“The” British Essayists: TatlerAlexander Chalmers Little, Brown, 1856 |
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... heart of woman ; with this particular merit , which often is of great service , that he is laughed at for her sake . The friends of the fair one are in much pain for the sufferings she goes through from the perseverance of this hero ...
... heart of woman ; with this particular merit , which often is of great service , that he is laughed at for her sake . The friends of the fair one are in much pain for the sufferings she goes through from the perseverance of this hero ...
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... heart , or it is all mere language ; and the writer of such lines is no more a poet , than a man is a physician for knowing the names of distempers , without the causes of them . Men of sense are professed ene- mies to all such empty ...
... heart , or it is all mere language ; and the writer of such lines is no more a poet , than a man is a physician for knowing the names of distempers , without the causes of them . Men of sense are professed ene- mies to all such empty ...
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... heart being set On bloody courses , the wide scene may end , And darkness be the burier of the dead . ' Reading but this one scene has convinced me , that he , who describes the concern of great men , must have a soul as noble , and as ...
... heart being set On bloody courses , the wide scene may end , And darkness be the burier of the dead . ' Reading but this one scene has convinced me , that he , who describes the concern of great men , must have a soul as noble , and as ...
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... heart : for you must know , he has pretended a long time to set up for himself , and gets among a crowd of the more unthinking part of mankind , who take him for a person of the first quality ; though his introduction into the world was ...
... heart : for you must know , he has pretended a long time to set up for himself , and gets among a crowd of the more unthinking part of mankind , who take him for a person of the first quality ; though his introduction into the world was ...
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... heart of the city . It is incredible how great a change there immediately appeared in the man of honour , when he got rid of his uneasy companion : he adjusted the cock of his hat a - new , settled his sword knot , and had an appearance ...
... heart of the city . It is incredible how great a change there immediately appeared in the man of honour , when he got rid of his uneasy companion : he adjusted the cock of his hat a - new , settled his sword knot , and had an appearance ...
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acquaintance action Æsop agreeable APARTMENT appeared army AUGUST AUGUST 19 AUGUST 26 Bavius beauty behaviour countenance dæmon dead Demosthenes desire discourse Duke enemy epistle ESQUIRE eyes fame farrago libelli following letter fortune gentleman give Greenhat happy heard heart hero honour humble servant humour ISAAC BICKERSTAFF James Nayler JAMES'S COFFEE-HOUSE Julius Cæsar lady lately laugh learned live look lover mankind manner marriage merit mind motley paper seizes nature neral never noble NOVEMBER 17 observed occasion OCTOBER OCTOBER 12 OCTOBER 21 Pacolet panegyric passion persons pleased pleasure present pretend prince proper Quicquid agunt homines racter reason received sense SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 16 Sir Harry speak Stentor Tatler tell thing thought tion told town unhappy virtue wherein WHITE'S CHOCOLATE-HOUSE whole wife WILL'S COFFEE-HOUSE woman word writ write young
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Seite 79 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Seite 361 - Fables: but he frankly declared to me his mind, that "he did not delight in that learning, because he did not believe they were true ; " for which reason I found he had very much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives and adventures of Don Belianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, the Seven Champions, and other historians of that age.
Seite 217 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
Seite 35 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Seite 357 - I am, as it were, at home at that house, and every member of it knows me for their wellwisher. I cannot indeed express the pleasure it is to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child which loses the race to me runs back again to tell the father it is Mr.
Seite 378 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Seite 192 - He who thinks no man above him but for his virtue, none below him but for his vice, can never be obsequious or assuming in a wrong place; but will frequently emulate men in rank below him, and pity those above him.
Seite 5 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Seite 361 - I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son; and that these diversions might turn to some profit, I found the boy had made remarks which might be of service to him during the course of his whole life. He would tell you the mismanagements of John...
Seite 167 - He has so much regard to his congregation that he commits to his memory what he is to say to them; and has so soft and graceful a behaviour that it must attract your attention. His person, it is to be confessed, is no small recommendation; but he is to be highly commended for not losing that advantage; and adding to the propriety of speech, which might pass the criticism of Longinus, an action which would have been approved by Demosthenes.