History, Opinions, and Lucubrations, of Isaac Bickerstaff, EsqLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861 - 304 páginas |
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... matter , whilst , at the same time , it has the prestige of a recognized classic . Few men have deserved better of society and their country than he who , at the opening of the last century , under the mask of Bickerstaff , brought his ...
... matter , whilst , at the same time , it has the prestige of a recognized classic . Few men have deserved better of society and their country than he who , at the opening of the last century , under the mask of Bickerstaff , brought his ...
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... matter . The character of Bickerstaff , so humourously conceived and well sustained , forms a sort of pervading spirit through- out the " Tatler , " though not perhaps wrought into so perfect a narrative form as the immortal Coverley ...
... matter . The character of Bickerstaff , so humourously conceived and well sustained , forms a sort of pervading spirit through- out the " Tatler , " though not perhaps wrought into so perfect a narrative form as the immortal Coverley ...
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... matter , some of it beyond human ken or experience . This creation of a guardian spirit belongs as exclusively to the author of the " Tatler , " as that of Ariel to Shakspeare , the Sylph to Pope , or the Peri to Moore . One writer has ...
... matter , some of it beyond human ken or experience . This creation of a guardian spirit belongs as exclusively to the author of the " Tatler , " as that of Ariel to Shakspeare , the Sylph to Pope , or the Peri to Moore . One writer has ...
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... matter . I have on this account always preferred the ' Tatler ' to the ' Spectator . ' Whether it is owing to my having been earlier or better acquainted with the one than the other , my pleasure in reading these two admirable books is ...
... matter . I have on this account always preferred the ' Tatler ' to the ' Spectator . ' Whether it is owing to my having been earlier or better acquainted with the one than the other , my pleasure in reading these two admirable books is ...
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... matters of what kind foever that shall occur to me , and pub- lish fuch my advices and reflections every Tuesday , Thursday ... matter you are to expect , in the following manner . All accounts of gallantry , pleasure , and entertainment ...
... matters of what kind foever that shall occur to me , and pub- lish fuch my advices and reflections every Tuesday , Thursday ... matter you are to expect , in the following manner . All accounts of gallantry , pleasure , and entertainment ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance againſt agreeable anſwer appear aſked beauty becauſe behaviour beſt BICKERSTAFF buſineſs cauſe character circumſtances confefs confideration converfation defign defire difcourfe diſcourſe drefs eſtate eyes faid fame faſhion fatire fatisfaction feemed fenfe fervice feveral fhall fhew fince firſt fome fomething foon forrow fpirit fubject fuch gentleman give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houſe humour huſband impertinent inſtead Isaac Bickerstaff itſelf juſt lady laft laſt leaſt Leigh Hunt look lover manner mind miſtreſs moſt muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion ourſelves Pacolet paffed paffion perfons petticoat pleaſe pleaſure prefent publick purpoſe racter raiſe reafon reſt ſaid ſay ſee ſeem ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſome ſpeak ſtand ſtate Steele ſtill ſtory ſtudy ſuch Tatler tenderneſs themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought thouſand town underſtanding uſe whiſper whofe woman young
Pasajes populares
Página 296 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Página 289 - The Tories carry it among the new members six to one. Mr. Addison's election has passed easy and undisputed ; and I believe if he had a mind to be king, he would hardly be refused.
Página 298 - It is impossible for this ingenious sort of men to subsist after a peace : every one remembers the shifts they were driven to in the reign of king Charles the Second, when they could not furnish out a single paper of news, without lighting up a comet in Germany, or a fire in Moscow.
Página 23 - I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling papa ; for, I know not how, I had some slight idea that he was locked up there.
Página 296 - Immortal Rich! how calm he sits at ease 'Mid snows of paper, and fierce hail of pease; And proud his Mistress' orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Página 288 - And each true Briton is to Ben so civil, He swears the Muses met him at the Devil. Tho' justly Greece her eldest sons admires, Why should not we be wiser than our sires?
Página 23 - The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling Papa...
Página 24 - ... was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo, and receives impressions so forcible that they are as hard to be removed by reason, as any mark with which a child is born is to be taken away by any future application. Hence it is that...
Página 15 - Jeoffery, no longer ago than last night, upon a dispute what day of the month it was then in Holland, pulled his pipe out of his mouth, and cried, 'What does the scholar say to it?
Página 84 - ... therefore he also retired. I was extremely troubled to see the glorious mart of London left with no other guardian but him of credit. But Pacolet told me, ' that traders had nothing to do with the honour or conscience of their...