The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface, historical and biographical, by A. Chalmers, Volume 3Alexander Chalmers 1817 |
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... delight , which flows from a well - taught and liberal mind . With great respect to country sports , I may say , this gentleman could pass his time agree- ably , if there were not a hare or a fox in his county . That calm and elegant ...
... delight , which flows from a well - taught and liberal mind . With great respect to country sports , I may say , this gentleman could pass his time agree- ably , if there were not a hare or a fox in his county . That calm and elegant ...
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... delight in pudding and potatoes ; and indeed I retain a benevolence for that sort of food to this day . I do not remember that I distin- guished myself in any thing at those years , but by my great skill at taw , for which I was so ...
... delight in pudding and potatoes ; and indeed I retain a benevolence for that sort of food to this day . I do not remember that I distin- guished myself in any thing at those years , but by my great skill at taw , for which I was so ...
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... him pining , languishing , despairing , dying . " I have been always wonderfully delighted with fables , allegories , and the like inventions , which the politest and the best instructors of mankind have always 32 No 90 . TATLER .
... him pining , languishing , despairing , dying . " I have been always wonderfully delighted with fables , allegories , and the like inventions , which the politest and the best instructors of mankind have always 32 No 90 . TATLER .
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... delight men take in reading lampoons and scandal , with which the age abounds , and of which I receive frequent complaints . Upon mature consideration , I find it is principally for this reason , that the worst of mankind , the ...
... delight men take in reading lampoons and scandal , with which the age abounds , and of which I receive frequent complaints . Upon mature consideration , I find it is principally for this reason , that the worst of mankind , the ...
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... delighted with this which follows : DEAR SIR , " I believe this is the first letter that was ever sent you from the middle region , where I am at this present writing . Not to keep you in suspense , it comes to you from the top of the ...
... delighted with this which follows : DEAR SIR , " I believe this is the first letter that was ever sent you from the middle region , where I am at this present writing . Not to keep you in suspense , it comes to you from the top of the ...
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Page 104 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best : All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; Wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shows...
Page 125 - Like Niobe, all tears; why she, even she, — O God ! a beast, that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer, — married with my uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Page 169 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 185 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy '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...
Page 125 - Would have mourn'd longer, — married with my uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married. O most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets, It is not nor it cannot come to good; But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue!
Page 152 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 80 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 80 - Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 170 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower Glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 63 - Champions, and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son ; and that these diversions might turn to some profit, I found the boy had made remarks, which might be of service to him during the course of his whole life. He would tell you the mismanagements of John Hickathrift, find fault with the passionate temper in Bevis of Southampton, and loved St.