The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The TatlerE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1809 |
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... opinion that a debt contrac- ted at the card - table is more obligatory than one contracted in trade . Few principles will appear more detestable than this , if it be fairly examin- ed ; and the MAN OF HONOUR , who has no other claim to ...
... opinion that a debt contrac- ted at the card - table is more obligatory than one contracted in trade . Few principles will appear more detestable than this , if it be fairly examin- ed ; and the MAN OF HONOUR , who has no other claim to ...
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... opinion of his friends , and is said to have deprived him of the succession to his Irish estate ; whether this was occasioned by the terms of his father's will , or any other reason which ren- dered the profession of a soldier a ...
... opinion of his friends , and is said to have deprived him of the succession to his Irish estate ; whether this was occasioned by the terms of his father's will , or any other reason which ren- dered the profession of a soldier a ...
Pàgina 45
... newspaper called the TATLER , which I suppose you have seen . ' It was at STEELE's suggestion that POPE wrote The Dying Christian to his Soul . ' Operas . It is the opinion of this learned and BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 45.
... newspaper called the TATLER , which I suppose you have seen . ' It was at STEELE's suggestion that POPE wrote The Dying Christian to his Soul . ' Operas . It is the opinion of this learned and BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 45.
Pàgina 46
... opinion , Sir JOHN HAWKINS , who will not allow ADDISON merit of any kind , had before ventured to express . From Dr. BURNEY , it is decisive . The articles of public news were of more im- portance to the TATLER . They were all written ...
... opinion , Sir JOHN HAWKINS , who will not allow ADDISON merit of any kind , had before ventured to express . From Dr. BURNEY , it is decisive . The articles of public news were of more im- portance to the TATLER . They were all written ...
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... opinion , that the char- racters described in an unfavourable light , and held up to ridicule or contempt , were real . Of this many hints are given ; and the question is very artfully obscured in every attempt to decide it . That some ...
... opinion , that the char- racters described in an unfavourable light , and held up to ridicule or contempt , were real . Of this many hints are given ; and the question is very artfully obscured in every attempt to decide it . That some ...
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ADDISON advices appear April April 22 army arrived behaviour called character court desire discourse dream dress Duke of Anjou Duke of Marlborough enemy entertainment Esquire ESSAYISTS excellent farrago libelli favour France French gentleman give Hague honour hope humour instant ISAAC BICKERSTAFF James's Coffee-house June June 18 King king of Denmark lady late letters live Lord lover Madam Majesty manner marshal Villars ment mind minister Monsieur morning motley paper seizes N. S. say nature neral never obliged observed occasion Olivenza passion peace persons play pleasure present pretend Pretty Fellow Prince Eugene Quicquid agunt homines racter received RICHARD STEELE sense sent shew spirit STEELE STEELE's TATLER theme thing thought tion Tipstaff Torcy Tournay town treaty troops Whate'er White's Chocolate-house whole Will's Coffee-house woman writ write
Passatges populars
Pàgina 347 - ... twere the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now, this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Pàgina 347 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Pàgina 346 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus ; but use all gently ; for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Pàgina 346 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end both at the first, and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.
Pàgina 346 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
Pàgina 175 - And every pointed thorn seem'd wrought in glass ; In pearls and rubies rich the hawthorns show, While through the ice the crimson berries glow.
Pàgina 325 - This was spoken with so easy and fixed an assurance, that Madonella answered, ' Sir, under the notion of a pious thought, you deceive yourself in wishing an institution foreign to that of Providence. These desires were implanted in us for reverend purposes, in preserving the race of men, and giving opportunities for making our chastity more heroic.' The conference was continued in this celestial strain, and carried on so well by the managers on, both sides, that it created a second, and a third interview...
Pàgina 223 - The plot and incidents of the play are laid with that subtilty of spirit which is peculiar to females of wit, and is very seldom well performed by those of the other sex, in whom craft in love is an act of invention, and not, as with women, the effect of nature and instinct.
Pàgina 68 - The general Purpose of the whole has been to recommend Truth, Innocence, Honour, and Virtue, as the chief Ornaments of Life; but I considered, that Severity of Manners was absolutely necessary to him who would censure others, and for that Reason, and that only, chose to talk in a Mask.
Pàgina 13 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.