The British Essayists;: TatlerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 - English essays |
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... tell you , that you are perfectly in the wrong of it ; for if it was a matter of importance , I know he has better sense than you ; if a trifle , you know what I told you on your wedding - day , that you were to be above little ...
... tell you , that you are perfectly in the wrong of it ; for if it was a matter of importance , I know he has better sense than you ; if a trifle , you know what I told you on your wedding - day , that you were to be above little ...
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... tell you this lady's head is a little turned : how- ever , to be rid of importunities , I promised her an epitaph , and told her I would take for my pattern that of Don Alonzo , who was no less famous in his age than Cynthio is in ours ...
... tell you this lady's head is a little turned : how- ever , to be rid of importunities , I promised her an epitaph , and told her I would take for my pattern that of Don Alonzo , who was no less famous in his age than Cynthio is in ours ...
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... tell you a thousand adventures that happened when you were with them , which you know nothing of . They have a quality of having been present at every thing they hear related ; and never heard a man commended , who was not their ...
... tell you a thousand adventures that happened when you were with them , which you know nothing of . They have a quality of having been present at every thing they hear related ; and never heard a man commended , who was not their ...
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... tell you , then , " said she , " the bottom of my heart , there is Clo- tilda lies by , and plants herself in the way of Crassus , and I am confident will suap him if I refuse him . I cannot bear to think that she will shine above me ...
... tell you , then , " said she , " the bottom of my heart , there is Clo- tilda lies by , and plants herself in the way of Crassus , and I am confident will suap him if I refuse him . I cannot bear to think that she will shine above me ...
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... tell you , that what we call settling in the world is , in a kind , leaving it ; and you must at once resolve to keep your thoughts of happiness within the reach of your fortune , and not measure it by comparison with others.But ...
... tell you , that what we call settling in the world is , in a kind , leaving it ; and you must at once resolve to keep your thoughts of happiness within the reach of your fortune , and not measure it by comparison with others.But ...
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Page 123 - 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 150 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 63 - ... for which reason, I found he had very much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives and adventures of Don Bellianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, the Seven 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...
Page 80 - 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 impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 168 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Page 62 - He would have gone on in this tender way, when the good lady entered, and, with an inexpressible sweetness in her countenance, told us she had been searching her closet for something very good, to treat such an old friend as I was. Her husband's eyes sparkled with pleasure at the cheerfulness of her countenance; and I saw all his fears vanish in an instant. The lady observing something in our looks which showed we had been more serious than ordinary, and seeing her husband receive her with great...
Page 123 - 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.
Page 59 - I cannot indeed express the pleasure it is to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child which loses the race to me runs back again to tell the father it is Mr.
Page 102 - 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...
Page 60 - With such reflections on little passages which happened long ago, we passed our time, during a cheerful and elegant meal. After dinner, his lady left the room, as did also the children. As soon as we were alone, he took me by the hand: "Well, my good friend...