The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Zväzok 4C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, 1774 |
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... quality ; all that one should value himself upon in this kind is , that he had fome honourable intention in it . As for this point , never hero in romance was car- ried away with a more furious ambition to conquer giants and tyrants ...
... quality ; all that one should value himself upon in this kind is , that he had fome honourable intention in it . As for this point , never hero in romance was car- ried away with a more furious ambition to conquer giants and tyrants ...
Strana 7
... quality worthy a man , ex- cept in his own defence , and merely to conceal himfelf from fuch as are fo ; and in futch cafes , it is no longer 1 craft , but wisdom . The monstrous affectation of being thought artful immediately kills all ...
... quality worthy a man , ex- cept in his own defence , and merely to conceal himfelf from fuch as are fo ; and in futch cafes , it is no longer 1 craft , but wisdom . The monstrous affectation of being thought artful immediately kills all ...
Strana 8
... quality , which they forbear to practife only be- canfe they abhor it . When the fpider is ranging in the different apartments of his web , it is true , that he only can weave fo fine a thread ; but it is in the power of the mereft ...
... quality , which they forbear to practife only be- canfe they abhor it . When the fpider is ranging in the different apartments of his web , it is true , that he only can weave fo fine a thread ; but it is in the power of the mereft ...
Strana 15
... quality , of him that is on the flage . Ladies talk like Rakes , and footmen make fimilès : But this Writer knows men ; which makes his Plays reasonable enter tainments , while the fcenes of moft others are like the tunes between the ...
... quality , of him that is on the flage . Ladies talk like Rakes , and footmen make fimilès : But this Writer knows men ; which makes his Plays reasonable enter tainments , while the fcenes of moft others are like the tunes between the ...
Strana 16
... Quality of mutes , joint - ftools , 66 " flower - pots , and tapestry hangings . It cannot be un- " known to the nobility and gentry , that a Gentleman . of the Inns of Court , and a deep intriguer , had fome time fince worked himself ...
... Quality of mutes , joint - ftools , 66 " flower - pots , and tapestry hangings . It cannot be un- " known to the nobility and gentry , that a Gentleman . of the Inns of Court , and a deep intriguer , had fome time fince worked himself ...
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Advertiſements againſt agreeable alfo anfwer appear beauty becauſe beft behaviour Bickerstaff bufinefs cafe caufe Cenfor circumftances Coffee-houfe confider confideration converfation Court defign defire difcourfe drefs Efquire eftate efteemed fafe faid fame fatirical fatisfaction fecond feems feen felf fenfe fent fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fomething foon fortune fpeak fpirit ftill fubject fuch fure Gentleman give Great-Britain greateft herſelf himſelf honour humble fervant humour inftance ISAAC BICKERSTAFF itſelf juft Lady laft leaft lefs Letter mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary never Nofe obferved occafion OVID paffion pafs Palamede perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent profecutor reafon reft rife ſhall ſhe Tatler thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand Thurſday tion Tueſday ufual underſtand uſe vifit whofe woman worfe young
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Strana 228 - ... where he dined upon me, and drank the king's health. When I came again into the world, I found that I had been happier in my retirement than I thought, having probably by that means escaped wearing a monstrous pair of breeches.
Strana 150 - I think on those numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it: I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations.
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Strana 186 - Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs. Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient sits, While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within...
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