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Сторінка xii
... and one of Mifs Trevor ; the late Duke and Dutchefs of Marlborough , the present Duke and Dutchefs , and Lord Charles Spencer ; the Earl and Countess of Pem- broke broke ; Lady Diana Beauclerk , with feve- ral fine xii PREFACE .
... and one of Mifs Trevor ; the late Duke and Dutchefs of Marlborough , the present Duke and Dutchefs , and Lord Charles Spencer ; the Earl and Countess of Pem- broke broke ; Lady Diana Beauclerk , with feve- ral fine xii PREFACE .
Сторінка xiii
... feries is here formed , which it was at firft intended to add to the present volume as an Appendix ; but , hav- ing grown too bulky for that purpose , it has has been thought more advisable to publish them as a PREFACE . xiii.
... feries is here formed , which it was at firft intended to add to the present volume as an Appendix ; but , hav- ing grown too bulky for that purpose , it has has been thought more advisable to publish them as a PREFACE . xiii.
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... present , and ever fince May laft , I have been appointed by the Secretaries of State to write the Gazette , with a falary of 300l . a year , paying a tax of 451. I am alfo gentleman - waiter to his Royal Highness the Prince , with a ...
... present , and ever fince May laft , I have been appointed by the Secretaries of State to write the Gazette , with a falary of 300l . a year , paying a tax of 451. I am alfo gentleman - waiter to his Royal Highness the Prince , with a ...
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... present juncture in my affairs , and my friends are in great power , so that it would be highly necef- fary for us to be in the figure of life which we fhall think convenient to appear in , as foon as may be , that I may profecute my ...
... present juncture in my affairs , and my friends are in great power , so that it would be highly necef- fary for us to be in the figure of life which we fhall think convenient to appear in , as foon as may be , that I may profecute my ...
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... present health will permit . Your health is not omitted in our chearful moments , and your company will extremely improve them . I am , Madam , your most obedient fon , and most humble fervant , RICH . STEELE . Your daughter has been ...
... present health will permit . Your health is not omitted in our chearful moments , and your company will extremely improve them . I am , Madam , your most obedient fon , and most humble fervant , RICH . STEELE . Your daughter has been ...
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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...