Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, Band 3Suttaby [and others], 1814 |
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... observes an elegant author , “ and run over with avidity the titles of its con- tents , my mind is enchanted , as if it were placed among the landscapes of Valais , which Rousseau has described with such picturesque beauty . I fancy ...
... observes an elegant author , “ and run over with avidity the titles of its con- tents , my mind is enchanted , as if it were placed among the landscapes of Valais , which Rousseau has described with such picturesque beauty . I fancy ...
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... observes Dr. Aikin , " had the ho- nour of participating with Moliere in the correc- tion of more follies and indecorums than perhaps any other moralists , ancient or modern . He drew with a bold and strong , and at the same time a fine ...
... observes Dr. Aikin , " had the ho- nour of participating with Moliere in the correc- tion of more follies and indecorums than perhaps any other moralists , ancient or modern . He drew with a bold and strong , and at the same time a fine ...
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... observes Johnson , " which now circu- lates in common talk , was then rarely to be found . Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and in the female world , any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be ...
... observes Johnson , " which now circu- lates in common talk , was then rarely to be found . Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance ; and in the female world , any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be ...
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... observes in his Preface to the Play , " it is not in the power of any pen to paint them better than they do them- selves ; as for example , on a door I just now passed by , a great artist thus informs us of his cures upon the dead ...
... observes in his Preface to the Play , " it is not in the power of any pen to paint them better than they do them- selves ; as for example , on a door I just now passed by , a great artist thus informs us of his cures upon the dead ...
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... observes , " but what arose from our different way of pursuing the same thing : the one , with patience , foresight , and temperate address , always waited and stemmed the torrent ; while the other often plunged himself into it , and ...
... observes , " but what arose from our different way of pursuing the same thing : the one , with patience , foresight , and temperate address , always waited and stemmed the torrent ; while the other often plunged himself into it , and ...
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Seite 442 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 215 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Seite 77 - The general purpose of this Paper is to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour.
Seite 41 - 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 37 - I have often thought there has not been sufficient pains taken in finding out proper employments and diversions for the fair ones. Their amusements seem contrived for them rather as they are women, than as they are reasonable creatures ; and are more adapted to the sex, than to the species. The toilet is their great scene of business, and the right adjusting of their hair the principal employment of their lives.
Seite 215 - I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.
Seite 42 - She was a very beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport, which, methought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since.
Seite 358 - ... for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator.
Seite 358 - The numerous and violent claps of the whig party on the one side of the theatre, were echoed back by the tories on the other; while the author sweated behind the scenes with concern to find their applause proceeding more from the hand than the head.
Seite 196 - I should record the beauty, innocence, and untimely death, of the first object my eyes ever beheld with love. The beauteous virgin! how ignorantly did she charm, how carelessly excel? Oh death! thou hast right to the bold, to the ambitious, to the high, and to the haughty; but why this cruelty to the humble, to the meek, to the undiscerning, to the thoughtless? Nor age, nor business, nor distress, can erase the dear image from my imagination. In the same week I saw her dressed for a ball, and in...