Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, & Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers Which, in Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison, Have Been Published Between the Close of the Eighth Volume of the Spectator, and the Commencement of the Year 1809, 1권J. Seeley, 1809 - 499페이지 |
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... Adventurer , and Idler . ESSAY 2. Observations on the Periodical Papers which have been published between the Close of the Idler and the present period . ESSAY 3. The same concluded . PART V. ESSAY . Conclusion of the whole Work . PREFACE .
... Adventurer , and Idler . ESSAY 2. Observations on the Periodical Papers which have been published between the Close of the Idler and the present period . ESSAY 3. The same concluded . PART V. ESSAY . Conclusion of the whole Work . PREFACE .
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... Present State of Wit , and is there Isaid to have been christened the Tell Tale in order to please the ladies . 7. THE GAZETTE A - LA - MODE . The first number of this paper was published on Thursday . May 12th , 1709. It appears to ...
... Present State of Wit , and is there Isaid to have been christened the Tell Tale in order to please the ladies . 7. THE GAZETTE A - LA - MODE . The first number of this paper was published on Thursday . May 12th , 1709. It appears to ...
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... Present State of Wit . Speaking of the multitude of Papers to which the Tatler had given birth , he remarks , that " the expiration of Bickerstaff's Lucubra- tions was attended with much the same conse- quences as the death of ...
... Present State of Wit . Speaking of the multitude of Papers to which the Tatler had given birth , he remarks , that " the expiration of Bickerstaff's Lucubra- tions was attended with much the same conse- quences as the death of ...
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... present title , and passed through a second edition , which now lies before me , in 1727. Sir Richard was assisted in this work by Mr. Hughes , who wrote all the Friday's papers . The Lay Monastery , though never popular , contains some ...
... present title , and passed through a second edition , which now lies before me , in 1727. Sir Richard was assisted in this work by Mr. Hughes , who wrote all the Friday's papers . The Lay Monastery , though never popular , contains some ...
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... Present State of Wit , written in 1711 , has remarked , that “ they seemed at first to think that what was only the garnish of the former Tatlers , was that which recommended them , and not those substantial entertainments which they ...
... Present State of Wit , written in 1711 , has remarked , that “ they seemed at first to think that what was only the garnish of the former Tatlers , was that which recommended them , and not those substantial entertainments which they ...
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331 페이지 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
134 페이지 - For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat.
398 페이지 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.
301 페이지 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
367 페이지 - DISORDERS of intellect,' answered Imlac, ' happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command.
332 페이지 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.
301 페이지 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
193 페이지 - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
330 페이지 - I am a solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to...
248 페이지 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.