...as originally laid down by Steele, which was merely to expose the false arts of life; to pull oft' the disguises of cunning, vanity, and affectation;...simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour*. But as this intention was soon broken in upon, and subjects of a more weighty and serious nature intermingled,...

...name of Isaac Bickerstaff, it was " to " expose all false arts of life; to pull oft'the dis" guises of cunning, vanity, and affectation; and '' to recommend...our '• dress, our discourse, and our behaviour:" and adds, with a truth not common to dedications, that '•' no man has a better judgment for the dis"...

...speaking of the design of the work, under the assumed name of Isaac Bickerstaff, it was " to expose all false arts of life; to pull off the disguises of cunning,...simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour:" and adds, with a truth not common to dedications, that " no man has a better judgment for the discovery,...

...are to be foumd in all the work. The general purpose of the " Taller" was, (as the authpr observes) " to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the...general " simplicity in our dress, our discourse, aud our behaviour." Nothing more was aimed at while Dr. Swift was concerned in it; nor did the papers...

...of this periodical paper, whose gay essays are very pleasant, and its serious very instructive, was, to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and ostentation ; and to recommend simplicity in dress, discourse, and hehaviour. STEELE himself produced...

...owe thl sudden acceptance which my labours met with in the world. The general purpose of this Paper is to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, ranity, and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our...

...owe the sudden acceptance which my labours met with in the world. The genera.! purpose of this Paper is to expose the false arts of life, to pull- off the di;:gi;iies of cunning, vanity, and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress,...

...owe the sudden acceptance which my labours met with in the world. The general purpose of this Paper is, to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and aftectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour....

...ill-adapted to the general purpose of the paper, as originally laid down by Steele, which was merely to expose the false arts of life ; to pull off the...simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour.* But as this intention was soon broken in upon, and subjects of a more weighty and serious nature intermingled,...

...are to be found throughout the work. The general purpose of the Tatler was (as the author observes) " to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and aifectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour."...