The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... pieces of wit in this kind . A man of your reading must know , that Abel Drugger gained great ap- plause by it in the time of Ben Jonson ... piece of philo- * St. George . sophy will , I hope , convince you that I 130 N ° 28 . SPECTATOR .
... pieces of wit in this kind . A man of your reading must know , that Abel Drugger gained great ap- plause by it in the time of Ben Jonson ... piece of philo- * St. George . sophy will , I hope , convince you that I 130 N ° 28 . SPECTATOR .
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... piece . The thought , he con- fessed , was not originally his own , but that he had taken the hint of it from several performances which he had seen upon our stage ; in one of which there was a raree - show ; in another a ladder - dance ...
... piece . The thought , he con- fessed , was not originally his own , but that he had taken the hint of it from several performances which he had seen upon our stage ; in one of which there was a raree - show ; in another a ladder - dance ...
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... piece of art extant , instead of the master - piece of nature . As for my part , who have no expectations from women , and consider them only as they are part of the species , I do not half so much fear offending a beauty , as a woman ...
... piece of art extant , instead of the master - piece of nature . As for my part , who have no expectations from women , and consider them only as they are part of the species , I do not half so much fear offending a beauty , as a woman ...
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acquaint acrostics Addison admiration Æneid agreeable anagrams ancient appear Aristotle audience beauty behaviour Ben Jonson called character club coffee-house consider conversation delight discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour English entertainment Ephesian Matron eyes favour genius gentleman George Etheridge give hand heart hero honour Hudibras humble servant humour Italian kind King lady laugh learned letter likewise lion live look Lord lover mankind manner March 15 means mind nature never night observed occasion opera OVID paper particular passion person Pharamond Pict piece play pleased pleasure poem poet present prince reader reason ROSCOMMON says scenes sense shew Siege of Damascus Sir Roger speak Spectator stage talk taste Tatler tell thing THOMAS PARNELL thou thought tion told town tragedy Tryphiodorus turn verses VIRG Virgil virtue whig whole woman women words writing young