінка 94 - King's accession to the throne : and at his death bequeathed a certain sum of money, the interest of which was to be appropriated annually, for ever, to the purchase of a like coat and badge, to be rowed for in honour of the day...
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| Назва | Letters to and from his friends and patrons Том 2 з серії The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele: In Two Volumes, Sir Richard Steele |
| Автор | Sir Richard Steele |
| Ілюстрації | John Nichols |
| Видавець | editor, 1787 |
| Оригінал із | Оксфордський університет |
| Оцифровано | 12 лип. 2007 |
| Обсяг | 518 стор. |
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