...shewing them it was their own fault if they were not so; and lastly, how intirely they have convinc'd our Fops, and Young Fellows, of the value and advantages of Learning": Gay, Present State of Wit, pp. 13-14. Another kind of success pertained to matters of taste: "Lastly,...

...religion ; how many people they have rendered happy, by showing that it was their own fault if they were not so ; and, lastly, how entirely they have convinced our fops and young men of the advantage of learning." Colley Gibber, speaking of the effect of his writings upon the theatrical...

...town ; how many thousand follies they have either quite banished or given a very great check to ; ... how entirely they have convinced our fops and young fellows of the value and advantage of learning." Such was the influence from a stylistic as well as a moral point of view of...

...the town ; how many thousand follies they have either quite banished or given a very great check to ; how entirely they have convinced our fops and young fellows of the value and advantage of learning." These papers were esteemed in their own day as both entertaining and educative....

...the town ; how many thousand follies they have either quite banished or given a very great check to ; how entirely they have convinced our fops and young fellows of the value and advantage of learning." These papers were esteemed in their own day as both entertaining and educative....

...and religion; how many people they have rendered happy by showing that it was their own fault if they were not so; and lastly, how entirely they have convinced our fops and young follows of the value and advantages of learning." A foreign writer asserts that the Tatler, Spectator,...