The Tatler, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 |
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... action , and of having it discovered to be unnatural , by its being practised by another as well as himself . FROM MY OWN APARTMENT , august 5 . LETTERS from Coventry and other places have been sent to me , in answer to what I have said ...
... action , and of having it discovered to be unnatural , by its being practised by another as well as himself . FROM MY OWN APARTMENT , august 5 . LETTERS from Coventry and other places have been sent to me , in answer to what I have said ...
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... actions must , there- fore , be very justly applied ; for if there be too much , it hides our good qualities , instead of showing them to advantage . Nestor in Athens was an unhappy instance of this • Sir Christopher Wren , the real ...
... actions must , there- fore , be very justly applied ; for if there be too much , it hides our good qualities , instead of showing them to advantage . Nestor in Athens was an unhappy instance of this • Sir Christopher Wren , the real ...
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... actions . Nestor was in those days a skilful architect , and in a manner the inventor of the use of mechanic powers ; which he brought to so great perfection , that he knew to an atom what foundation would bear such a superstructure ...
... actions . Nestor was in those days a skilful architect , and in a manner the inventor of the use of mechanic powers ; which he brought to so great perfection , that he knew to an atom what foundation would bear such a superstructure ...
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... actions is generally owing to want of judgment in what we ought to attempt , or a rustic modesty , which will not give us leave to undertake what we ought . But how unfortunate this diffident temper is to those who are possessed with it ...
... actions is generally owing to want of judgment in what we ought to attempt , or a rustic modesty , which will not give us leave to undertake what we ought . But how unfortunate this diffident temper is to those who are possessed with it ...
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... actions ; a modest fellow never has a doubt from his cradle to his grave . • The young gentleman who borrowed the mistress's umbrella at Will's Coffee - house , for fear of rain , shall be welcome to my maids pattens on a like occasion ...
... actions ; a modest fellow never has a doubt from his cradle to his grave . • The young gentleman who borrowed the mistress's umbrella at Will's Coffee - house , for fear of rain , shall be welcome to my maids pattens on a like occasion ...
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Page 469 - ... With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven her starry train : 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.
Page 373 - And wisdom's self 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 too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 421 - 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!
Page 449 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 399 - Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 354 - We were pleasing ourselves with this fantastical preferment of the young lady, when on a sudden we were alarmed with the noise of a drum, and immediately entered my little godson, to give me a point of war. His mother, between laughing and chiding, would have put him out of the room; but I would not part with him so. I found, upon conversation with him, though he was a little noisy in his mirth, that the child had excellent parts, and was a great master of all the learning on the other side eight...
Page 239 - Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise, of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range : by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities . Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Page 323 - Give me another horse! bind up my wounds! Have mercy, Jesu! Soft! I did but dream. O! coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me. The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What! do I fear myself? there's none else by Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
Page 354 - Fables: but he frankly declared to me his mind, that "he did not delight in that learning, because he did not believe they were true...
Page 399 - ... -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, discounter! an c'd, and like folly shows.