 It would have been a jest, some time since, for a man to have asserted that any thing witty could be said in praise of a married state.; or that devotion and virtue were any way necessary to the character of a fine gentleman.  The British Essayists: Tatler - Page xlv1823Full view - About this book
 | Henry Duff Traill - Great Britain - 1903 - 952 pages
...According to Gay, Steele was the first to show tbat " anything witty could be said in praise of the married state, or that devotion and virtue were any...necessary ... to the character of a fine gentleman." He " made learning amiable and lovely, a welcome guest at tea-tables and assemblies." 4 It was painful... | |
 | John Gay - 1711 - 86 pages
...notions of things. It would have been a jest, some time since, for a man to have asserted that anything witty could be said in praise of a married state,...the Town that they were a parcel of fops, fools, and coquettes ; but in such a manner as even pleased them, and made them more than half inclined to believe... | |
 | English periodicals - 1903 - 638 pages
...has left us a very flattering tribute to the effect of Steele's writings, pointing out that he had ventured to tell the Town that they were a parcel of Fops, Fools, and Coquettes ; but in such a manner as even pleased them and made them more than half inclined to believe... | |
 | Hugh Walker - Authors, English - 1915 - 400 pages
...subject : — " It would have been a jest some time since, for a man to have asserted that anything witty could be said in praise of a married state; or that devotion or virtue were any way necessary to the character of a fine gentleman. Bickerstaff ventured to tell... | |
 | Robert Huntington Fletcher - English literature - 1916 - 396 pages
...the poet Gray: 'It would have been a jest, some time since, for a man to have asserted that anything witty could be said in praise of a married state or that Devotion and Virtue were in any way necessary to the character of a fine gentleman. . . . Instead of complying with the false... | |
 | Robert Huntington Fletcher - Literary Criticism - 1919 - 524 pages
...the poet Gray : It would have been a jest, some time since, for a man to have asserted that anything witty could be said in praise of a married state or that Devotion and Virtue were in any way necessary to the character of a fine gentleman. . . . Instead of complying with the false... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - English literature - 1921 - 742 pages
...Devotion and Virtue were in any way necessary to the Character of a fine Gentleman. Bickerstaff ventur'd to tell the Town, that they were a parcel of Fops, Fools, and vain Cocquets : but in such a manner, as even pleased them, and made them more than half inclin'd to believe... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1921 - 196 pages
...that devotion and virtue were any way necessary to the chararacter of a fine gentleman. Bickefstaff ventured to tell the town that they were a parcel of fops, fools and coquettes; but in such a manner as even pleased them, and made them more than half-inclined to believe... | |
 | Gwendolen Murphy - Characters and characteristics - 1925 - 496 pages
...sometime since, for a Man to have asserted, that any thing Witty could be said in praise of a Marry'd State, or that Devotion and Virtue were any way necessary...to the Character of a fine Gentleman. Bickerstaff' venturM to tell the Town, that they were a parcel of Fops, Fools, and vain Cocquets ; but in such a... | |
 | Gwendolen Murphy - Characters and characteristics - 1925 - 496 pages
...sometime since, for a Man to have asserted, that any thing Witty could be said in praise of a Marry'd State, or that Devotion and Virtue were any way necessary to the Character of a fine Gentleman. Btckentaf venturM to tell the Town, that they were a parcel of Fops, Fools, and vain Cocquets ; but... | |
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