The British Essayists: TatlerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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Seite vi
... dead Man- Peculiarities of Dress - Game killed by the French King- Charles Lillie ..... 97 Hercules courted by Pleasure and Virtue , an Allegory ..... 98. Letter from a Woman in love - Im- ADDISON , pressive Tendency of Poetry ...
... dead Man- Peculiarities of Dress - Game killed by the French King- Charles Lillie ..... 97 Hercules courted by Pleasure and Virtue , an Allegory ..... 98. Letter from a Woman in love - Im- ADDISON , pressive Tendency of Poetry ...
Seite vii
... Court of Judicature of the Dead in ADDISON . STEELE . Reason ....... ....... ADDISON and STEele . 111. On the Prevalence of Irreligious Principles 112. Amusements and Relaxations of great Men - Misfortune of Idle- ness ...
... Court of Judicature of the Dead in ADDISON . STEELE . Reason ....... ....... ADDISON and STEele . 111. On the Prevalence of Irreligious Principles 112. Amusements and Relaxations of great Men - Misfortune of Idle- ness ...
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... dead before we entered the trenches . We had above two hundred of our battalion killed and wounded . We lost ten serjeants , six are as followeth : Jennings , Castles , Roach , Sherring , Meyrick , and my son Smith . The rest are not ...
... dead before we entered the trenches . We had above two hundred of our battalion killed and wounded . We lost ten serjeants , six are as followeth : Jennings , Castles , Roach , Sherring , Meyrick , and my son Smith . The rest are not ...
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... dead . This gave me first the reputation of a conjuror , which has been of great disadvantage to me ever since , and kept me out of all public employ- ments . The greater part of my later years has been divided between Dick's coffee ...
... dead . This gave me first the reputation of a conjuror , which has been of great disadvantage to me ever since , and kept me out of all public employ- ments . The greater part of my later years has been divided between Dick's coffee ...
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... dead midnight ? Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh ; What do I fear ? myself ! " & c . A scene written with so great strength of imagi- nation indisposed me from further reading , and threw me into a deep contemplation . I ...
... dead midnight ? Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh ; What do I fear ? myself ! " & c . A scene written with so great strength of imagi- nation indisposed me from further reading , and threw me into a deep contemplation . I ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance admired agreeable Anticyra appear Bavius beautiful behaviour Bencher called cane Cleora Coffee-house confess consider creature daugh dead death delight desired discourse entertain Esquire eyes favour February 20 Gascon gave gentleman give goddess Great-Britain Gresham College hand happy head heard heart honour hope human humour husband ISAAC BICKERSTAFF John Partridge kind lady lately letter Lillie live look Lorio lover Madam mankind manner marriage mind mistress morning nature never night November November 17 November 25 observed occasion October 24 particular passed passion persons petitioner petticoat pleased pleasure poet present proper racter reason received satisfaction SATURDAY sense Sheer-lane speak spirit stood Tatler tell temple tence thing thought tion told took town TUESDAY turned VIRG virtue walk whole wife woman words young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 170 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Seite 169 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Seite 152 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Seite 104 - Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally: and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Seite 61 - ... an ingenuous shame for an offence, not always to be seen in children in other families. I speak freely to you, my old friend ; ever since her sickness, things that gave me the quickest joy before, turn now to a certain anxiety. As the children play in the next room, I know the poor things by their steps, and am considering what they must do, should they lose their mother in their tender years. The pleasure I used to take in telling my boy stories of battles, and asking my girl questions about...
Seite 170 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower Glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Seite 62 - 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 concern under a forced cheerfulness, immediately guessed at what we had been talking of ; and applying herself to me, said, with a smile,
Seite 125 - 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. O most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets, It is not nor it cannot come to good; But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue!
Seite 170 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Seite 59 - 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...