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Pagina 14
... learned . The son , who took all opportunities to show his learning , began to establish a new religion in the family , and to enlarge the narrowness of their coun- try notions ; in which he succeeded so well that he had seduced the ...
... learned . The son , who took all opportunities to show his learning , began to establish a new religion in the family , and to enlarge the narrowness of their coun- try notions ; in which he succeeded so well that he had seduced the ...
Pagina 33
... learned , was the person that writ the agreeable epistle in- serted in my paper of the third of the last month . It is of the same turn with the other , and may be looked upon as a specimen of right country letters . " Sir , " This sets ...
... learned , was the person that writ the agreeable epistle in- serted in my paper of the third of the last month . It is of the same turn with the other , and may be looked upon as a specimen of right country letters . " Sir , " This sets ...
Pagina 47
... I had some difference about four months ago , which we ma- naged by way of letter , as learned men ought to do ; and I was very well contented to bear such and sarcasms as he was pleased to throw upon me 115 . 47 TATLER .
... I had some difference about four months ago , which we ma- naged by way of letter , as learned men ought to do ; and I was very well contented to bear such and sarcasms as he was pleased to throw upon me 115 . 47 TATLER .
Pagina 49
... learned his whole art from an old woman in that neighbourhood , whom he long served in the figure of a broom - staff . " But , perhaps , it may look trivial to insist so much upon men's persons ; I shall , therefore , turn my thoughts ...
... learned his whole art from an old woman in that neighbourhood , whom he long served in the figure of a broom - staff . " But , perhaps , it may look trivial to insist so much upon men's persons ; I shall , therefore , turn my thoughts ...
Pagina 107
... learned from their own mouths the condition and character of each of them . Indeed I found , that all I spoke to were persons of quality , There were at that time five duchesses , three earls , two heathen gods , an emperor , and a ...
... learned from their own mouths the condition and character of each of them . Indeed I found , that all I spoke to were persons of quality , There were at that time five duchesses , three earls , two heathen gods , an emperor , and a ...
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acquaintance admired agreeable Anticyra appear Bag-pipe Bass-viol beautiful Bickerstaff called Censor character charms Chimæra Cicero confess Coquette creatures dead death delight desire discourse dress endeavour entertain Esquire eyes favour figure fortune Gascon gentleman give greatest hand happy Harpsichord hath heard heart honour human humble humour Hungary water husband imagination impertinent ISAAC BICKERSTAFF Jupiter kind lady learned letter likewise live look lover mankind manner marriage mind Muscovy nation nature never night observe occasion OVID particular passed passion persons petitioner petticoat pleased pleasure poet present proper racter ragoûts reader reason received Roman Censors Rome says sense Sheer-lane soul spirit stood Styx Tatler tell Terentia thing thought tion told took town TUESDAY turn Ulysses upholsterer VIRG Virgil virtue walk whole wife woman words write young
Populaire passages
Pagina 41 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Pagina 41 - With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike : Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Pagina viii - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Pagina viii - 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! A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she follow'd my poor father's body...
Pagina 56 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pagina vii - So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother 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!
Pagina 42 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Pagina 24 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Pagina 192 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
Pagina 360 - 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.