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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... manner . A foun- dation , however , it is presumed , is laid for future investigation ; and some articles of literary history have been recovered which are curious and inte- resting . In tracing these , the editor begs leave to ac ...
... manner . A foun- dation , however , it is presumed , is laid for future investigation ; and some articles of literary history have been recovered which are curious and inte- resting . In tracing these , the editor begs leave to ac ...
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... manner in which they executed what has seldom been attempted but with a repulsive and unac- VOL . I. B commodating sternness . The more serious duties .. of religion Adventures of the Tatler's Guardian Angel, colet-Continental ...
... manner in which they executed what has seldom been attempted but with a repulsive and unac- VOL . I. B commodating sternness . The more serious duties .. of religion Adventures of the Tatler's Guardian Angel, colet-Continental ...
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... manners , no precepts were laid down , except what were too general or too precise . The in-. structions. contained. in. ained. in. the. systematic. writers. on. morality , were not devoid of force , or argument ; but their style was ...
... manners , no precepts were laid down , except what were too general or too precise . The in-. structions. contained. in. ained. in. the. systematic. writers. on. morality , were not devoid of force , or argument ; but their style was ...
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... Manners , and Castiglione in his Courtier ; two books yet celebrated in Italy for purity and elegance , and which , if they are now less read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors in ...
... Manners , and Castiglione in his Courtier ; two books yet celebrated in Italy for purity and elegance , and which , if they are now less read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors in ...
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perhaps advanced by the French : among whorg LA BRUYERE'S Manners of the Age , though , as BOILEAU remarked , it is written without connec- tion , certainly deserves great praise , for liveliness of description , and justness of ...
perhaps advanced by the French : among whorg LA BRUYERE'S Manners of the Age , though , as BOILEAU remarked , it is written without connec- tion , certainly deserves great praise , for liveliness of description , and justness of ...
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ADDISON advices appear April April 20 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
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.