The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Niteet 3–4 |
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Sivu 14
... mean . draw an excellent picture of him in either of these views . The finest authors of antiquity have taken him on the more advantageous side . They cultivate the may natural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a 14 ' NO . 108 . TATLER .
... mean . draw an excellent picture of him in either of these views . The finest authors of antiquity have taken him on the more advantageous side . They cultivate the may natural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a 14 ' NO . 108 . TATLER .
Sivu 17
... mean and low parts of our nature . Poetry carries on this great end more than all the rest , as may be seen in the following passage taken out of Sir Francis Ba- con's Advancement of Learning , ' which gives a truer and better account ...
... mean and low parts of our nature . Poetry carries on this great end more than all the rest , as may be seen in the following passage taken out of Sir Francis Ba- con's Advancement of Learning , ' which gives a truer and better account ...
Sivu 23
... means elapsed the proper time of their inter- ment ; and having on the other hand received many appeals from the aforesaid dead persons , wherein they desire to be heard before such their interment ; I have set apart Wednesday , the ...
... means elapsed the proper time of their inter- ment ; and having on the other hand received many appeals from the aforesaid dead persons , wherein they desire to be heard before such their interment ; I have set apart Wednesday , the ...
Sivu 25
... means she could , to dis- pose of herself happily in marriage , but thought she did not come under the censure expressed in my writings for the same ; and humbly hoped I would not condemn her for the ignorance of her accusers , who ...
... means she could , to dis- pose of herself happily in marriage , but thought she did not come under the censure expressed in my writings for the same ; and humbly hoped I would not condemn her for the ignorance of her accusers , who ...
Sivu 29
... mean time , think fit to give this notice to the fair ladies who are now making up their winter suits , that they may abstain from all dresses of that kind , till they shall find what judgement will be passed upon them ; for it would ...
... mean time , think fit to give this notice to the fair ladies who are now making up their winter suits , that they may abstain from all dresses of that kind , till they shall find what judgement will be passed upon them ; for it would ...
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acquaintance admired Æneid agreeable APARTMENT appear beauty behaviour Bickerstaff called cerned character Cicero COFFEE-HOUSE confess consider conversation creatures death delight desire Dido discourse dress endeavour entertain Erasistratus Eriphyle ESQUIRE esteem eyes fancy father favour FEBRUARY 22 fortune gentleman give Great-Britain greatest happy hath heart honour hope humble humour husband imagination impertinent innocent ISAAC BICKERSTAFF kind lady learned letter live look lover mankind manner marriage ment mind nature neral never night observe occasion OVID Palamede particular pass passion persons petitioner play pleased pleasure poet present pretend proper racter reason received Roman Censors Rome says sense SHEER-LANE soul speak spirit Stratonice Tatler tell temper Terentia thing thou thought THURSDAY Timoleon tion told town TUESDAY tural turn upholsterer VIRG Virgil virtue whole wife woman words write young