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... moft im- proper , to fee if I could catch him at the fame fault with Homer : and this , I think , is his meeting with Dido in the cave , where Pius Æneas would have been abfurd , and Pater Eneas a burlefque : the poet has therefore ...
... moft im- proper , to fee if I could catch him at the fame fault with Homer : and this , I think , is his meeting with Dido in the cave , where Pius Æneas would have been abfurd , and Pater Eneas a burlefque : the poet has therefore ...
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... moft dry difcourfes , and expref- fions almoft ridiculous with respect to propriety , it is impoffible for one un- prejudiced to fee it , untouched with pity . I must confefs , this effect is not wrought on fuch as examine why they are ...
... moft dry difcourfes , and expref- fions almoft ridiculous with respect to propriety , it is impoffible for one un- prejudiced to fee it , untouched with pity . I must confefs , this effect is not wrought on fuch as examine why they are ...
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... moft vain and gay of any in the universe . The Pope has written to the French King on the fubject of a peace ; and his Majefty has anfwered in the lowlieft terms , that he entirely fubmits his affairs to Divine Providence , and fhall ...
... moft vain and gay of any in the universe . The Pope has written to the French King on the fubject of a peace ; and his Majefty has anfwered in the lowlieft terms , that he entirely fubmits his affairs to Divine Providence , and fhall ...
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... moft generally re- ceived is as follows : Her Majesty's right and title , and the Proteftant fucceffion to thefe dominions , is forthwith to be acknowledged . King Charles is to he owned the lawful fo- vereign of Spain . The French King ...
... moft generally re- ceived is as follows : Her Majesty's right and title , and the Proteftant fucceffion to thefe dominions , is forthwith to be acknowledged . King Charles is to he owned the lawful fo- vereign of Spain . The French King ...
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... moft concerned for himfelf , I , who am of a faturnine and melancholy complexion , cannot but mur- mur , that there is not an equal invita- tion to write tragedies ; having by me , in my book of common places , enough to to enable me to ...
... moft concerned for himfelf , I , who am of a faturnine and melancholy complexion , cannot but mur- mur , that there is not an equal invita- tion to write tragedies ; having by me , in my book of common places , enough to to enable me to ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt agreeable alfo anfwer appear beauty becauſe behaviour BICKERSTAFF bufinefs cafe caufe COFFEE-HOUSE confefs confider confideration converfation defign defire difcourfe drefs eftate exprefs eyes fafe faid fame fatire fatisfaction fecond fecret feems feen felf felves fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft fome fomething foon fpeak fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fure gentleman give himſelf honour houfe inftance ISAAC BICKERSTAFF juft lady laft lefs letter live look lover manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion paffed paffion perfons pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent racter reafon refolved reft reprefented ſhall ſpeak Tatler thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion town ufual underſtand uſe vifit virtue whofe whole wife woman words young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 285 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Seite 442 - 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.
Seite 206 - 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 604 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Seite 371 - READING is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and; invigorated; by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
Seite 604 - I have ever prayed unto thee that it might have the first and the latter rain, and that it might stretch her branches to the seas, and to the floods.
Seite 442 - I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling papa ; for, I know not how, I had some slight idea that he was locked up there.
Seite 442 - The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me.
Seite 515 - The gentleman of the house told me, if I delighted in flowers, it would be worth my while ; for that he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country. I accepted the offer, and immediately found that they had been talking in terms of gardening, and that the kings and generals they had mentioned were only so many tulips, to which the gardeners, according to their usual custom, had given such high titles and appellations of honour. I was very much...
Seite 389 - To this he added, that, for his part, he could not wish to see the Turk driven out of Europe, which he believed could not but be prejudicial to our woollen manufacture.