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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... thing has been done to revive the attention of the public to a species of writing peculiar and high- ly honourable to the genius of our nation , and which has so eminently contributed to its ad- vancement in refined taste and decorous ...
... thing has been done to revive the attention of the public to a species of writing peculiar and high- ly honourable to the genius of our nation , and which has so eminently contributed to its ad- vancement in refined taste and decorous ...
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... things which he often repented , and as often repeated , he wrote , for his own private use , a little book , cal- led " The Christian Hero , " with a design princi- pally to fix upon his mind a strong impression of virtue and religion ...
... things which he often repented , and as often repeated , he wrote , for his own private use , a little book , cal- led " The Christian Hero , " with a design princi- pally to fix upon his mind a strong impression of virtue and religion ...
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... ' It was ad- vanced indeed , for it was raised to a greater thing than I in- tended it ; for the elegance , purity , and correctness , which Such an assistant was of incalculable value to appeared in BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 47.
... ' It was ad- vanced indeed , for it was raised to a greater thing than I in- tended it ; for the elegance , purity , and correctness , which Such an assistant was of incalculable value to appeared in BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 47.
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... , through the different professions and cha- racters in it , which obstruct any thing that was truly good and great . ' Dedication to the Comedy of the Drummer . * They employed their wit less laudably on the Royal 48 HISTORICAL AND.
... , through the different professions and cha- racters in it , which obstruct any thing that was truly good and great . ' Dedication to the Comedy of the Drummer . * They employed their wit less laudably on the Royal 48 HISTORICAL AND.
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... things , busy with minute ocurrences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting whatever he observed : for such a num . ber of particulars could never have been assembled by the power of recollection . detail here . It ...
... things , busy with minute ocurrences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting whatever he observed : for such a num . ber of particulars could never have been assembled by the power of recollection . detail here . It ...
Términos y frases comunes
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.